How much grant money goes to environment in North Dakota?

$18M reached 32 environment organizations in North Dakota, from 83 funders. 16% came from funders also based in North Dakota.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · North Dakota · Environment

Who funds environment in North Dakota

Most of it comes from outside North Dakota: only 16% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$18M

granted

organizations

16%

from in-state

The short version

83 funders gave $18M to 32 environment organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
16% of that came from funders also based in North Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in North Dakota is National Rural Water Association, at $5M.
The environment organization drawing the most is North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association, at $5M.

Largest funders of environment in North Dakota

The funders giving the most to environment organizations in North Dakota, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1National Rural Water Association$5M 2North Dakota Petroleum Council Inc$2M 3Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project$2M 4National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$2M 5The Nature Conservancy$955k 6Freedom Together Foundation$750k 7Ndn Collective Inc$500k 8The Minneapolis Foundation$466k 9The Partnership Project Inc$401k 10Common Counsel Foundation$386k

Environment organizations in North Dakota that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association$5M Dakota Resource Council$4M North Dakota Petroleum Foundation$2M Sage Foundation Inc$2M North Dakota Natural Resources Trust$2M

How to find environment funders in North Dakota

1
Start with the funders already active in North Dakota
The funders giving the most to environment in North Dakota are National Rural Water Association, North Dakota Petroleum Council Inc, Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
84% of environment money in North Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in North Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in North Dakota, currently National Rural Water Association, North Dakota Petroleum Council Inc, Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in North Dakota?: National Rural Water Association gives the most to environment organizations in North Dakota, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in North Dakota?: $18M reached 32 environment organizations in North Dakota, from 83 funders. 16% came from funders also based in North Dakota.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.