How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in North Dakota?

Start with the funders already giving to housing in North Dakota, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Otto Bremer Trust. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.

How much grant money goes to housing in North Dakota?

$9M reached 17 housing organizations in North Dakota, from 62 funders. 25% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in North Dakota

Funding is concentrated: YWCA Cass Clay alone draws 57% of every housing grant dollar in North Dakota. Most of it comes from outside North Dakota: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$9M

granted

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

62 funders gave $9M to 17 housing organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in North Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in North Dakota is The Chicago Community Trust, at $3M.
The housing organization drawing the most is YWCA Cass Clay, at $5M.

Largest funders of housing in North Dakota

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$3M 2Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$1M 3Otto Bremer Trust$1M 4American Gift Fund$802k 5United Way of Cass-Clay$754k 6BEK Care LLC$300k 7Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation$222k 8Inspiritus Community Health Foundation$163k 9American Online Giving Foundation Inc$131k 10Dickinson Roughrider Commission$130k

Housing organizations in North Dakota that draw the most

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

YWCA Cass Clay$5M Communityworks North Dakota$2M Cass Clay Community Land Trust$569k Ronald McDonald House Charities of$562k

How to find housing funders in North Dakota

1
Start with the funders already active in North Dakota
The funders giving the most to housing in North Dakota are The Chicago Community Trust, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Otto Bremer Trust. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
75% of housing money in North Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in North Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in North Dakota, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Otto Bremer Trust. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in North Dakota?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in North Dakota, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in North Dakota?: $9M reached 17 housing organizations in North Dakota, from 62 funders. 25% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.