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

Start with the funders already giving to human services in North Dakota, currently Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, Community Action Partnership, Otto Bremer Trust. Then look at who funds the human services 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 human services in North Dakota?

$54M reached 145 human services organizations in North Dakota, from 201 funders. 60% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in North Dakota

$54M reached 145 human services organizations in North Dakota, from 201 funders, with no single one dominating.

$54M

granted

145

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

201 funders gave $54M to 145 human services organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% of that came from funders also based in North Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in North Dakota is Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, at $14M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, at $14M.

Largest funders of human services in North Dakota

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

1Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation$14M 2Community Action Partnership$5M 3Otto Bremer Trust$3M 4United Way of Cass-Clay$3M 5Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation$2M 6Margaret a Cargill Foundation$1M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 8Novo Foundation$1M 9The Bush Foundation$1M 10Nexus Foundation for Family Healing$1M

Human services organizations in North Dakota that draw the most

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

135 other human services organizations$18M

Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch$14M Hospice of the Red River Valley$4M Community Violence Intervention Center$4M

How to find human services funders in North Dakota

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Start with the funders already active in North Dakota
The funders giving the most to human services in North Dakota are Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, Community Action Partnership, Otto Bremer Trust. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
40% of human services money in North Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in North Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in North Dakota, currently Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, Community Action Partnership, Otto Bremer Trust. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in North Dakota?: Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation gives the most to human services organizations in North Dakota, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in North Dakota?: $54M reached 145 human services organizations in North Dakota, from 201 funders. 60% 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.