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

Start with the funders already giving to science in North Dakota, currently Ray Foundation Inc, Si Robin Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in North Dakota?

Ray Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in North Dakota, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in North Dakota?

$14M reached 8 science organizations in North Dakota, from 43 funders. 8% 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 · Science

Who funds science in North Dakota

Funding is concentrated: UND Aerospace Foundation alone draws 82% of every science grant dollar in North Dakota. Most of it comes from outside North Dakota: only 8% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$14M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

43 funders gave $14M to 8 science organizations in North Dakota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
8% of that came from funders also based in North Dakota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in North Dakota is Ray Foundation Inc, at $9M.
The science organization drawing the most is UND Aerospace Foundation, at $12M.

Largest funders of science in North Dakota

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

1Ray Foundation Inc$9M 2Si Robin Foundation$2M 3Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$700k 4The Tom and Frances Leach Foundation$530k 5Mary E Bazar-Robin Foundation$400k 6American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc$307k 7Marathon Petroleum Foundation Inc$250k 8Nd Certified Seed Growers Assninc$225k 9Oneok Foundation Inc$210k 10The Blackbaud Giving Fund$154k

Science organizations in North Dakota that draw the most

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

UND Aerospace Foundation$12M Gateway to Science Center Inc$2M

How to find science funders in North Dakota

1
Start with the funders already active in North Dakota
The funders giving the most to science in North Dakota are Ray Foundation Inc, Si Robin Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
92% of science money in North Dakota comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in North Dakota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in North Dakota?: Start with the funders already giving to science in North Dakota, currently Ray Foundation Inc, Si Robin Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into North Dakota from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in North Dakota?: Ray Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in North Dakota, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in North Dakota?: $14M reached 8 science organizations in North Dakota, from 43 funders. 8% 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 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

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.