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DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION

DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $253,148 to it, the largest being FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ($231,648). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$160k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$253k
Net assets
$266k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Dickinson Roughrider Commission does

Mission

Dickinson Roughrider Commission sponsors an annual festival during july 4th with activities such as rodeos, tractor pulls, demolition derby, bike races, athletic events, dances, youth activities, parades and concerts. These events are implemented by volunteer members.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Roughrider commission provides various activities during the week of the fourth of july that attracts over 10,000 people.

    $169,214 spentof which $78,521 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $169,214.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($430k) Expenses 100 ($487k) Net assets 100 ($330k)2018 Revenue 104 ($448k) Expenses 93 ($453k) Net assets 96 ($318k)2019 Revenue 96 ($414k) Expenses 90 ($440k) Net assets 91 ($299k)2020 Revenue 32 ($139k) Expenses 24 ($118k) Net assets 98 ($325k)2021 Revenue 32 ($139k) Expenses 27 ($131k) Net assets 105 ($345k)2022 Revenue 39 ($167k) Expenses 38 ($184k) Net assets 96 ($316k)2023 Revenue 35 ($150k) Expenses 38 ($187k) Net assets 87 ($286k)2024 Revenue 37 ($160k) Expenses 38 ($183k) Net assets 81 ($266k)
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Revenue (37)Expenses (38)Net assets (81)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $318k to $288k (−9%).

$332k
$320k
$299k
$325k
$346k
$318k
$288k
$266k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 18% · 2021 94% · 2022 73% · 2023 152%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

154% of DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$57k
’17
−$5k
’18
−$25k
’19
$21k
’20
$8k
’21
−$16k
’22
−$37k
’23
−$24k
’24
17
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed2020181816151513
Joined·+0+0+0+0+2+0+0
No longer listed·0202302
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $26k → $34k.

Funder
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total
$232k
funders
1
1
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1
1
2
2
1
1

From the IRS filings of DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION.

92%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 54% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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North Dakota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−15% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve17.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−13% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In North Dakota

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION?
DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $253,148 to it, the largest being FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ($231,648). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $253,148 in grants to DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION?
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES is the largest funder on record, with $231,648 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DICKINSON ROUGHRIDER COMMISSION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing