North Dakota · Nonprofit
LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION
LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $209 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($209). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $134k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $209
- Net assets
- $56k
What Lignite Energy Foundation does
Mission
Raise funds to support educational programs and scholarship programs for students and teachers in the upper midwest who are served by coal-based electricity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Provide scholarships to students who are served by coal-based electricity.
$1,125 spent1% of program spendingProvide funds for educational programs and activities which educate about the coal industry, processes and economic impact.
$0 spent0% of program spendingLrc technical advisor - the foundation reimbursed the lec for its expenses for an lrc technical advisor. The lrc technical advisor role provides technical support and reviews for lrc grant proposals and reports. The role ensures that all proposals meet the compliance requirements for the program and approves payment of invoices based on tracking technical progress during the projects. The technical advisor also provides technical support to the north dakota industrial commission upon request.
$124,336 spent99% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $125,461.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jonathan Fortner
Director / lec president & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $106 → $22.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $209 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $209 to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION?
- LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $209 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($209). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $209 in grants to LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $209 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGNITE ENERGY FOUNDATION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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