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NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL

NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL (North Dakota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,189 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($334,793). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.1M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$428k
Net assets
$623k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What North Dakota Humanities Council does

Mission

The North Dakota Humanities Council invests in the people of North Dakota by creating and sustaining humanities programs that provides its participants with a better understanding of the past, a better analysis of the present, and a better vision for the future.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. WE THE PEOPLE: The We the People The Citizen and the Constitution Program (WTP) promotes civic competence and responsibility among the nation's upper elementary and secondary students. The curriculum is an innovative course of instruction on the history and principles of the United States constitutional democratic republic. The We the People print textbooks' interactive strategies, relevant content, and simulated congressional hearings make teaching and learning exciting for students and teachers. NDHC hosted one teacher institute and one state competition that reached an estimate of 220 students and 17 teachers.

    $108,266 spent
    23% of program spending

  2. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY: The Study provides live, interactive classes and educational events focused on the humanities - including history, literature, philosophy, civic life, and related subjects - all without grades or tests, aimed at lifelong learners statewide. Classes are led by knowledgeable instructors and offered online and at physical locations. The program reaches an audience of approx. 400 people taking classes.

    $100,193 spent$8,734 earned by the program
    22% of program spending

  3. REGRANT PROGRAM: Grants awarded to non-profit organizations across North Dakota which supported public humanities projects such as history, language, literature, philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, archeology, comparative religion, art history & criticism, ethnic studies, social sciences etc. The NDHC has two types of grants available quick grants ($2,000 or less) and large grants (greater than $2,000).

    $96,241 spentof which $55,788 as grants
    21% of program spending

  4. Humanities magazine

    $22,869 spent
    5% of program spending

  5. Think and drink

    $22,317 spent$4,329 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

  6. Hnd podcast

    $7,262 spent
    2% of program spending

  7. Gamechanger series

    $10,820 spent$1,452 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

  8. One book one north dakota

    $20,085 spent$538 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

  9. Chautauqua & chat

    $2,603 spent$523 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

  10. Brave conversations

    $70,145 spent$2,169 earned by the program
    15% of program spending

The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $460,801.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($855k) Expenses 100 ($839k) Net assets 100 ($82k)2018 Revenue 94 ($800k) Expenses 95 ($797k) Net assets 104 ($85k)2019 Revenue 94 ($802k) Expenses 94 ($785k) Net assets 112 ($92k)2020 Revenue 125 ($1.1M) Expenses 125 ($1.1M) Net assets 138 ($113k)2021 Revenue 139 ($1.2M) Expenses 128 ($1.1M) Net assets 273 ($223k)2022 Revenue 144 ($1.2M) Expenses 138 ($1.2M) Net assets 362 ($296k)2023 Revenue 189 ($1.6M) Expenses 195 ($1.6M) Net assets 335 ($274k)2024 Revenue 126 ($1.1M) Expenses 122 ($1.0M) Net assets 398 ($325k)2025 Revenue 129 ($1.1M) Expenses 96 ($802k) Net assets 762 ($623k)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (96)Net assets (762)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $503k to $1.1M (+119%).

$332k
$272k
$433k
$866k
$549k
$606k
$513k
$503k
$1.1M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 93% · 2018 90% · 2019 88% · 2020 96% · 2021 81% · 2022 90% · 2023 91% · 2024 89% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
$4k
’18
$17k
’19
$21k
’20
$110k
’21
$73k
’22
−$22k
’23
$51k
’24
$298k
’25
16
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.

Chief executive

Brenna Gerhardt

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed191817211918201716
Joined·+2+2+6+3+2+4+2+7
No longer listed·33253258
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $35k → $26k.

Funder
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funders
1
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1
2

3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL’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

NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

92% 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 NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL.

78%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 77% — 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

NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Dakota, across 2 states in all.

MN
VA

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. $38k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.8M on record.

Federal$7.8M
grants $7.8Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Humanities$7.8M
  • National Endowment for the Arts$15k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL

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

North Dakota Citizens Protecting the Constitution79%Foundation for a Healthy North Dakota78%Enhancing and Strengthening North Dakota Nonprofits76%North Dakota United Foundation76%North Dakota United76%North Dakota Petroleum Council Inc76%Ichf Foundation76%North Dakota League of Cities75%

Nationally

National Humanities Center81%Nebraska Humanities Council81%New Mexico Humanities Council81%Connecticut Humanities Council Inc79%Minnesota Humanities Center79%Maine Humanities Council79%Humanities Montana79%North Dakota Citizens Protecting the Constitution79%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 38%Fundraising 4%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL?
NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL (North Dakota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,189 to it, the largest being FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ($334,793). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $428,189 in grants to NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL?
FEDERATION OF STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $334,793 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing