North Dakota · Nonprofit
RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION (North Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,180 to it, the largest being FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION ($12,180). 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 FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $9.8M
What Red River Basin Commission does
Mission
To create a comprehensive integrated basin-wide vision, to build consensus and commitment to the vision, and to speak with a unified voice for the red river basin.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
This project is a partnership between several food companies, the usda, and other organizations that intends to assist farmers in adoption of soil conservation practices to protect our waters and build resilience on farms.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In 2024, nearly 20,000 new acres were enrolled in conservation practices such as nutrient management, residue and tillage management, and cover crops. In total, these practices accounted for almost 43,000 practice acres, with some acres implementing more than one practice. Nine tap-certified ccas enrolled 27 farmers in the program. The program resulted in an estimated reduction of 5,000 acre-feet per year of water runoff, 2,479.24 tons per year of soil erosion, and 7,471.96 pounds per year of phosphorus runoff, along with lower net emissions compared to farmers outside the program within the same project boundary.
$873,777 spent79% of program spendingConferences and meetings. The primary role of the rrbc is to foster communication on water topics across jurisdictional boundaries. To this end we host a conference and dozens of meetings annually to bring together a variety of perspectives and issue. In 2024 we had a conference that had over 300 attendees, 30 presenters, and dozens of high priority issues. In addition to the conference, we held quarterly board meetings of nearly 40 people including elected officials, state agency leadership, citizens, and other water entities. Finally, these programs included dozens of working group, committee, and water topic meetings this year.
$173,045 spent$100,740 earned by the program16% of program spendingFlooding is one of them most pressing issues in the red river basin and the rrbc is always involved in flood management work. In 2024 the rrbc completed its foundation document "long term flood solutions". The work included updating models to include projects completed since its initial publication in 2011. Additionally the models were adapted to include changing climatic conditions and build out model ordinances that could be used by smaller communities to adapt their flood management plans.
$62,393 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,109,215.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $547k to $10M (+1820%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Dave Piepkorn
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
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 RED RIVER BASIN 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.
Where its funders are
100% of RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION'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. $12k 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.
Organizations like RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
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In North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION?
- RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION (North Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,180 to it, the largest being FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION ($12,180). 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 RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,180 in grants to RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED RIVER BASIN COMMISSION?
- FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,180 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED RIVER BASIN 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.
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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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing