North Dakota · Nonprofit
SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC
SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,090,669 to it, the largest being WARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ($990,669). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What Souris Basin Transportation Board Inc does
Mission
The organization provides public transit service to the counties of bottineau, burke, mchenry, mountrail,pierce, renville, and ward in north dakota. The goal of the organization is to enhance the mobility and accessibility of all residents in the rural communities it serves. Services are available to all individuals regardless of age, disability, race, or gender. All vehicles are ada accessible.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Public transportation services to individuals in the seven county area. During the fiscal year, sbt traveled 526,944 miles for 86,557 rides provided to 84,029 riders.
$2,467,710 spent$243,114 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,467,710.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.3M to $6.5M (+398%).
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: 2017 67% · 2018 64% · 2019 80% · 2020 80% · 2021 76% · 2022 90% · 2023 91% · 2024 92% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $261k.
From the IRS filings of SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC’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
SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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 SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 96% — 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 SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
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In North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% 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 SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC: 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 SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC?
- SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,090,669 to it, the largest being WARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ($990,669). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,090,669 in grants to SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC?
- WARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING is the largest funder on record, with $990,669 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTATION BOARD INC 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 2017–2025), 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