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STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,144 to it, the largest being THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $442k
- Net assets
- $8.2M
What State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation does
Mission
The State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation exists to secure private funding to support the state historical society of north dakota in identifying, preserving, interpreting, and promoting north dakota history.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support for nd state historical society activities.
$245,006 spent85% of program spendingMembership development activities: generate new members and renewal of current members. Events to support society activities. Collaborations and partnerships with statewide historical organizations and other partners to enhance historical resources of state. Serving over 2,000 members.
Support for the restoration activities at the stutsman county courthouse. - the stutsman county courthouse, built in 1883, is north dakota's oldest surviving courthouse and is listed on the national register of historic places. It is significant for its architectural style one of only two county courthouses in the state in the gothic revival style, and for its pressed metal interior, which coats the interior walls of the building. The courthouse has the most complete collection of pressed tin in north dakota and perhaps, the midwest. It is the only remaining north dakota building directly related to the activities of the 1880s statehood movement. Delegates to the state's constitutional convention were elected here and meetings were held in 1885 to discuss the division of dakota territory. The stutsman county courthouse truly is the birthplace of statehood. Restoration efforts have been continuous since the 1990s. In recent years, the courthouse has seen tremendous progress on the interior restoration.
$3,986 spent1% of program spendingNative american hall of honors - the native american hall of honor recongnizes individuals who have gone above and beyond in representing their tribes and cultures. It is located in the north dakota heritage center & state museum in bismarck. The program recongnizes traditional and contemporary achievements in four categories: arts and culture, athletics, leadership, and veteran.
$38,813 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $287,805.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.3M to $8.3M (+252%).
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 0% · 2021 26%. 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 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 narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $175k → $7k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA 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.
How concentrated its funding is
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 2022 71% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
20% of STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION'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. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA 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.
Where the money goes
41% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
30%
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 STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION: 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 STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION?
- STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,144 to it, the largest being THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $442,144 in grants to STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION?
- THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA 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.
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 9 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