North Dakota · Nonprofit
The Banquet
The Banquet (North Dakota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,776 to it, the largest being THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION ($200,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $249k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $305k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Banquet does
Mission
The Banquet is a multi-generational, family-friendly ministry, that feeds the body, mind, and soul. We seek to provide a place where all are welcome to share and enjoy a free meal together. We are geared toward serving:-Low income individuals and families-Senior citizens-Single parents and their children-Hurting and broken people-The homeless-Those seeking fellowship-All are welcomeThe Banquet endeavors to work with local churches and organizations to serve people of all denominations and all walks of life. In addition to a warm meal in a loving atmosphere, multiple Christian organizations offer pastoral care if desired. We also offer referrals to community-based services for financial, social, and physical well-being.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The Banquet merged with Dream Center Bismarck on September 30, 2023, and moved all programming and operations to the successor nonprofit organization.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
In 2023, with the help of 2,200 volunteers, the Banquet served 76,000 guests.We seek to provide a place where all are welcome to share and enjoy a meal together. We endeavor to work with local churches and organizations to serve people of all denominations and all walks of life. We provide free meals in a loving atmosphere, pastoral care, referrals to community-based services for financial, social, and physical well-being. Meals are served Monday through Friday from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. The Banquet is dependent on volunteer groups and individuals to operate our meal outreach.In order to meet the increased need in the community and operate more efficiently, the Banquet merged with Dream Center Bismarck and moved all programing and operations to the successor nonprofit as of September 30, 2023.
$267,672 spentof which $135,770 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $267,672.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $423k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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.
Chief executive
Karla Eisenbeisz
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $9k → $826.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 The Banquet’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 funders by total. 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
The Banquet leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 96% · 2021 52% · 2022 97% · 2023 85% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of The Banquet's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 60% 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
91% of The Banquet'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. $59k 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.
Organizations like The Banquet
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Banquet: 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 The Banquet?
- The Banquet (North Dakota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,776 to it, the largest being THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION ($200,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Banquet have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $304,776 in grants to The Banquet, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Banquet?
- 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 The Banquet 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 FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 10 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