North Dakota · Nonprofit
THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC
THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $869,100 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($530,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $869k
- Net assets
- $244k
What The Consensus Council Inc does
Mission
Facilitating conversations and building agreements that empower people, transform communities, and advance the public good.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restorative justice program - statewide services to people involved in and impacted by crime and other harms. Consensus council employs a dedicated team of trained professionals across north dakota to work with individuals referred to the program. Restorative justice aims to provide a respectful, compassionate, and healing response to crime and conflict by seeking to restore, to the extent possible, those harmed by an offense. The program encourages accountability from the person(s) responsible and promotes safe, secure, and peaceful communities.
$536,685 spentof which $65,882 as grants$600,938 earned by the program86% of program spendingOther programs the council works with a variety of entities to custom design processes bringing diverse viewpoints together to seek common ground. Council facilitators and staff provide assistance building public policy agreements.
$54,952 spentof which $839 as grants$166,254 earned by the program9% of program spendingInternational legislators' forum the international legislators' forum (ilf) is a nonpartisan, consensus- oriented convening of legislators from the northern plains region of north america (mb, mn, nd, sd). Legislators from across the political spectrum meet, learn, share information, explore problems, build relationships, and develop collaborative approaches and solutions on a wide variety of issues relevant to and affecting their jurisdictions.
$32,166 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $623,803.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $80k to $241k (+201%).
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 32% · 2021 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Steve Andrist
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $234k.
From the IRS filings of THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL 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
THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 56% · 2022 83% · 2023 66% — 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
THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside North Dakota, across 3 states in all.
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.
Against its field
THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL 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 THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC?
- THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $869,100 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($530,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $869,100 in grants to THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL INC?
- THE BUSH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $530,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CONSENSUS COUNCIL 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.
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 5 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