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Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation

Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation (North Dakota) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,814,343 to it, the largest being MATT & JOANN BUTLER FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$18M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$5.8M
Net assets
$98M
21/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation does

Mission

Preserve the experience of the Badlands, the historic character of Medora and the heritage of Theodore Roosevelt and Harold Schafer; Present opportunities for our guests to be educated and inspired through interpretive programs, museums and attractions that focus on the Old West, our patriotic heritage, and the life of Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands; Serve the traveling public, providing for their comfort while visiting historic Medora, the Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Organization educates visitors about the historical importance of the Medora area through the operation of museums, shows, and a musical. The Medora Musical is a seasonal historical and patriotic performing arts program and is the single largest program in support of the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation's primary exempt purpose. In 2025, the Medora Musical educated, informed, and entertained approximately 109,260 guests. To help serve and provide for the comfort of the traveling public, a variety of food service outlets are operated, most notably the Pitchfork Steak Fondue. Volunteers are a critical part of making operations successful in Medora. During 2025, 694 individuals filled 836 operational volunteer slots to help keep everything open and operating, serving for approximately 34,142 hours.

    $9,408,931 spentof which $24,250 as grants$9,700,221 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,408,931.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($9.6M) Expenses 100 ($8.7M) Net assets 100 ($41M)2018 Revenue 144 ($14M) Expenses 86 ($7.4M) Net assets 117 ($48M)2019 Revenue 106 ($10M) Expenses 86 ($7.4M) Net assets 122 ($50M)2020 Revenue 129 ($12M) Expenses 95 ($8.3M) Net assets 134 ($54M)2021 Revenue 209 ($20M) Expenses 92 ($8.0M) Net assets 176 ($72M)2022 Revenue 146 ($14M) Expenses 117 ($10M) Net assets 179 ($73M)2023 Revenue 187 ($18M) Expenses 136 ($12M) Net assets 198 ($81M)2024 Revenue 254 ($24M) Expenses 148 ($13M) Net assets 227 ($93M)2025 Revenue 190 ($18M) Expenses 158 ($14M) Net assets 240 ($98M)
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Revenue (190)Expenses (158)Net assets (240)

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 $65M to $81M (+24%).

$48M
$55M
$61M
$65M
$81M
$80M
$91M
$100M
$108M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 27% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 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. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$957k
’17
$6.4M
’18
$2.8M
’19
$4.2M
’20
$12M
’21
$3.9M
’22
$6.2M
’23
$12M
’24
$4.6M
’25
4.5
months of
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

Clarence Sitter

Chief Executive Officer

Board chair

Levi Andrist

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+1+2+3+9+6+3+8+1
No longer listed·14256163
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $80k → $1.4M.

14 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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

Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

26% 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 Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.

34%
largest funder
60%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 39% · 2019 50% · 2020 65% · 2021 83% · 2022 52% · 2023 52% — 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

45% of Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

76% of Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.

ND
MN
WI
NY
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CA
AZ
AR
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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North Dakota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Theodore Roosevelt Medora 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

69% of spending goes to programs.

Program 69%Management 24%Fundraising 8%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

75%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 31 states

NH
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • TRMF Third Street Housing LLC · disregarded
  • Bully Pulpit Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation?
Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation (North Dakota) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,814,343 to it, the largest being MATT & JOANN BUTLER FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $5,814,343 in grants to Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation?
MATT & JOANN BUTLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Theodore Roosevelt Medora 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.

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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 38 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