North Dakota · Nonprofit
TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP
TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP (North Dakota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $481,559 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($267,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $902k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $482k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Tribal Nations Research Group does
Mission
To improve the quality of life for all turtle mountain bank of chippewa indians (tmbci) tribal members through culturally-competant, custom-fit research.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Comunity engagement & education engage tribal members and stakeholders in the development of community assessments, and data collection activities. Provide quality research education materials designed to educate the community about research and the research process and provide educational services to the community.
$8,018 spent2% of program spendingData center core funding used in the development and ongoing support of the community data center. Development of community wide assessments, surveys, surveillance projects and needs assessments
$127,201 spentof which $90,978 as grants24% of program spendingResearch promotion of high quality research and research opportunities relevant to the tmbci. Includes management and oversight of the research review board, development of research projects and support new and emerging researchers.
$265,126 spentof which $224,196 as grants50% of program spendingPlanning/professional services promotes data use, data sovereignty through strategic planning, and supports public and private economic development and opportunity, and upholds positive images of the tmbci.
$130,112 spentof which $524,600 as grants25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $530,457.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $407k to $700k (+72%).
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: 2019 46% · 2020 55% · 2021 61% · 2022 86% · 2023 85% · 2024 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Dr Gerald Monette
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $50k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP’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
TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
38% 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 TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 41% · 2021 87% · 2022 62% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP draws 100% 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. $60 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 297 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 297 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- National Science Foundation$1.3M
- Department of Health and Human Services$398k
- Department of Agriculture$170k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$50k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP: 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 TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP?
- TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP (North Dakota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $481,559 to it, the largest being THE BUSH FOUNDATION ($267,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $481,559 in grants to TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP?
- THE BUSH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $267,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRIBAL NATIONS RESEARCH GROUP 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 6 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