North Dakota · Nonprofit
WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION
WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,500 to it, the largest being Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau ($56,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $195k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $187k
What Williston Downtowners Association does
Mission
Promoting downtown williston commerce through hosting events with local businesses.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization hosts events in downtown williston to encourage people to shop locally and to promote local businesses.
$147,768 spent100% of program spendingThe organization hosts events in downtown williston to encourage people to shop local
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $147,768.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $141k to $188k (+33%).
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: 2018 4% · 2019 5% · 2021 4% · 2022 9% · 2023 8% · 2024 7% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION’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
WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 33% · 2019 75% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
100% of WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION'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. 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
WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION
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In North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION: 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 WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION?
- WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,500 to it, the largest being Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau ($56,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $71,500 in grants to WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION?
- Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau is the largest funder on record, with $56,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILLISTON DOWNTOWNERS ASSOCIATION 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 3 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