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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in North Dakota

Imperigo has identified 83 funders that made 479 grants totaling $26.9M to 89 arts & culture organizations in North Dakota, with a median grant of $14K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in North Dakota

Total granted $26.9M
Funders 83
Grants 479
Organizations funded 89

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc
24 grants to 9 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 18.8% of their giving
$1.1M
2. Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region
33 grants to 8 organizations · largest $52K · through 2024 · 18.1% of their giving
$802K
3. Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$500K
4. North Dakota Humanities Council
23 grants to 12 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 28.8% of their giving
$396K
5. North Dakota Museum of Art Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $363K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$382K
6. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
33 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2025
$13.4M
7. Magic City Lions Club
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 41.9% of their giving
$207K
8. Fraternal Order of Eagles
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $48K · through 2024 · 18.2% of their giving
$172K
9. Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation
37 grants to 13 organizations · largest $268K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$936K
10. North Dakota Community Foundation
46 grants to 19 organizations · largest $146K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$776K
11. Minot Community Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $179K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$311K
12. North Dakota Dental Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $48K · through 2020 · 81.7% of their giving
$48K
13. Mott Opportunity Today and Tomorrow Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2025 · 22.2% of their giving
$38K
14. Twin Cities Opera Guild
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 16.9% of their giving
$37K
15. Inspiritus Community Health Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$159K
16. American Legion 126 Joseph E Appert
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 44.9% of their giving
$20K
17. Horace Lions Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$39K
18. Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2020 · 5.5% of their giving
$64K
19. Ashley Lions Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2023 · 6.7% of their giving
$51K
20. The Devils Lake Area Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$36K
21. Dunn County Fair Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$20K
22. Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $14K · through 2019 · 4.2% of their giving
$22K
23. Mott Volunteer Fire Brigade
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2025 · 5.9% of their giving
$12K
24. Brotherhood of St Anthony
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2022 · 2.5% of their giving
$22K
25. The American Foundation for Charitable Support Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025
$41K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in North Dakota, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 10 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in North Dakota. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in North Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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