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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in North Dakota

Imperigo has identified 66 funders that made 222 grants totaling $10.7M to 49 community improvement organizations in North Dakota, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in North Dakota

Total granted $10.7M
Funders 66
Grants 222
Organizations funded 49

Top Funders — page 1 of 3

1. North Dakota Farmers Union Educational Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 89.5% of their giving
$2.6M
2. Jamestownstutsman Development Corporation
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $125K · through 2025 · 47.5% of their giving
$986K
3. Cass County Electric Cooperative Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2025 · 59.9% of their giving
$325K
4. North Dakota Propane Gas Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $98K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$280K
5. Achievements Unlimited Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2024 · 41.3% of their giving
$127K
6. Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$355K
7. Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $240K · through 2021 · 7.8% of their giving
$240K
8. Stark Development Corporation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 7.4% of their giving
$175K
9. Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 11.4% of their giving
$111K
10. North Dakota Rural Rehabilitation Corp
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$162K
11. Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $134K · through 2023 · 4.1% of their giving
$180K
12. Hazelton Lions Club Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2023 · 49.5% of their giving
$22K
13. Tri College University
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 8.2% of their giving
$50K
14. Magic City Lions Club
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$42K
15. McKenzie County Fair
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12K
16. Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$32K
17. North Dakota Community Foundation
10 grants to 7 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$196K
18. Minot Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$80K
19. Cass County Electric Cooperative Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $7K · through 2025 · 4.7% of their giving
$25K
20. Sanford Group Return
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $181K · through 2024
$385K
21. American Legion 126 Joseph E Appert
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 12.4% of their giving
$6K
22. Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024
$112K
23. Dakota Medical Charities
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023
$38K
24. Impact Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2020
$20K
25. First Lutheran Church Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 5 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in North Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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