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Foundations That Fund Education in North Dakota

Imperigo has identified 169 funders that made 940 grants totaling $163.4M to 80 education organizations in North Dakota, with a median grant of $24K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in North Dakota

Total granted $163.4M
Funders 169
Grants 940
Organizations funded 80

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. North Dakota Community Foundation
60 grants to 26 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 27.5% of their giving
$8.4M
2. Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation
28 grants to 9 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 22.4% of their giving
$6.8M
3. Williston State College Supporting Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.6M
4. Sanford Group Return
47 grants to 16 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$15.3M
5. Valley City State University Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.3M
6. Und Arena Services Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.9M
7. James a Unruh Family Foundation C/O Arizona Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 90.3% of their giving
$1.4M
8. North Dakota University System Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $351K · through 2021 · 98.9% of their giving
$701K
9. Matpac Wrestling Club Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 66.6% of their giving
$604K
10. Nierling Family Scholarship Jamestown College Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $63K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$297K
11. Gordon a Larson Foundation Inc C/O Kenneth Dalsted
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025 · 30.0% of their giving
$241K
12. ND Certified Seed Growers Assninc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$225K
13. Cooperative Development Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $244K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$388K
14. Knights of Columbus Council 1883
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $116K · through 2024 · 8.8% of their giving
$355K
15. Blue Hawk Booster Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $116K · through 2022 · 32.4% of their giving
$116K
16. Teton Booster Club Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2024 · 15.0% of their giving
$124K
17. North Dakota Crop Improvement & Seed Assn
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2025 · 71.4% of their giving
$90K
18. Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$315K
19. Fossum Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 27.8% of their giving
$80K
20. Engebretson Family Charitable Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2025 · 25.0% of their giving
$74K
21. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2024
$2.5M
22. Impact Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$239K
23. Florence Lake Charitable Trust 20000701
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 33.3% of their giving
$64K
24. Cass County Electric Cooperative Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 15.1% of their giving
$82K
25. Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$110K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 12 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 education 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 education funding in North Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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