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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 2 of 4

26. Dakota Medical Charities
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $67K · through 2023 · 3.6% of their giving
$309K
27. Forward Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2019 · 18.2% of their giving
$52K
28. The Chicago Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8.0M · through 2020
$8.0M
29. Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$160K
30. North Dakota Association for the Disabled Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2022 · 8.6% of their giving
$82K
31. Associated General Contractors of North Dakota
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$34K
32. Stark Development Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022 · 5.1% of their giving
$120K
33. American Gift Fund
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $851K · through 2024
$1.2M
34. Minot Community Foundation
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $49K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$165K
35. Horace Lions Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 9.8% of their giving
$40K
36. Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$400K
37. National Wild Turkey Federation Endowment Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2023 · 7.0% of their giving
$47K
38. Williston Basin Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2022 · 14.3% of their giving
$22K
39. North Dakota Humanities Council
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2021 · 4.2% of their giving
$58K
40. Fraternal Order of Eagles
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$48K
41. Inspiritus Community Health Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$96K
42. Big Stone County Cancer Support Group
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$28K
43. Greater Horizons
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$1.8M
44. United Way of Pinal County
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$29K
45. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
19 grants to 4 organizations · largest $62K · through 2024
$731K
46. North Dakota Farmers Union Educational Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$50K
47. The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024
$100K
48. Foundation for the Carolinas
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2023
$1.2M
49. Las Vegas Events Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K
50. Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$50K

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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