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Foundations That Fund Education in North Dakota

Imperigo has identified 174 funders that made 1,006 grants totaling $168.8M to 82 education organizations in North Dakota, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in North Dakota

Total granted $168.8M
Funders 174
Grants 1,006
Organizations funded 82

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Cass County Electric Cooperative Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 15.1% of their giving
$82K
27. Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$110K
28. Dakota Medical Charities
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $67K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$380K
29. Forward Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2019 · 18.2% of their giving
$52K
30. Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$160K
31. The Chicago Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8.0M · through 2020
$8.0M
32. North Dakota Association for the Disabled Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2022 · 8.6% of their giving
$82K
33. Associated General Contractors of North Dakota
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$34K
34. Stark Development Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022 · 5.1% of their giving
$120K
35. American Gift Fund
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $851K · through 2024
$1.2M
36. Horace Lions Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 9.8% of their giving
$40K
37. Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$400K
38. National Wild Turkey Federation Endowment Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2023 · 7.0% of their giving
$47K
39. Williston Basin Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2022 · 14.3% of their giving
$22K
40. Fraternal Order of Eagles
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$48K
41. New Town Health Support Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2025 · 14.5% of their giving
$13K
42. Inspiritus Community Health Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$96K
43. Big Stone County Cancer Support Group
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$28K
44. Greater Horizons
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$1.8M
45. United Way of Pinal County
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$29K
46. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
21 grants to 4 organizations · largest $66K · through 2025
$829K
47. North Dakota Farmers Union Educational Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$50K
48. The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024
$100K
49. Foundation for the Carolinas
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2023
$1.2M
50. Las Vegas Events Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K

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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