North Dakota · Grantmakers

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 3 of 4

51. 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
52. Shriners International
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2022 · 6.4% of their giving
$6K
53. South Dakota Community Foundation
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024
$216K
54. Dickinson Youth Activities Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$17K
55. Dunn County Fair Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$11K
56. Cass County Electric Cooperative Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2025 · 2.4% of their giving
$13K
57. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
23 grants to 7 organizations · largest $75K · through 2025
$358K
58. Ernst & Young Foundation
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024
$167K
59. American Legion 37 Edgar M Boyd
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$25K
60. Minot Junior Golf Association Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$22K
61. The New York Community Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $237K · through 2024
$444K
62. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $132K · through 2025
$632K
63. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $48K · through 2024
$331K
69. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $149K · through 2024
$174K
70. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $74K · through 2025
$229K
76. Charities Aid Foundation America
22 grants to 9 organizations · largest $39K · through 2024
$280K
77. Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2024
$70K
78. Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2022
$62K
79. American Chemical Society
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022
$55K
80. The San Francisco Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$200K
81. The US Charitable Gift Trust
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024
$193K
82. Tulsa Community Foundation
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024
$145K
83. Deloitte Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2022
$54K
86. The Minneapolis Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$110K
88. United Way Worldwide
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $30K · through 2020
$66K

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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