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Foundations That Fund Youth Development in North Dakota

Imperigo has identified 69 funders that made 241 grants totaling $11.5M to 37 youth development organizations in North Dakota, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Youth Development Funding in North Dakota

Total granted $11.5M
Funders 69
Grants 241
Organizations funded 37

Top Funders — page 1 of 3

1. Wahpeton Hockey Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2023 · 18.9% of their giving
$76K
2. Missouri Slope Areawide United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$165K
3. Impactassetsinc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024
$2.7M
4. Souris Valley United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$64K
5. Inspiritus Community Health Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$121K
6. Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2025 · 6.7% of their giving
$34K
7. Minot Junior Golf Association Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$66K
8. American Legion Post 75 Wm Perry Makee
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2023 · 6.9% of their giving
$21K
9. Minot Community Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$84K
10. North Dakota Community Foundation
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024
$203K
11. Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024
$190K
12. The Thielen Foundation Inc C/O Lukas Inveiss
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 2.0% of their giving
$50K
13. Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2020 · 1.8% of their giving
$54K
14. Forward Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$15K
15. Cass County Electric Cooperative Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2025 · 3.8% of their giving
$20K
16. Sanford Group Return
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024
$283K
17. Impact Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023
$30K
18. Magic City Lions Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 2.0% of their giving
$10K
19. Dakota Medical Charities
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2021
$25K
20. American Trails
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$10K
21. Knights of Columbus Council 1883
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024
$14K
22. Aes Restaurant Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$10K
23. Mandan Baseball Club Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2024
$15K
24. West Central Initiative
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024
$31K
25. Minnesota Twins Community Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021
$15K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to youth development 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. 8 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 youth development 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 youth development funding in North Dakota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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