Public Charity

Dakota Medical Charities

Based in Fargo, ND, Dakota Medical Charities operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $6.3M in revenue, $7.1M in expenses, $89.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 154 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $16.2M.

EIN: 450368679 Fargo, ND Philanthropy, Charity & Voluntarism Promotion NTEE: T50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.3M
Total Expenses$7.1M
Total Assets$89.5M
Grants Given154
Grant Total$16.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

With the aim to positively impact health in our region, Dakota Medical Foundation hosts a family of programs and education initiatives. We lead initiatives to create a region of the healthiest people, build the fundraising success of charities, and invest in new ideas that create widespread health improvement.We further invest our resources in helping charities become exceptional at fundraising. With adequate money for their missions, organizations multiply their impact on health and quality of life.

Where $100 goes at Dakota Medical Charities

How Dakota Medical Charities divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $90 for programs

$74
Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF) and its supporting organization, Dakota Medical Charities (DMC), (the "Foundations") are recognized leaders dedicated to addressing societal health problems and improving the health and…
82% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 102 families
$16
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESSImpact Training and Coaching
18% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 228 nonprofits; 8,000 members; 1,500 nonprofits
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Dakota Medical Charities

Sometimes funds new orgs 38% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2022–2024).

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Sample Grants Given

Fargo, ND · 2024
support DMF Center of Excellence non-profit center
$3,356,174
Grand Forks, ND · 2024
fund student scholarships, enhance campus resources and support groundbreaking programs
$55,000
Fargo, ND · 2024
support for people suffering from substance use disorders
$31,000
Fargo, ND · 2024
provide emergency shelter services for women and children and other health related services.
$24,000
Moorhead, MN · 2024
support shelter and food for homeless
$15,550

Showing up to 5 of 154 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Day Director Amanda Sayre Giving Hearts
Director Barbra Brookshire Od
Secretary Chris Kennelly
Executive Director (from June) Damon Gleave Cfointerim
Director David Akkerman Md
Treasurer Eric Monson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$7,673,811 26 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$5,170,304 33 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,932,238 40 grants
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$459,179 13 grants
Education
$308,790 13 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.3M $7.1M $89.5M
2024 $3.7M $5.4M $88.0M
2023 $3.7M $3.9M $79.6M
2022 $7.8M $4.9M $75.9M
2021 $5.9M $4.2M $89.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $5.9M to $6.3M (+6%), with total assets most recently reported at $89.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in MN, ND.

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