FundersNorth Dakota

Urdahl Inc

Jamestown, ND · EIN 45-0422833. Reported 151 grants totalling $61,787 to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$300median grant
$61,787granted, 2021-2024
57organizations funded
90%of grantees funded again the next year
$402,487assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Urdahl Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $300. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $600; the smallest was $50 and the largest $1,100. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
141 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
10 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Christian Mission AidZeeland, MI$3,500442024
God's ChildBismarck, ND$3,100442024
Jamestown Salvation ArmyJamestown, ND$3,100442024
Lutheran World ReliefBaltimore, MD$3,027442024
ELCA World Hungerdisaster AppealChicago, IL$3,000332024
Great Plains Food BankFargo, ND$2,850442024
Carter CenterAtlanta, GA$2,500442024
Community Lunch Capital HillSeattle, WA$2,400332024
Covenant HouseNew York, NY$2,000332024
Doctors Without Borders MsfHaagerstown, MD$1,900332024
Lutheran Partners in Global MinistryMinneapolis, MN$1,700442024
Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL$1,700442024
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$1,600332024
USA for Un High Commission for RefugeesWashington, DC$1,600442024
American Red CrossBoone, IA$1,200332024
Mercy ShipsGarden Valley, TX$1,200442024
Park River Bible CampPark River, ND$1,200442024
Northern Plains Reservation AidAddison, TX$1,118442024
Partners in HealthFrederick, MD$1,100332024
Eca World Hunger Disaster AppealChicago, IL$1,000112021
Living Is Giving IncJamestown, ND$1,000222024
Sioux Nation Relief FundWashington, DC$1,000442024
Unicef USANew York, NY$1,000112023
Wycliffe AssociatesOrlando, FL$1,000442024
Int'l Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$935112021
Native American Heritage AssocRapid City, SD$900332024
University of Washington FoundationSeattle, WA$900332024
Community ActionJamestown, ND$847112024
Community Lunch Capitol HillSeattle, WA$800112021
Nekoma Lutheran ChurchNekoma, ND$800442024
Safe ShelterJamestown, ND$800442024
Covenant HouseWashington, DC$734112021
Eastern Nd SynodFargo, ND$700332024
Trinity Lutheran ChurchJamestown, ND$669332023
Jamestown United WayJamestown, ND$600442024
Stutsman County Human Rights CoalitionJamestown, ND$600332024
Amnesty InternationalWashington, DC$500222024
Daily BreadJamestown, ND$500112024
Doctors Without BordersHaagerstown, MD$500112021
Northern Lights Council Boy ScoutsFargo, ND$500442024
Project HopeBethesda, MD$500222024
James River Senior CenterJamestown, ND$411112023
American Red CrossMinneapolis, MN$400112021
Christian Appalachian ProjectPaintsville, KY$400222024
Global RefugeBaltimore, MD$400222024
Impart FoundationFargo, ND$400112021
Oxfam AmericaWashington, DC$400442024
Project HopeMillwood, VA$400222022
Stanley Stamm CampSeattle, WA$400442024
Kiwanis Club of JamestownJamestown, ND$350332023
Operation SmilesTopeka, KS$350222024
St Johns Lutheran ChurchJamestown, ND$300112024
Ky State Treasurer Public ProtectionFrankfort, KY$246112021
Luthern Immigration & Refugee ServicesBaltimore, MD$200112022
Native American Heritage AssoRapid City, SD$200112021
Partnership With Native AmericansAddison, TX$200222024
Stutsman Co Human Rights CoolitionJamestowm, ND$150112021

41 of 57 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 90%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 47 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

International Affairs
14 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
10 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Education
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202133$13,254$300
202235$13,988$300
202342$17,188$350
202441$17,357$400

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 31% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Dakota. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

North Dakota
$19K
Maryland
$8K
New York
$6K
Washington
$4K
District of Columbia
$4K
Illinois
$4K
Michigan
$4K
Texas
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc7 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc7 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $300. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Dakota.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Urdahl Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 907 9TH St Sw, Jamestown, ND, 58401. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 45-0422833 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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