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Private foundation (trust)EIN 456012365Est. 2019-11

FORUM COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION

FARGO, ND 58107

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$1.9M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$120K

FY 2023

Grants Made

12

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$10K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$100K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$251K

Total Expenses

$122K

Qualifying Distributions

$122K

Distributable Amount

$132K

Min. Investment Return

$135K

Undistributed Income

$120K

Payout rate 92%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.92%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

12 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $2K to maximum $100K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2019 to 2023. Peak $128K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

36 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

NDHSAA
$250K
3 grants
NDHS AA
$75K
1 grant
MARCIL CHARTIABLE FOUNDATION
$63K
2 grants
MARCIL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$25K
1 grant
OTHER COLLEGES
$23K
4 grants
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
$15K
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF ND
$7K
1 grant
UNIV OF MN DULUTH
$5K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

36 grants

<$10K
28
grants
$10–50K
3
grants
$50–250K
5
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

5 states

North Dakota
$563K
96% of total
Minnesota
$22K
4% of total
South Dakota
$3K
1% of total
Iowa
$2K
0% of total
Wisconsin
$500
0% of total

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