Open Foundations · North Dakota

Myra Foundation

Grand Forks, North Dakota · EIN 450215088. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $748K across 83 grants in 2025, a median of $5K each.

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$748K
paid in 2025
83
grants paid
$5K
median grant
12%
to first-time recipients
$15.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
MYRA FOUNDATION
Address
PO BOX 13536, GRAND FORKS, ND, 582083536
Phone
7017392927
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE MYRA FOUNDATION WEBSITE OR BY MAIL. FOR APPLICATIONS SENT BY MAIL, THE REQUIRED LIST OF INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE MYRA FOUNDATION WEBSITE.
Submission deadline
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED ANYTIME; DISTRIBUTIONS MADE AT YEAR END.
Restrictions on awards
GENERALLY LIMITED TO LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601329349102380. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

grand forkscommunity

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 83 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1University of North Dakota FoundationND$54,000MYRA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
2Grand Forks Children's Museum IncND$50,000GRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC. NAMING OPPORTUNITY
3Empire Arts CenterND$30,000IS IT COLD IN HERE?
4United Way of Grand Forks East Grand Forks & AreaND$30,000BACKPACK PROGRAM
5Circle of Friends Animal Shelterhumane Society of Grand ForksND$25,0002026 MYRA SPAY AND NEUTER, MEDICAL AND OUTREACH
6Grand Forks Senior CenterND$25,000SENIOR MEALS
7St Joseph's Social CareND$25,000EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
8Northlands Rescue Mission IncND$20,400ROOF TOP UNITS MAINTENANCE FOR DORM
9Grand Forks County Water Resource DistrictND$20,000MYRA ARBORETUM
10Special Olympics North DakotaND$20,0002026 STATE SOCCER & BOCCE TOURNAMENT
11Valley Senior Living FoundationND$17,500TUFTE MANOR INTERIOR RENOVATION CONTINUED 2025-2026
12Grand Forks County Historical SocietyND$17,280MYRA PAVILION PAVER MAINTENANCE AND CAMPBELL HOUSE PAINTING
13Grand Forks Public LibraryND$15,000CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY - POLLINATOR GARDEN
14North Dakota Museum of ArtND$14,000MYRA FOUNDATION PRESENTS: CONCERTS IN THE GALLERIES, 2025-2026
15The Grand Forks Salvation ArmyMN$12,500HOMELESS PREVENTION IN GRAND FORKS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202069$725K
202173$820K
202276$723K
202370$699K
202474$702K
2025 (partial year)83$748K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
North Dakota96%
Minnesota2%
South Dakota1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Emily MontgomerySEC-TREAS · 2025
John BotsfordPRESIDENT · 2025
Tracy KennedyDIRECTOR · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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