Open Foundations · North Dakota

Alva J Field Memorial Trust

Williston, North Dakota · EIN 456010789. 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 $1.4M across 224 grants in 2024, a median of $4K each.

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$1.4M
paid in 2024
224
grants paid
$4K
median grant
35%
to first-time recipients
$25.0M
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
Neff Eiken Neff PC
Address
1500 14th Street W Suite 200, Williston, ND, 58802
Phone
7015772000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
Application by letter accompanied with financial needs and grade transcript.
Submission deadline
Request should be made prior to August 15th and December 15th of each semester.
Restrictions on awards
Loan requests are limited to boys and girls who have graduated from high school in Williams County, North Dakota.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202611349349102311. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

individual scholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 224 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Williston State CollegeND$200,000Individual Scholarship
2Abuhl BremenND$14,000Individual Scholarship
3Alexandrou AngelikiND$14,000Individual Scholarship
4Everson LeifMT$14,000Individual Scholarship
5Hanson SloanND$14,000Individual Scholarship
6Hove KaitlynnND$14,000Individual Scholarship
7Ledahl SamanthaND$14,000Individual Scholarship
8Mack KeatonND$14,000Individual Scholarship
9Meyer JaxonND$14,000Individual Scholarship
10Askim GilesND$12,000Individual Scholarship
11Mack KoleND$12,000Individual Scholarship
12Urbi LaurenTN$12,000Individual Scholarship
13Vachal LindseyND$12,000Individual Scholarship
14Norgaard AdelineND$9,500Individual Scholarship
15Brimhall ClaraND$9,000Individual Scholarship

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020243$787K
2021233$935K
2022231$1.1M
2023222$1.2M
2024224$1.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
North Dakota92%
Minnesota2%
Montana1%
Tennessee1%
Oklahoma1%

Who decides

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

Beau AndersonTrustee · 2024
Bernell HirningTrustee · 2024
Martin HansonTrustee · 2024
Richard H FaidleyTrustee · 2024

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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