Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation
Historical FunderFargo, North Dakota · EIN 36-3606394 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$1M
Organizations funded281
Typical grant$1,500
Total assets$23M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $400 and $3,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | Caring Foundation |
|---|---|
| Address | 4510 13th Ave S, Fargo ND 58121 |
| Phone | 7012821100 |
| caringfoundation@bcbsnd.com | |
| Form and materials | Caring Foundation applications located on our website |
| Deadlines | Deadlines vary. Specific details may be found at https://www.bcbsnd.com/caring-foundation/grants |
| Restrictions | In general must impact North Dakotans and further our mission of bettering health and well-being. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
6% of grants went outside North Dakota.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Cass-Clay | Fargo, ND | Preventing homelessness | $60,000 |
| Junior Achievement North | Fargo, ND | program ensure students are more likely to stay in school, pursue continued education, and develop essential skills for the workforce such… | $45,000 |
| North Dakota Autism Center | West Fargo, ND | expanded school based support for children with autism. | $40,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | Atlanta, GA | Annual partnership commitment | $30,000 |
| FirstLink | Fargo, ND | Shut Out the Stigma partnership - mental health resources and programming | $26,500 |
| American Indian Public Health Resource Center | Fargo, ND | Navigating Healthcare with Culture and Confidence program equipping the Indigenous community members with culturally resonant, practical,… | $25,000 |
| Great Plains Food Bank | Fargo, ND | hunger relief | $25,000 |
| Hazelton Development Corporation | Hazelton, ND | South Central Rural Co-op Initiative - redistributing groceries, paper products, and household goods to rural grocery stores. Rural grocery… | $25,000 |
| Spectra Health | Grand Forks, ND | expand access and care for the vulnerable patient populations by expanding the reach and services of Social Services team to address SDoH… | $25,000 |
| Standing Rock Community Development Corporation | Fort Yates, ND | Expanding Food Access & Nutrition - Strengtheningfood sovereigntyefforts throughcommunity gardens and fresh food distribution,… | $25,000 |
| Turtle Mountain Chippewa Heritage Center | Belcourt, ND | 7 feathers program to promote indigenous cultural traditions, cultural preservation as well as improved physical and mental and emotional… | $20,000 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ND Chapter | Fargo, ND | Strike Out the Stigma initiative | $19,500 |
| Fargo Moorhead Coalition to End Homelessness | Fargo, ND | improve access to shelter beds, housing crisis diversion, and homelessness prevention services a serving as a single, trusted point of… | $15,000 |
| Immigrant Development Center | Fargo, ND | to address critical mental health needs and barriers to care by building mental health literacy and coping skills and reducing isolation. | $15,000 |
| Sacred Pipe Resource Center | Bismarck, ND | help patients achieve better doctor-patient communication and improve overall health outcomes by helping the urban Tribal population of… | $15,000 |
| UND Grants & Contracts Administration | Grand Forks, ND | BUILD rural health grant | $13,770 |
| Missouri Slope Areawide United Way | Bismarck, ND | emergency homeless shelter providing a safe haven for folks to seek respite during the harsh weather and access services from agencies. | $13,000 |
| UND Grants & Contracts Administration | Grand Forks, ND | BUILD rural health grant | $10,607 |
| UND Grants & Contracts Administration | Grand Forks, ND | Rural Health Grant | $10,484 |
| Dakota Medical Foundation | Fargo, ND | Giving hearts day giftcards. | $10,250 |
| Beyond Boundaries | Fargo, ND | fitness center equipment | $10,000 |
| BIO Girls | Fargo, ND | Find Your Kind 5K support | $10,000 |
| Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization | Fargo, ND | expand reach into rural North Dakota serving more individuals in need of medical equipment and supplies | $10,000 |
| Peace Academy | Fargo, ND | early childhood education, family/community engagement courses & fine motor equipment. | $10,000 |
| Simulation in Motion North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND | identify and update the sim training scenarios in mobile units | $10,000 |
| Westhope Public School | Westhope, ND | Rural Roots, Strong Minds: a program initiative to establish and sustain accessible, culturally appropriate mental and behavioral health… | $10,000 |
| UND Grants & Contracts Administration | Grand Forks, ND | Rural Health Grant | $8,431 |
| Great Plains Food Bank | Fargo, ND | eliminating hunger mission support + cultural pop up food events | $8,000 |
| UND Grants & Contracts Administration | Grand Forks, ND | BUILD rural health grant | $7,527 |
| Bismarck State College Foundation | Bismarck, ND | Dental Program and Supplies | $7,500 |
| Foundation for a Healthy North Dakota | Bismarck, ND | Build a statewide coalition of people and organizations to create better health outcomes for all North Dakotans. | $7,500 |
| Heartview Foundation | Bismarck, ND | support for opioid treatment program | $7,500 |
| Nexus-PATH Family Healing | Fargo, ND | support school-linked mental health program | $7,500 |
| Williston State College | Williston, ND | for programming and equipment needed for your to new and expanded programs in nursing and other Allied Health. | $7,500 |
| North Dakota State University | Fargo, ND | SDOH Report | $6,679 |
| North Dakota State University | Fargo, ND | sdoh report | $6,679 |
| North Dakota State University | Fargo, ND | sdoh report | $6,679 |
| UND Grants & Contracts Administration | Grand Forks, ND | Rural Health Grant | $5,537 |
| Catholic Health Charities | Fargo, ND | maternal health efforts of providing support services to families two generations at a time through the necessary transportation to… | $5,000 |
| Children's Museum of Minot Inc | Minot, ND | lactation pod | $5,000 |
| Downtown Development Association | Grand Forks, ND | bike share program | $5,000 |
| Fargo Cass Public Health | Fargo, ND | Maternal Child Health home visiting program | $5,000 |
| Fix It Forward Ministry | Moorhead, MN | remove transportation barriers in the community | $5,000 |
| Folkways | Fargo, ND | Red River Farmers Market | $5,000 |
| Folkways Community | Fargo, ND | winter wellness market collaboration | $5,000 |
| Gateway to Science | Bismarck, ND | Science on the Go | $5,000 |
| HEART Program | Enderlin, ND | transportation assistance for elders to get to doc appointments and therapy as well as tornado recovery efforts | $5,000 |
| Hope Blooms | Fargo, ND | delivery/ transportation sustainability | $5,000 |
| Indigenous Association | Fargo, ND | maternal health efforts around cohesive culturally grounded programming such as lactation support circles, nutrition workshops, community… | $5,000 |
| NDNG Foundation | Bismarck, ND | ND Service Member and Family Support providing children of current or retired military members to attend youth camps to build friendships… | $5,000 |
| Rape and Abuse Crisis Center | Fargo, ND | programming and supplies | $5,000 |
| Resource Connect | Moorhead, MN | transportation assistance to remove barriers getting to medical appts. | $5,000 |
| Richland County Health Department | Wahpeton, ND | support maternal health work with vulnerable groups, including promoting breastfeeding during and after incarceration, ensuring continuity… | $5,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Bismarck | Bismarck, ND | mobile dental van and reducing barriers to oral health | $5,000 |
| Soul Solutions Recovery Center | Fargo, ND | family program support and support for long term recovery through treatment | $5,000 |
| Special Olympics North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND | community programming implementation for advancing Special Olympics Young Athletes programming. | $5,000 |
| Tobacco Free ND | Bismarck, ND | Tobacco free education and support resources | $5,000 |
| Trinity Health Foundation | Minot, ND | Student nursing scholarships | $5,000 |
| United Way of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Area | Grand Forks, ND | Student Families First Pantry support for families experiencing homelessness or near homelessness with food | $5,000 |
| United Way of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Area | Grand Forks, ND | Backpack Program support with 272% increase to ensure kids don't go hungry on the weekends. | $5,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 281 grants to organizations.
The return also lists 3 grants to individuals ($7,000). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,008,751 | 284 |
| 2024 | $860,444 | 256 |
| 2023 | $759,210 | 226 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 15, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202631359349104803
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 36-3606394
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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