Opportunity Summary
The Finley Community Endowment Fund, a component fund of the North Dakota Community Foundation, is accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle from August 15 through September 30, 2026. The fund supports charitable projects and programs serving the Finley, North Dakota area. The public program page does not state an exact deadline clock time or time zone, a solicitation number, a 2026 grant pool, or a per applicant maximum.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are organizations recognized under IRS Code 501(c)(3) as nonprofit tax exempt groups or public tax exempt organizations. The application must describe the organization, project, approximate project cost, and amount requested. The foundation does not fund entire projects, does not fund daily operating requests, and does not make grants to individuals. The board considers organizational management and integrity, local involvement and support, number of people served, community impact, the grant’s importance to project success, and whether the project reflects a new approach to a problem. Projects that could be supported by government or tax revenues receive lower priority.
Education and N9+ Fit
Recent awards show clear education eligibility, including multiple grants to Finley Sharon Public School for a greenhouse, after school programming, a children’s theatre residency, and teacherage appliance improvements. Atlas assigns an N9+ Fit Score of 12/100. No current program language expressly identifies healthcare, telehealth, remote examination technology, or clinical equipment as a priority, and recent award sizes have generally been modest. A project involving the Nonagon N9+ device and platform should therefore be pursued only if an eligible local organization has a specific health or wellness use case and the foundation confirms the proposed costs are allowable.
Funding and Match
No 2026 grant pool, award range, or per applicant maximum is published. Recent awards displayed by the foundation have ranged from approximately $1,500 to $8,150. The foundation states that it does not fund entire projects, so applicants should expect to identify other project resources, but the public guidelines do not state a fixed mandatory match percentage or cost share formula.
Application Requirements
Applications are submitted through the North Dakota Community Foundation Grants Portal. New portal users register using the organization’s name, EIN, executive officer name, email address, and password. Applicants then select the Finley grant program and complete the online application. The public Finley guidelines require information about the organization, project, approximate project cost, and amount requested. No grant specific mandatory attachment checklist is published on the controlling page.
Contact
Local contact: Brian Tuite, c/o Bravera Bank, PO Box 255, Finley, ND 58230, 701 789 7591. North Dakota Community Foundation contact: Amy Stromsodt, Development Director, amy@ndcf.net, 701 795 1531.
Direct Vendor Review
Dr. Miltie and QC Healthcare are not being advanced as direct applicants under the published eligibility rules. Any potential role would be through an eligible local applicant after project fit and cost allowability are confirmed.
Atlas Next Step
Publication only. The opportunity is verified open, but the current N9+ fit does not support cold applicant outreach. If a qualified Finley area school or nonprofit develops a specific health or wellness project, verify equipment allowability, confirm the exact deadline time directly with the foundation if outreach is contemplated, and then re score before creating CRM or outreach records.