Nd Ffa Foundation

What Nd Ffa Foundation does

The ND FFA Foundation (legal name: North Dakota FFA Foundation Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation established in 1979 and headquartered at 909 Basin Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota. Its sole mission is to fund and support the leadership development, agricultural education, and competitive activities of North Dakota FFA Association members, currently serving 7,500+ active members across 95 chapters (the source notes that 2 in 9 North Dakota high schoolers are FFA members). The Foundation does not operate proprietary technology; its delivery channel is a WordPress website plus Stripe-powered checkout, with donations also processed via Donorbox and Zeffy.

The Foundation's core "products" are a catalog of 12+ unit-priced donation items ($7 Gold Award pin through $5,000 State Officer funding), recurring corporate sponsorships via the tiered Star Partner program (13+ named partners including Hess, Devon Energy, CHS, ConocoPhillips, ADM, and John Deere), and event-driven fundraising anchored by the annual Giving Hearts Day 24-hour campaign and the inaugural Blue & Gold Gala launched November 2022. Programmatic offerings include the Blue Jackets Bright Futures jacket program (260+ jackets/year), SAE grants, college and Young Farmer scholarships, State and National Convention attendance funding, Washington Leadership Conference support, and chapter start-up funds — underwritten in part by the perpetual Fred Bakk Farm Trust, which has generated $300,000+ since its 2006 transfer to the Foundation.

The Foundation operates with a small staff (Executive Director Laiken DeMorrett, appointed 2024; Program Coordinator & Executive Assistant Kayla Hart; plus a Fiscal Manager role) and a Board of Directors. It does not publish financials; revenue is generated entirely through donations, corporate sponsorships, grants, and event fundraising, with major recent gifts including a historic $200,000 donation from the Governor's Heritage Foundation at Governor Kelly Armstrong's inaugural ball and a $25,000 presenting sponsorship from Hess Corporation in 2025.

Name

Nd Ffa Foundation

Legal name

North Dakota FFA Foundation Inc.

Website

https://ndffafoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The North Dakota FFA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 1979 that funds leadership development, scholarships, grants, and convention participation for 7,500+ North Dakota FFA members across 95 chapters through donations, corporate Star Partner sponsorships, and annual fundraising events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Education Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Agricultural education foundation
• FFA youth development
• Nonprofit fundraising
• Scholarship programs
• Corporate sponsorship

Headquarters

HQ city

Bismarck

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Others, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: Primary revenue stream from individual donors, corporate sponsors, and foundation grants supporting FFA programs and leadership development activities
2. E-commerce Product Sales: Online store selling FFA-related funding products including jackets, trophies, convention attendance sponsorships, and SAE grants
3. Corporate Sponsorships: Star Partner program with tiered corporate sponsorship levels providing funding and in-kind support to FFA programs
4. Event Fundraising: Annual Giving Hearts Day campaign and Blue & Gold Gala raising funds through direct donations and auctions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation that raises funds through individual donations, corporate sponsorships, planned gifts, and grants to support North Dakota FFA members' leadership development, including scholarships, official blue jackets, convention attendance, SAE grants, chapter establishment funds, state officer support, and CDE/LDE contest materials.

Product overview

The ND FFA Foundation operates as a non-profit organization offering a portfolio of funding products, programs, and events supporting North Dakota FFA and agricultural education. The core offerings include the Blue Jackets Bright Futures Program (providing FFA jackets to members), individual donation items for funding member activities (State Convention attendance, National Convention competition, Washington Leadership Conference), grants (SAE grants, chapter start-up funds, State Officer funding), and recognition items (Baby Bison trophies, Gold Award pins). The Foundation also manages the STAR Partner corporate sponsorship program, annual scholarships and grants, the Blue & Gold Gala fundraising event, and participates in Giving Hearts Day. Additional operational supplies include pencils and Scantron sheets for CDE/LDE events. Together, these products and programs provide comprehensive support for the 7,500+ ND FFA members across 95 chapters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blue Jackets Bright Futures: Program that provides corduroy jackets to FFA members who may not have the financial resources to purchase their own.

Products and services

• Blue Jackets Bright Futures Program Program that provides official FFA blue jackets to North Dakota FFA members who need financial support to purchase them, removing a key barrier to member participation.
• STAR Partner Program Tiered corporate sponsorship program that allows businesses to partner with the ND FFA Foundation at varying contribution levels to support agricultural education across the state.
• SAE Grants Program Provides beginning and expansion Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) grants to fund student-led agricultural projects and entrepreneurship ventures.
• Chapter Establishment Grants Provides start-up funds to help newly chartered North Dakota FFA chapters thrive in their formative years with program resources and member support.
• Convention Sponsorship Program Sponsorship opportunities that fund FFA member attendance and competition at State and National FFA Conventions, as well as the Washington Leadership Conference.
• State Officer Sponsorship Annual sponsorship that funds a North Dakota FFA State Officer for one year of service, including travel, training, and program support.
• CDE/LDE Contest Materials Sponsorship Sponsorship that supplies test-taking materials — pencils and Scantron sheets — used by members during Career Development Events and Leadership Development Events at conventions.
• Fred Bakk Farm Trust Gift Program Planned-giving and land trust endowment program through which donors can make legacy gifts to support ND FFA in perpetuity.
• Blue & Gold Gala Annual fundraising event that brings together FFA supporters, alumni, and corporate partners to raise funds for ND FFA programs through ticket sales, auctions, and sponsorships.
• Giving Hearts Day Campaign Participation in the regional Giving Hearts Day 24-hour online giving event to raise funds through individual donations with matched-gift incentives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7,500+ active FFA members supported with leadership development opportunities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ND FFA Alumni and SupporterscoreOthersOrganizational partner collaborating on fundraising auctions during ND State Fair since 1999
• Great Plains Food BankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-recipient of $200,000 Governor's Heritage Foundation donation at inaugural ball

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Montana FFA Foundation: Smaller-population, agricultural-economy state FFA foundation serving Montana FFA chapters with scholarships, grants, and corporate sponsorships — closely comparable in scale to ND.
• Nebraska FFA Foundation: State FFA foundation operating with similar nonprofit structure, chapter-based membership model, scholarship and SAE grant programs, and a corporate sponsorship tier model analogous to Star Partners.
• Wisconsin FFA Foundation: Comparable state-level FFA foundation supporting chapters with scholarships, leadership programming, and agribusiness sponsorships, with similar operational scale and donor mix.
• Texas FFA Foundation: Largest state FFA foundation in terms of chapter and member count, operating the same model of scholarships, SAE grants, and tiered corporate sponsorships — useful as a scaled benchmark for what mature state FFA foundations can achieve.
• Iowa FFA Foundation: State-level FFA foundation supporting Iowa FFA members and chapters with scholarships, grants, and corporate sponsorship programs. Comparable structure, mission, and donor base to ND FFA Foundation in a similar agricultural Midwestern state.
• Kansas FFA Foundation: State FFA foundation with analogous mission, scholarship/grant portfolio, and corporate sponsorship structure supporting agricultural education across Kansas chapters.
• Minnesota FFA Foundation: Neighboring state FFA foundation operating with similar structure (501(c)(3), Star Partner-style corporate sponsorships, scholarship/grant programs, alumni engagement) and overlapping agricultural economy.
• California FFA Foundation: Large state FFA foundation supporting agricultural education across a geographically and economically diverse state, with comparable programmatic structure including scholarships, leadership events, and corporate sponsorship tiers.
• South Dakota FFA Foundation: Direct peer as a neighboring state FFA foundation with comparable scale, agricultural economy focus, scholarship/grant offerings, and corporate sponsor mix tied to agribusiness and energy.

Broad incumbents

• National FFA Organization: The national umbrella organization to which ND FFA is affiliated. While not a foundation per se, it administers national-level scholarships, sponsorships (e.g., John Deere), and conventions that complement state foundation programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCNfs4BhxJzWrlWTyjKZmlvg/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/NDFFAandFoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/ndffa_stateofficers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nd-ffa-foundation

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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