NDU Foundation Grants Now Open All Year

The purpose of the North Dakota United Foundation is to promote educational excellence and quality public service in North Dakota. The Foundation’s goal is to aid educators, public servants, and students in achieving greater educational success. The Foundation accomplishes this by offering various grants and scholarships to individual educators, public servants, and college students designed to enhance their skills. 

The NDU Foundation is proud to present special awards and grants to our members each year, for the continued development of their professional skills and knowledge: 

• Dr. Joanne Pearson Fine Arts Grant – Available for an individual member or a group of members to enhance arts at the elementary or secondary level, support professional development, and/or support student activities in the arts including, but not limited to: painting, sculpture, literature, architecture, cinema, music, and theater. 
• Holland Family Experiential Learning Grant – Available to assist members engaged in developing and/or presenting experiential learning to improve public service or public education in North Dakota. Preference will be given to experiential learning involving North Dakota studies.  
• Joseph A. Westby Leadership Award – Given each year in recognition of Joe Westby’s 45 years of leadership in education, including 32 years within our union. Westby recognized the need to encourage members and staff to pursue leadership training.  
• NDU Workplace Innovation Grant – Available for an individual member or a group of members to implement service delivery innovation to improve public education or public service in North Dakota. 

Learn more about the NDU Foundation Grant applications.