Big Brothers Big Sisters in the Fargo-Moorhead area is North Dakota's Big Brothers Big Sisters program, operated by The Village Family Service Center. The program matches youth who need mentors with screened adult volunteers in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth. Big Brothers Big Sisters has roots in the area going back to 1966 and has been a program of The Village since 1973. Website thevillagefamily.org.
The program matches a child who needs a mentor with a screened volunteer adult (a Big) in a one-to-one relationship supported by professional staff. Matches meet for activities and conversation, building the kind of consistent adult relationship that research links to educational success, higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships.
Unlike a freestanding affiliate, Big Brothers Big Sisters in Fargo-Moorhead is delivered as a program of The Village Family Service Center, a long-established regional human-services nonprofit, which provides the organizational backbone for screening, training, and match support.
Big Brothers Big Sisters in the Fargo-Moorhead area is North Dakota's Big Brothers Big Sisters program. It matches youth with mentors in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth, spanning Cass County in North Dakota and Clay County in Minnesota.
In the Bismarck area, the former Big Brothers Big Sisters program now operates under a different name as a local mentoring effort, so the Fargo-Moorhead program run by The Village is the state's Big Brothers Big Sisters presence.
Big Brothers Big Sisters traces its roots in the Fargo-Moorhead area to 1966 and has been a program of The Village Family Service Center since 1973. The Village provides behavioral-health and family services across several communities in North Dakota and Minnesota, including Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, Moorhead, and St. Cloud.
Operating the mentoring program within a larger agency gives it stability and access to shared resources, while keeping the matches local to the Fargo-Moorhead metro.
To become a Big, visit The Village Family Service Center's Big Brothers Big Sisters page. Volunteers complete an application and screening process, then are matched with a Little and supported by staff throughout the relationship.
The program continually recruits adult mentors across the metro, and has publicly sought more volunteers to meet demand from families in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
Donations supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters in Fargo-Moorhead can be made through The Village Family Service Center, a 501(c)(3) organization, so gifts are tax-deductible. Corporate partnerships, foundation grants, and individual giving fund the program.
Gifts that support mentoring help cover the staff time behind each match, which keeps relationships safe and effective.
North Dakota has youth-serving organizations including Boys and Girls Clubs and community mentoring efforts. For one-to-one Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring specifically, the Fargo-Moorhead program operated by The Village Family Service Center is the state's affiliate program.
Its delivery within a larger human-services agency is a distinguishing feature, giving the mentoring program organizational depth that a small standalone affiliate might lack.
Last updated June 2026. Big Brothers Big Sisters in Fargo-Moorhead as a program of The Village Family Service Center since 1973 (area roots to 1966), service area (Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, Dilworth), and The Village's multi-community footprint from The Village Family Service Center (thevillagefamily.org); The Village EIN 45-0226423 from GuideStar. The Bismarck-area program now operates locally under a different name. We are not affiliated with Big Brothers Big Sisters (Fargo-Moorhead) and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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