Catholic Charities North Dakota serves the entire state across the Diocese of Fargo and the Diocese of Bismarck, with refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, emergency food, housing help, and social services. Fargo has received refugees from Bhutan, Burma, Somalia, and South Sudan, and the agency handles their integration services. Here is what it does, how to give, and how to get help.
Unlike states where each diocese runs its own Catholic Charities, North Dakota has a single agency spanning both the Diocese of Fargo and the Diocese of Bismarck. That gives it statewide reach in a state where social-service coverage is otherwise patchy outside the few larger cities.
Refugee integration is a signature program. Fargo has become a resettlement destination for families from Bhutan, Burma, Somalia, and South Sudan, and Catholic Charities provides the integration services that follow arrival: housing, employment navigation, and the long adjustment to a new country. Immigration legal services support these and other immigrant communities.
The agency also runs programs serving North Dakota's Indigenous communities, including the Standing Rock Sioux, the Three Affiliated Tribes at Fort Berthold, the Spirit Lake Nation, and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Emergency food, housing assistance, and broader social services are available statewide to people of all faiths.
Donate online at catholiccharitiesnd.org/donate. For an agency whose work is mostly casework — resettlement, legal aid, social services — money outperforms goods, because it pays for the staff hours that make those programs exist. Monthly recurring gifts are the most useful format; they let the agency plan around stable revenue rather than seasonal spikes.
If you have goods to offer, such as household items for newly arrived refugee families, contact the agency through its site first to ask what is currently needed.
Volunteer opportunities generally follow the programs: supporting resettled families as they get established, helping with food and emergency assistance, and office support. The official website lists current needs and the application process.
If you are seeking services, whether emergency food, housing help, immigration legal assistance, or social services, start at the same site or the nearest office. No Catholic affiliation is required for any program.
Look the organization up in the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search at apps.irs.gov to confirm 501(c)(3) status, and scan its Charity Navigator profile. Save the written acknowledgment for any donation of $250 or more — the IRS requires that documentation for a deduction.
Sources: Catholic Charities North Dakota official site (catholiccharitiesnd.org); our North Dakota charity guide research. Retrieved July 2026. We are not affiliated with Catholic Charities North Dakota and receive no compensation for this listing. Spotted an error? [email protected]
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