FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo woman will be sentenced in January 2026 after pleading guilty to stealing from a state scholarship fund that received $350,000 in grant money.
On October 20, Faith Dixon pleaded guilty to three felony counts of Theft of Property in Burleigh County Court.
Court records show that Faith Dixon and her husband, Charles Dixon, allegedly used a nonprofit organization, the Faith4Hope Scholarship Fund, to defraud the state of thousands of dollars. Faith served as the nonprofit’s president. The fund received $350,000 in grant money from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction covering a three-year period from Nov. 1, 2021, to June 30, 2024.
In September 2023, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) began a criminal investigation. BCI investigators found that Faith Dixon was noncompliant in multiple areas and that Faith4Hope failed to provide required activities or maintain documentation to ensure the funding was used properly.
Faith Dixon is scheduled to be sentenced on January 20, 2026, for the three felony counts to which she pleaded guilty. Current court documents show she still pleads not guilty to two additional felony counts of Theft of Property, with a jury trial scheduled for November 18-21.
Charles Dixon also faces a jury trial on November 18-21 in Burleigh County.
