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Noblelight Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$368k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$113k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$1.7MHuman Services$652kHousing & Shelter$591kEducation$455kInternational$454kCommunity Improvement$200kPublic Safety & Disaster$140kEmployment$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $263k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPE OPPORTUNITY MEANING AND EQUALITY GHANA LBG (HOME)$112,530
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION$50,000
VILLAGE SCHOOL$50,000
BLANKETS OF HOPE$50,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$20,000
AMERICAN BANDY ASSOCIATION$10,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$5,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$5,000
THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY$5,000
RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK$5,000
350ORG$5,000
RAINFOREST TRUST$5,000
GREENPEACE FUND$5,000
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$5,000
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $121k → 20%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $100k → 20%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $100k → 20%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $100k → 20%CHARITY WATER: $100k → 17%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $100k → 20%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $50k → 20%BLANKETS OF HOPE: $20k → 20%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $302k → 17%CHARITYWATER: $140k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
UT
KY
VA
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 26 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
30

Total granted

$3.5M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+18%

Still filing today

85%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BO
    BLANKETS OF HOPE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $591k · revenue +65% · 61% of their budget
  • CHARITY GLOBAL INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $542k · revenue +17%
  • TS
    THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $450k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • TK
    THIRD KIND STUDIO PPE
    one grant, 2020 · $125k
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $113k · revenue +64%
  • OP
    Oceanic Preservation Societygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +425%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
5
The Nature Conservancy

The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

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6
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
7
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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8
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
11
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
12
Connectocean Conservation and Outreach Inc

Connectocean conservation and outreach is dedicated to fostering ocean stewardship and conserving aquatic ecosystems through community engagement, education, and collaborative conservation efforts. our mission is to connect communities to…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Gracepoint School Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $450,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATIONENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $190,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORP…TETIAROA SOCIETY: $110,000 · EnvironmentTETIAROA SOCIETYOceanic Preservation Society: $100,000 · EnvironmentOceanic Preservation SocietyREDFORD CENTER INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentREDFORD CENTER INCSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $70,000 · Environment350ORG: $70,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Network: $70,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $70,000 · Environment+2 more: $10,500 · EnvironmentBLANKETS OF HOPE INC: $590,870 · Human ServicesBLANKETS OF HOPE INCCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $541,760 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INCTeambrownsville Inc: $57,000 · Human ServicesHOPE OPPORTUNITY MEANING AND EQUALITY GHANA LBG (HOME): $224,360 · OtherHOPE OPPORTUNITY MEANING AND EQ…VILLAGE SCHOOL INC: $150,000 · OtherVILLAGE SCHOOL INCTHIRD KIND STUDIO PPE: $125,000 · OtherTHIRD KIND STUDIO PPEMENTLTD (MENTOR): $100,000 · OtherMENTLTD (MENTOR)SEASHEPHERD: $100,000 · OtherSEASHEPHERDFOOTSTEPS FOR AFRICA: $70,200 · OtherFOOTSTEPS FOR AFRICAGREENPEACE FUND: $60,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR REEDS SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherTHE CONSERVATION FUND: $50,000 · OtherWildlife Conservation Society: $60,000 · OtherLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $60,000 · OtherMAS FOR MORE: $50,000 · Other+16 more: $139,900 · Other+16 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $180,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $113,256 · InternationalUNITED STA…RAINFOREST TRUST: $60,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $50,000 · InternationalTHE UNION …+2 more: $12,650 · InternationalVIRGIN UNITE USA INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DISC FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationAMERICA NEEDS YOU: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC: $50,000 · HealthSMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $10,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · Health
Environment$1,380,500Human Services$1,189,630Other$1,289,460International$415,906Philanthropy$150,000Education$116,000Health$61,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLANKETS OF HOPE INC: $590,870 over 6y, 61% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $541,760 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $190,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $180,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGIN UNITE USA INC: $150,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetVILLAGE SCHOOL INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $113,256 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTETIAROA SOCIETY: $110,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE DISC FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $60,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetMAS FOR MORE: $50,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $10,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe ONE Campaign: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BANDY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN PLAY ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA NEEDS YOU: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL VOLUNTEERS: $2,650 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACEPOINT SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BLANKETS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGIN UNITE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds TETIAROA SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE DISC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Oceanic Preservation Society ↗
  • Who funds REDFORD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds Rainforest Action Network ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Teambrownsville Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAS FOR MORE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds The ONE Campaign ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BANDY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA10.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Noblelight Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Noblelight Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Noblelight Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Noblelight Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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