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Noblis Inc

To engage in, assist and contribute to the support of scientific activities, and projects for, and to perform, engage in and procure research, development, engineering and advisory services to or for the united states government, state governments and local jurisdictions, and any department or agency of any of the foregoing, nonprofit…

$106k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$90kHealth$90kCrime & Legal$71kHuman Services$71kEducation$68kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kScience & Tech$45kFood & Nutrition$43kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $45,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $106,307 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $61,307 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$452M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE WOMEN'S CENTER$15,000
CORNERSTONES INC$10,000
FOOD FOR OTHERS INC$10,000
VIRGINIA TECH$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%THE CODE OF SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%FOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $10k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $10k → 6%FOOD FOR OTHERS: $8k → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $10k → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $8k → 6%CORNERSTONES INC: $8k → 6%NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE: $11k → 6%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

NY
PA
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
DC
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$342k · 9 repeat orgs$243k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
18

Total granted

$342k
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+8%

Still filing today

89%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • WT
    WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    4× · 2017–2022 · $90k · revenue +54%
  • CO
    CIA OFFICERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $71k · revenue +51%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • WI
    WOMEN IN AEROSPACE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue -10%
  • VA
    VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +62%
  • IH
    INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +8%
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
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
2
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
The Alexandria Hospital Foundation

Fundraising to support inova alexandria hospital, an acute care tax exempt hospital.

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6
Feeding Southwest Virginia

To provide food and other related products primarily to member agencies for distribution to those in need, and also for direct distribution.

Food & Nutrition
7
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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10
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
11
Federation of Virginia Food Banks

Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.

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12
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

25 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. 25 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOMEN IN AEROSPACE INC: $35,000 · OtherWOMEN IN AEROSPACE INCKENTUCKY STATE TREASURER: $25,000 · OtherKENTUCKY STATE TREASURERVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & …The Women's Center: $15,000 · OtherThe Women's CenterFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $12,800 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCVIRGINIA TECH INNOVATIONS CORPORATION: $10,000 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH INNOVATIONS CORPORA…GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYJAMES MADISON HS ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $10,000 · OtherJAMES MADISON HS ATHLETIC BOOSTER…REBUILDING TOGETHER PHILADELPHIA: $7,500 · OtherPhilabundance: $7,500 · OtherFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $7,500 · OtherShelter House Inc: $7,500 · OtherFORKIDS INC: $7,500 · OtherFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $27,500 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR OTHERS INCCORNERSTONES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red…NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAM…WARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $7,500 · Human ServicesWARRIOR FOUNDATION FR…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJE…Code of Support Foundation: $7,500 · Human ServicesCode of Support Found…WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $90,320 · Arts & CultureWOLF TRAP FOUNDAT…American Heart Association Inc: $50,000 · HealthAmerican Heart…INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthINOVA HEALTH S…CIA OFFICERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $70,900 · Crime & LegalCIA OFFICERS …DANVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · EducationVIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Other$175,300Human Services$110,500Arts & Culture$90,320Health$75,000Crime & Legal$70,900Education$37,500Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $90,320 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCIA OFFICERS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $70,900 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN AEROSPACE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCORNERSTONES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $12,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH INNOVATIONS CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES MADISON HS ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetPhilabundance: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR FOUNDATION FREEDOM STATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShelter House Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER PHILADELPHIA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCode of Support Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFORKIDS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Jv Schiro Zavela …Philip L Graham Fund …Stellar Solutions Fou…The Community Foundat…Give Back FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Renaissance Charitabl…The Bank of America C…
The Jv Schiro Zavela FoundationVA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jv Schiro Zavela Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Stellar Solutions Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Give Back Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Noblis Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Noblis Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Noblis Inc?

Find your warmest path to Noblis Inc 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 28 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home