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Noonmark Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
82
Grants FY2024
58
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,071
Organizations funded a year
47 to 78
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
19
Total assets, FY2024
$99k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Noonmark Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentInternationalHealthAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving77$15k43%
FY202358$9k34%
FY202278$16k54%
FY202168$11k40%
FY202058$12k69%
FY201747$7kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$22kReligion$11kEducation$9kEnvironment$8kCommunity Improvement$5kInternational$5kHealth$4kHuman Services$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christ Church$6,9304n/a
The Lake Placid Sinfonietta Inc$4,67551%
Iowa Public Radio Inc$3,05860%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,42540%
The Junior League of Chicago Inc$2,22660%
Keene Valley Congregational Ucc$1,9505n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$1,85330%
Junior League of Cedar Rapids Inc$1,70041%
St Lawrence University$1,25040%
The Wilderness Society$1,02560%
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All grantees of Noonmark Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christ Church$6,9304n/a
The Lake Placid Sinfonietta Inc$4,67551%
Iowa Public Radio Inc$3,05860%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,42540%
The Junior League of Chicago Inc$2,22660%
Keene Valley Congregational Ucc$1,9505n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$1,85330%
Junior League of Cedar Rapids Inc$1,70041%
St Lawrence University$1,25040%
The Wilderness Society$1,02560%
The Adler Planetarium$1,00530%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$99550%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$98060%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$79530%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$77010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$76050%
Wheaton College$70030%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$68050%
Children's Research Triangle$65010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$58050%
Folk Alliance International$55330%
Garden Club of Evanston$5303n/a
Chicago Horticultural Society$50330%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$47540%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$45550%
Easter Seals Inc$43510%
The Lake Placid Association for Music Drama and Art Inc$41010%
Global Campaign for Education-Us$40010%
Old Town School of Folk Music$40020%
State University of Iowa Foundation$36820%
Ausable Club Preservation Foundation$35020%
Adirondack Land Trust Inc$32530%
Window to the World Communications Inc$30020%
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc$30010%
French Heritage Society Inc$30010%
Northwestern University$30010%
The Barack Obama Foundation$27530%
National Parks Conservation Association$26040%
World Business Chicago$25010%
Foxcroft School$25050%
Evanston History Center$25020%
Cornell College$25020%
Winnetka Youth Organization$24040%
Covenant House$23010%
Evanston Township High School District 202 Ed Foundation$22530%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$22550%
St Labre Indian School$2031n/a
North Shore Country Day School$20240%
The Adirondack Carousel Inc$20010%
Have Dreams$20010%
Keene Valley Library Association$20010%
The Actors' Fund of America$20010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$20040%
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education$20010%
University of Illinois Foundation$20010%
Adirondack Trail Improvement Society Inc$20020%
Center for Common Ground$20010%
Illinois Humanities Council Inc$20040%
The Poetry Foundation$20010%
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc$19810%
National Wildlife Federation$19550%
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence$19530%
Little Village Foundation$17520%
United Negro College Fund Inc$16530%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$16020%
The Art Institute of Chicago$16010%
Chicago Map Society$1554n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$15010%
Central Iowa Blues Society$15020%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$15030%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$15010%
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$13510%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$12510%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$12530%
Whitney Museum of American Art$12510%
AARP Foundation$12310%
Mercy Chefs Inc$12020%
San Diego Folk Heritage$11710%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10210%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$10030%
Country Music Foundation Inc$10010%
Uweza Aid Foundation$10010%
Northlight Theatre Inc$10010%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$10010%
Foundation for Homan Square F/K/A Homan Arthington Foundation$10010%
The Garden Clubs of Illinois Inc$10010%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$10010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$10010%
Healthwell Foundation$10010%
Feeding America$10010%
Women Vote$1001n/a
Nrdc Action Fund Inc$10010%
Friends of the Green Bay Trail$1001n/a
Smithsonian Institution$9010%
Field Museum of Natural History$8510%
American Rivers Inc$8010%
Episcopal Charities$752n/a
Sierra Club$6530%
Putnam Museum and Science Center$6310%
Adrenaline Sports$6010%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$5910%
The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc$5510%
Go Green Wilmette Nfp Inc$501n/a
Miami University$501n/a
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$5010%
Willow Creek Theatre Company$501n/a
Lake County Symphony Orchestra$5010%
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy$501n/a
Levy Senior Center Foundation Inc$5010%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$5010%
Evanston Rebuilding Warehouse$4510%
East Branch Friends of the Arts$401n/a
Sarah Siddons Society Inc$3510%
American Battlefield Trust$3510%
The Danish Immigrant Museum$3010%
Friends of the Earth$3010%
Compassion & Choices$3010%
National Park Foundation$2510%
North Shore Choral Society$2510%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$2510%
Mount Vernon Area Arts Council$251n/a
American Kidney Fund Inc$2510%
Defenders of Wildlife$2510%
Alpha Phi Foundation Inc$2510%
Earthjustice$2510%
National Geographic Society$2510%
Giffords$2510%
Brightfocus Foundation$2510%
Orphans of the Storm$2510%
Domestic Violence Intervention Program$2510%
Southeast Linn Community Center Corp$2510%
Center for National Independence in Politics$2510%
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre$251n/a
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc$2510%
United Service Organizations Inc$2510%
Spca International Inc$2510%
Evanston Roundtable Media Nfp$2510%
Yellowstone Forever$2510%
National Arbor Day Foundation$2010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$2010%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$1510%
Population Connection$1510%
Consumer Reports Inc$1010%
American Forests$1010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Noonmark Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Lake Placid Sinfonietta Inc: $4,675 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetIowa Public Radio Inc: $3,058 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $2,425 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Junior League of Chicago Inc: $2,226 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $1,853 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Cedar Rapids Inc: $1,700 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $1,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Adler Planetarium: $1,005 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $995 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $980 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBrady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $795 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $770 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $760 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWheaton College: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $680 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Research Triangle: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $580 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFolk Alliance International: $553 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $503 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $475 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $455 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $435 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lake Placid Association for Music Drama and Art Inc: $410 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Campaign for Education-Us: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOld Town School of Folk Music: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetState University of Iowa Foundation: $368 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAusable Club Preservation Foundation: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAdirondack Land Trust Inc: $325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Evanston-North Shore Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFrench Heritage Society Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $260 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Business Chicago: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoxcroft School: $250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEvanston History Center: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell College: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWinnetka Youth Organization: $240 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCovenant House: $230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvanston Township High School District 202 Ed Foundation: $225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $225 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Country Day School: $202 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Adirondack Carousel Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHave Dreams: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeene Valley Library Association: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 129.

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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.

John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationIL20.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Cloudsplitter Foundation · Adirondack Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation · The Howard S Dubin Family Foundation · Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Owen D and Jennifer Thomas Family Chari Trust · Baxter International Foundation · Elizabeth Beidler Tisdahl Foundation

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.

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About Noonmark Foundation

How much does Noonmark Foundation give?
Noonmark Foundation reported 82 grants totaling $15,520 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 78 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Noonmark Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Religion (15%), Education (12%).
Who are Noonmark Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Christ Church ($7k), The Lake Placid Sinfonietta Inc ($5k), Iowa Public Radio Inc ($3k).
Does Noonmark Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Noonmark Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Noonmark Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Circle of Service Foundation, Cloudsplitter Foundation.
Where is Noonmark Foundation based?
Noonmark Foundation is based in IA.

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 217 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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