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The Noble Fir Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.7M
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$3,689,463
Largest grant, FY2023
$3,689,463
Organizations funded a year
2 to 13
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
2
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Noble Fir Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.7M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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
FY20232$3.7M100%
FY202213$112k8%
FY20217$85k29%
FY20208$66k50%
FY201912$112k50%
FY20188$53k38%
FY20176$42kn/a
82% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$3.7MEnvironment$107kEducation$93kHuman Services$61kArts & Culture$53kHealth$52kHousing & Shelter$30kInternational$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
OR
CA
VA
AZ
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 15 grantees
All grantees of The Noble Fir Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Whidbey Camano Land Trust$85,00051%
Breakthrough$60,00021%
Sound Generations$41,00060%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$30,00020%
Austin College$30,00020%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$30,00010%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$28,50040%
Mercy Corps$15,00030%
Northwest Harvest Emm$10,00030%
Seattle Repertory Theater Foundation$10,00011%
Cascade Public Media$8,00020%
Social Venture Partners$6,00010%
One Tree Planted Inc$3,50020%
Pratham USA$2,50010%
Historic Whidbey$2,00021%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Noble Fir Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWhidbey Camano Land Trust: $85,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBreakthrough: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSound Generations: $41,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAustin College: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $28,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Repertory Theater Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCascade Public Media: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSocial Venture Partners: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOne Tree Planted Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPratham USA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Whidbey: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% 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 15.

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About The Noble Fir Foundation

How much does The Noble Fir Foundation give?
The Noble Fir Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $3,699,463 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Noble Fir Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Environment (3%), Education (2%).
Who are The Noble Fir Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Whidbey Camano Land Trust ($85k), Breakthrough ($60k), Sound Generations ($41k).
Does The Noble Fir Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Noble Fir Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where is The Noble Fir Foundation based?
The Noble Fir Foundation is based in WA.

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 25 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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