Mississippi · Private foundation
The Noblitt 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.
- $275k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Noblitt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $275k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $702k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $577k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $267k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Biblical Seminary | $600,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Sunnybrook Children's Home Inc | $137,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Empower Mississippi Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Hope Village for Children Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mission First Inc | $42,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Family Association Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Empower Mississippi | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Christ United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Biblical Seminary | $600,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Sunnybrook Children's Home Inc | $137,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Empower Mississippi Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Hope Village for Children Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mission First Inc | $42,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Family Association Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Empower Mississippi | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Christ United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gods Not Dead Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The McClean Fletcher Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mississippi Children's Home Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cheshire Abbey | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($737k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Noblitt Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Ergon Foundation Inc · Century Club Charities Inc · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Feild Co-Operative Association · Walker Foundation · The Pruet Foundation · Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation · Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Noblitt Foundation
- How much does The Noblitt Foundation give?
- The Noblitt Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $275,014 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Noblitt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (50%), Human Services (15%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The Noblitt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Wesley Biblical Seminary ($600k), Sunnybrook Children's Home Inc ($137k), Alliance Defending Freedom ($80k).
- Does The Noblitt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Noblitt 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Noblitt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee, Ergon Foundation Inc, Century Club Charities Inc.
- Where is The Noblitt Foundation based?
- The Noblitt Foundation is based in MS.
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