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The Northrop Grumman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,284
Grants FY2024still arriving
46
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$47MScience & Tech$9.5MEmployment$7.2MArts & Culture$3.4MRecreation & Sports$2.4MPhilanthropy$2.1MHuman Services$2.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1284 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1185 grants · $921k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k43 grants · $3.9M
  • $250k+15 grants · $6.5M
$500
Median grant
46
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NPOWER$1,000,000
ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION$1,000,000
AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION$750,000
US SPACE ROCKET CENTER ED FDN$590,000
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY$500,000
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FDN$400,000
NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOC$310,000
GEORGE MASON UNIV FDN$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$250,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$250,000
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$250,000
AMERICARES FOUNDATION$250,000
GREATER WASHINGTON PARTNERSHIP$250,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$250,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISLAND HARVEST: $3k → 6%GIRLS WHO CODE: $10k → 17%LAST MILE EDUCATION FUND: $3k → 12%ARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA: $7k → 7%GIRLS WHO CODE: $10k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $10k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $10k → 17%CENTRAL BREVARD SHARING CENTER INC: $3k → 10%US SPACE & ROCKET CENTER FDN: $446k → 11%GIRLS WHO CODE: $50k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $50k → 17%GIRLS WHO CODE: $10k → 17%SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE: $3k → 14%STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA: $10k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $250k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $129k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $60k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $60k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $57k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $29k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $9k → 14%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$63M · 880 repeat orgs$21M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

880 repeat relationships: 517 still active in FY2024, 363 since wound down; 129 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

880
960

Total granted

$63M
$19M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+23%

Still filing today

54%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyInternationalArts & 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

  • AS
    AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $7.4M · revenue +52%
  • RE
    ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5.8M · revenue +114%
  • MF
    MATHCOUNTS Foundation
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • TO
    TIDES - ONE TEN
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M
  • RE
    ROBOTICS EDUC & COMPETITION FDN
    one grant, 2019 · $1.5M
  • MB
    MILITARY BOWL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $1.1M
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
La Salle University

See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…

Education
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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11
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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12
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Success Academy Charter Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Varosha. 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

934 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. 934 of the 2,000 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
122
Early backer (in before they grew)
920/934
Grantees still filing
709/934
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UMBC FOUNDATION: $3,688,555 · OtherUMBC FOUNDATIONTIDES - ONE TEN: $3,000,000 · OtherTIDES - ONE TENMIT: $2,143,975 · OtherMITFLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY: $1,590,000 · OtherROBOTICS EDUC & COMPETITION FDN: $1,500,000 · OtherUS SPACE ROCKET CENTER ED FDN: $1,410,000 · Other+117 more: $26,189,554 · Other+117 moreAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $7,400,000 · EducationAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATIONROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION INC: $5,750,000 · EducationROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FO…NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION: $1,976,054 · EducationNATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATI…MATHCOUNTS Foundation: $1,650,000 · EducationMATHCOUNTS FoundationGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,304,350 · Education+42 more: $7,715,155 · Education+42 moreONETEN COALITION INC: $6,000,000 · Civil Rights+4 more: $402,333 · Civil RightsEARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,492,471 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $801,500 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $602,500 · Arts & CultureWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $600,000 · Arts & CultureThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $400,000 · Arts & CultureHERBIE HANCOCK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ: $300,000 · Arts & CultureNAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $126,856 · Arts & CultureHOPEWELL FUND: $984,000 · PhilanthropyAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $545,055 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $157,894 · PhilanthropyCAL POLY POMONA PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $142,470 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $689,288 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $641,598 · InternationalNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC: $170,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $160,137 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $102,549 · InternationalTHE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION INC: $84,987 · International+1 more: $63,456 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,147,959 · Human ServicesUS SPACE & ROCKET CENTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $446,500 · Human ServicesGIRLS WHO CODE INC: $150,000 · Human Services
Other$39,522,084Education$25,795,559Civil Rights$6,402,333Arts & Culture$4,523,327Philanthropy$2,179,419International$1,912,015Human Services$1,744,459

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $7,400,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetONETEN COALITION INC: $6,000,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION INC: $5,750,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION: $1,976,054 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetMATHCOUNTS Foundation: $1,650,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetEARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,492,471 over 5y, 30% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,304,350 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,147,959 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON PARTNERSHIP: $1,000,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetNPOWER INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $984,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $801,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetASCTE FOUNDATION FKA ALABAMA SCHOOL OF CYBER AND ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetCODEORG: $790,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $689,288 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $641,598 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $602,500 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetDa Vinci Schools: $600,250 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $600,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $545,055 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $500,093 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUS SPACE & ROCKET CENTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $446,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $444,528 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREAT MINDS IN STEM: $440,500 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $433,027 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $413,436 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION: $377,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $321,371 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHERBIE HANCOCK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ: $300,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY: $300,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $298,113 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $270,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $262,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $250,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES INC: $240,853 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: $239,725 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $209,643 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $203,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBUSINESS - HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM: $200,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $179,339 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEAST COAST ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FLORIDA INC: $178,200 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNational AfterSchool Association Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC: $170,000 over 3y, 25% 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 AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ONETEN COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBOTICS EDUCATION & COMPETITION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MATHCOUNTS Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds NPOWER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FUND ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASCTE FOUNDATION FKA ALABAMA SCHOOL OF CYBER AND ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CODEORG ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds Da Vinci Schools ↗
  • Who funds WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds AIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗

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.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Fo…Sempra FoundationThe Intuit FoundationKpmg US Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…Tom Joyner Foundation…Edward St John Founda…Carrie Estelle Doheny…Fidelity FoundationThe J Paul Getty TrustThe Ahmanson Foundati…The Rose Hills Founda…
Aerojet Rocketdyne FoundationFL40.7× affinity27 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aerojet Rocketdyne Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Kpmg US Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Tom Joyner Foundation Inc · Edward St John Foundation Inc · Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Feeding Florida Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences: 9% of income from government
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Florida Institute of Technology Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Norwich University: 4% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wheaton College: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
33report 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.

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 2000 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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