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NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA

NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,055 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$74k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$42k
2/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Norfolk Pearls Foundation of Virginia does

Mission

Scholarships and community contributions and activities

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Awarded scholarships to four universities for three high school graduates and two continuing college students

    $13,389 spent
    51% of program spending
  2. Monetary contributions to community organizations such as boys choir of hampton roads, norfolk state univ foundation, united negro college fund, teens with a purpose, foodbank

    $10,000 spent
    38% of program spending
  3. Community service programs--empower our families and uplift our local community. Serving 300+ individuals and 700+ volunteer hours. Provide weekend backpack meals to student

    $2,977 spent
    11% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,366.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Khalilah Shabazz

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $30.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
2
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin57% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VA

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA?
NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,055 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,055 in grants to NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA?
DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORFOLK PEARLS FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing