FundersCalifornia

Noll Foundation Inc

Lincoln, CA · EIN 99-0209620. Reported 78 grants totalling $3,121,000 to 28 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$30,000median grant
$3,121,000granted, 2021-2024
28organizations funded
89%of grantees funded again the next year
$14.9Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Noll Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $45,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
22 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
32 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
10 grants
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Hope Institute for Children & FamiliesSpringfield, IL$700,000442024
Canyon Hills ChurchLake Forest, CA$377,000442024
Padrino Children's Foundation IncWalnut Creek, CA$240,000442024
Jf Kapnek TrustLafayette, CA$199,000442024
Agape Children's MinistryModesto, CA$165,000442024
Down Syndrome ConnectionDaniville, CA$163,000442024
Pals ProgramCranford, NJ$116,000332023
Arm of CareWalnut Creek, CA$113,000442024
Children of Faith MissionsWalnut Creek, CA$110,000222024
Beautiful ResponseWashington, DC$100,000442024
Young LifeConcord, CA$100,000222022
The Forge for Families IncHouston, TX$85,000332023
Missionary Athletes InternationalMatthews, NC$80,000442024
Partners Relief & DevelopmentGrand Rapids, MI$70,000222024
Alliance for Hope InternationalSan Diego, CA$65,000332024
Bay Area Urban NetworkSan Francisco, CA$60,000222022
Young Life - CapernaumSan Jose, CA$60,000222024
Children of StrengthSan Francisco, CA$55,000442024
Young Life - Mountain West RegionSpokane, WA$55,000222024
Bay Area Urban Network (baun Project)Oakland, CA$50,000222024
Embrace WashingtonSpokane, WA$40,000332024
Grace Refuge Outreach WorldwideWooster, OH$40,000112024
New InternationalFort Myers, FL$28,000442024
His Glory to the NationsColumbia, CA$18,000222023
Grace Opens Doors Charitable FoundationNewport Beach, CA$15,000112021
Junior Ambassadors for Sustainability (jams)Sachse, TX$7,000222023
Church Without WallsHouston, TX$5,000112023
Sonrise Equestrian FoundationPleasanton, CA$5,000112024

24 of 28 (86%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 89%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
9 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Crime & Legal
3 grants
Religion
2 grants
Youth Development
2 grants
Mental Health
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$690,000$32,500
202219$865,000$30,000
202323$685,000$20,000
202420$881,000$37,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 58% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$1.8M
Illinois
$700K
New Jersey
$116K
District of Columbia
$100K
Texas
$97K
Washington
$95K
North Carolina
$80K
Michigan
$70K

Find more foundations like Noll Foundation Inc

We email you newly filed foundations whose giving matches your state and cause, as the IRS publishes them. Free.

No spam, unsubscribe in one click. We never sell or share your address.

Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc6 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc6 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc4 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program3 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc3 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Related guides

Foundations funding human services in CaliforniaEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding international affairs in CaliforniaEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding human services in IllinoisEvery funder in this group, ranked

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Noll Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2574 Mariani Way, Lincoln, CA, 95648. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 99-0209620 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email hello@funderscope.com and we will correct it.