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Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc

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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
60
Grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$459,673
Organizations funded a year
47 to 66
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$21M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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
HealthArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving57$1.1M25%
FY202360$993k22%
FY202261$1.1M18%
FY202166$1.6M35%
FY202057$630k49%
FY201947$332k38%
FY201857$815k40%
FY201761$1.5Mn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.3MPhilanthropy$1.8MHealth$1.1MArts & Culture$956kEnvironment$648kHuman Services$355kYouth Development$305kRecreation & Sports$291kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
DE
TN
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 99 grantees
All grantees of Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wayne Center for the Arts$555,900821%
The College of Wooster$543,55280%
Duke University$281,00060%
Coastal Mountains Land Trust$251,12063%
Wayne Economic Development Council Inc$190,00085%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$175,00020%
Case Western Reserve University$150,00020%
Friends of Wooster Memorial Park$144,000223%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$125,00061%
Points North Institute$117,00072%
Westminster Presbyterian Church$113,5776n/a
Community Action Waynemedina$106,00040%
The Downtown Arts Theater Inc$101,000228%
Central American Medical Outreach Inc$100,00014%
Rails to Trails of Wayne County$84,000221%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio$82,60080%
Schantz Makerspace Inc$63,000565%
Serving Women in Ghana$61,00079%
Wayne County Children's Advocacy Center Inc$60,00056%
The Counseling Center of Wayne & Holmes Counties$52,50041%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$50,00060%
Jerry and Laura Jacobson Foundation Inc$50,00031%
International Institute of Akron Inc$50,00012%
A Whole Community Inc$47,200610%
The Ridge Project Inc$45,00050%
Compassion & Choices$40,00050%
Great Decisions of Wayne County$40,000345%
Camden Conference$35,00072%
Wooster Speech & Debate Parents Inc$35,000713%
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc$35,00060%
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc$32,25080%
Rocky Ridge Music Center Foundation$30,00061%
Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc$30,00030%
Killbuck Watershed Land Trust$30,000213%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$30,00020%
Nami Wayne & Holmes Counties$27,50053%
Wooster Community Hospital Foundation$25,20020%
Healthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc$20,00011%
Oneeighty Inc$18,80060%
The Village Network$18,60050%
LifeFlight Foundation$17,00050%
Lifecare Hospice$16,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$15,00020%
Boys and Girls Club of Wooster Inc$15,00015%
Akaa Project$15,0002n/a
Trinity United Church of Christ$15,0002n/a
Wooster Figure Skating Club$13,5001n/a
Swarthmore College$13,50030%
Main Street Wooster Inc$12,00042%
Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio$12,000113%
Entertainment 2 Affect Change$10,00011%
Parkview PTO$10,000113%
Ghana Beyond Subsistence$10,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
The Jester & Pharley Phund$10,00022%
2nd Act Org Inc$9,06341%
Dr Bob's Home$9,00022%
Holmes County Education Foundation$9,00060%
Wooster City Schools$7,4981n/a
Center for Contemporary Art$7,20050%
Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties Inc$5,25020%
Ohuddle Incorporated$5,06521%
Bay Chamber Concerts Inc$5,00040%
Buddhist Film Foundation Inc$5,000127%
Ciclismo Youth Foundation$5,00015%
Habitat for Humanity of Western Wayne$5,00014%
International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals Inc$5,00010%
St James Episcopal Church$5,0001n/a
Friends of Secrest Aboretum$4,10043%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$3,00010%
Homeworthy$3,00030%
Triway Music Boosters$2,7501n/a
Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation$2,5001n/a
Good Shepherd Food Bank$2,00010%
Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple$2,0001n/a
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$2,00010%
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation$1,80060%
Megunticook Watershed Association$1,65070%
Ohio To Erie Trail Fund$1,50012%
Able - Wayne County Schools Career Center$1,1081n/a
Naples Botanical Garden Inc$1,10030%
Cole Zelwin Memorial Foundation$1,0001n/a
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland$1,00010%
Quota of Wayne County$1,0001n/a
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Inc$1,00010%
Coastal Family Hospice$1,00010%
Wooster Rotary Foundation$1,00012%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc$75030%
Cleveland Museum of Art$50010%
The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis$50010%
Arc of Greater Cleveland$5001n/a
Wooster Youth Shakespeare$5001n/a
Skidmore College$50010%
Friends of the Fort Collins Bicycle Program Inc$50010%
Summer Stage Wooster$3001n/a
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition$25010%
Glencoe Historical Society$20010%
Ideastream$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 92 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWayne Center for the Arts: $555,900 over 8y, 21% of budgetThe College of Wooster: $543,552 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDuke University: $281,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Mountains Land Trust: $251,120 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetWayne Economic Development Council Inc: $190,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetWestern Reserve Land Conservancy: $175,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Wooster Memorial Park: $144,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPoints North Institute: $117,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetCommunity Action Waynemedina: $106,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Downtown Arts Theater Inc: $101,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCentral American Medical Outreach Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetRails to Trails of Wayne County: $84,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater Ohio: $82,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSchantz Makerspace Inc: $63,000 over 5y, 65% of budgetServing Women in Ghana: $61,000 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetWayne County Children's Advocacy Center Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetThe Counseling Center of Wayne & Holmes Counties: $52,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJerry and Laura Jacobson Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetInternational Institute of Akron Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetA Whole Community Inc: $47,200 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetThe Ridge Project Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Decisions of Wayne County: $40,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetCamden Conference: $35,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetWooster Speech & Debate Parents Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc: $32,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Ridge Music Center Foundation: $30,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWhitman-Walker Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKillbuck Watershed Land Trust: $30,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNational Inventors Hall of Fame Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNami Wayne & Holmes Counties: $27,500 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetWooster Community Hospital Foundation: $25,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHealthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOneeighty Inc: $18,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Village Network: $18,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLifecare Hospice: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Wooster Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetSwarthmore College: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMain Street Wooster Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetWayne County Historical Society of Ohio: $12,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetEntertainment 2 Affect Change: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetParkview PTO: $10,000 over 1y, 13% 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 83.

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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.

Wayne County Community FoundationOH73.8× affinity34 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wayne County Community Foundation · Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation · Seaman Family Foundation Trust · Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr · United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co · Romich Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation · Charles Loehr Charitable Trust · Orrville United Way Inc · Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 Charitable Fund · Fisher Charitable 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.

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About Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc

How much does Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc give?
Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc reported 60 grants totaling $1,166,181 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 66 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Philanthropy (20%), Health (12%).
Who are Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wayne Center for the Arts ($556k), The College of Wooster ($544k), Duke University ($281k).
Does Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc 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 Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wayne County Community Foundation, Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation, Seaman Family Foundation Trust.
Where is Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc based?
Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc is based in OH.

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 194 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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