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Edward John Noble Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
39%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,000,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 23
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$121M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Edward John Noble Foundation Inc 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; $195k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving34$5.0M47%
FY202323$3.6M39%
FY202220$3.6M65%
FY202111$3.7M45%
FY20209$3.2M22%
FY201923$3.9Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$15MEducation$2.9MArts & Culture$2.2MEnvironment$1.2MPhilanthropy$963kHealth$248kYouth Development$182kHuman Services$115kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
NY
MA
CT
NM
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Catherine's Island Foundation Inc$15,150,000697%
American Museum of Natural History$1,836,28050%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$1,300,00051%
Climate Advocates Voces Unidas$1,150,000576%
St Lawrence University$1,020,00020%
Community Funds Inc$850,0003n/a
Greenwich Hospital$200,00030%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$110,00020%
Fairfield University$100,00030%
Camp Mohawk Incorporated$100,00041%
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All grantees of Edward John Noble Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Catherine's Island Foundation Inc$15,150,000697%
American Museum of Natural History$1,836,28050%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$1,300,00051%
Climate Advocates Voces Unidas$1,150,000576%
St Lawrence University$1,020,00020%
Community Funds Inc$850,0003n/a
Greenwich Hospital$200,00030%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$110,00020%
Fairfield University$100,00030%
Camp Mohawk Incorporated$100,00041%
Family Centers Inc$85,00040%
Bruce Museum Inc$75,00030%
Juilliard School$70,00030%
Museum of Modern Art$55,00030%
Reach Prep Inc$45,00042%
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club$40,00020%
The Paley Center for Media$30,00010%
Cornell University$25,00010%
Madison Square Boys and Girls Club Foundation Inc$25,00010%
City Year Inc$25,00010%
Greenwich Historical Society Inc$25,00011%
St Thomas More Play Group Inc$25,00020%
Primary Stages Company Inc$25,00021%
Trident Technical College Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Heart Inclusive Arts Community$20,00025%
Saint David's School$20,00020%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$20,00020%
The Antique Boat Museum$15,00010%
Dorset Theatre Festival Inc$15,00020%
Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center$15,00020%
Mystic Seaport Museum Inc$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc$10,00010%
YWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc$10,00010%
Trinity-Pawling School Corporation$10,00010%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital$10,00010%
Savannah Technical College Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Ocean Conservancy$8,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$7,00010%
Dublin School Inc$5,00010%
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights$5,00010%
Thousand Islands Land Trust Inc$5,00010%
Handweaving Museum and Arts Center$5,00010%
River Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Traditional Arts in Upstate New York In$5,00012%
North Country Family Health Center Inc$3,00010%
Cartie Corp$2,50011%
Save the River Inc$2,50011%
White Heron Theater Company$2,5001n/a
The Bushwick Starr Inc$2,00010%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$1,50010%
Page Seventy-Three Productions Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($312k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Edward John Noble Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Catherine's Island Foundation Inc: $15,150,000 over 6y, 97% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,836,280 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Deerfield Academy: $1,300,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetClimate Advocates Voces Unidas: $1,150,000 over 5y, 76% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $1,020,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGreenwich Hospital: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAllen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFairfield University: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Mohawk Incorporated: $100,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFamily Centers Inc: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBruce Museum Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJuilliard School: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetReach Prep Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMadison Square Boys & Girls Club: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Paley Center for Media: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCornell University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Square Boys and Girls Club Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCity Year Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Historical Society Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSt Thomas More Play Group Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPrimary Stages Company Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTrident Technical College Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHeart Inclusive Arts Community: $20,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetSaint David's School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Antique Boat Museum: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDorset Theatre Festival Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMystic Seaport Museum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity-Pawling School Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanton-Potsdam Hospital: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah Technical College Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDublin School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLouisiana Center for Children's Rights: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThousand Islands Land Trust Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHandweaving Museum and Arts Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRiver Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTraditional Arts in Upstate New York In: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNorth Country Family Health Center Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCartie Corp: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSave the River Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Bushwick Starr Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Corporation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 49.

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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.

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Open a dossier: Northern New York Community Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Twin Trees Foundationinc · Miller S & Adelaide S Gaffney Fdn · Cleveland H Dodge Foundation Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Andrew & Jeanine McNally 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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Find your warmest path to Edward John Noble Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Edward John Noble Foundation Inc

How much does Edward John Noble Foundation Inc give?
Edward John Noble Foundation Inc reported 41 grants totaling $4,964,230 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Edward John Noble Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Edward John Noble Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: St Catherine's Island Foundation Inc ($15M), American Museum of Natural History ($1.8M), Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($1.3M).
Does Edward John Noble Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Edward John Noble Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Edward John Noble Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northern New York Community Foundation Inc, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Twin Trees Foundationinc.
Where is Edward John Noble Foundation Inc based?
Edward John Noble Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 70 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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