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Noble Foundation

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.

$17k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
5
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 10
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$195k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Noble Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
ReligionEducationHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving10$17k40%
FY20235$8k20%
FY20229$7k33%
FY20211$41k0%
FY202010$20k10%
FY20198$18k13%
FY20188$18k13%
FY201710$19kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$55kReligion$52kInternational$22kArts & Culture$3kHuman Services$2kHousing & Shelter$1kHealth$500Recreation & Sports$100Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
PA
CA
MO
AR
TX

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Westmont College$54,50060%
Reality Church of Los Angeles$36,5003n/a
Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc$7,50070%
The Gospel Coalition Inc$6,5007n/a
Hope International$5,50070%
Reality Church of Ventura$5,0001n/a
Bridge2rwanda Inc$4,66230%
Action International Ministries$4,0005n/a
Dave Irish Ministries$2,50052%
San Francisco Architectural Heritage$2,50050%
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All grantees of Noble Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Westmont College$54,50060%
Reality Church of Los Angeles$36,5003n/a
Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc$7,50070%
The Gospel Coalition Inc$6,5007n/a
Hope International$5,50070%
Reality Church of Ventura$5,0001n/a
Bridge2rwanda Inc$4,66230%
Action International Ministries$4,0005n/a
Dave Irish Ministries$2,50052%
San Francisco Architectural Heritage$2,50050%
The Mission La$1,50010%
Bibleproject$1,25020%
Covenant House California$50010%
Center for Faith and Culture$50011%
Los Angeles Christian Health Centers$50010%
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission$50010%
PathLight International Inc$25010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Noble Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWestmont College: $54,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAllegro Organizational Solutions Inc: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHope International: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBridge2rwanda Inc: $4,662 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDave Irish Ministries: $2,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mission La: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBibleproject: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House California: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Faith and Culture: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLos Angeles Christian Health Centers: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Rescue Mission: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPathLight International Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $100 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 14.

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.

American Endowment FoundationOH8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Noble Foundation

How much does Noble Foundation give?
Noble Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $16,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Noble Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Religion (35%), International (15%).
Who are Noble Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Westmont College ($55k), Reality Church of Los Angeles ($37k), Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc ($8k).
Does Noble Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Noble Foundation 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 Noble Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Where is Noble Foundation based?
Noble Foundation is based in CA.

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 21 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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