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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 FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% 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
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$195k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REALITY CHURCH VENTURA$5,000
WESTMONT COLLEGE$4,000
ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC$1,500
SERVE LA$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE GOSPEL COALITION$1,000
BIBLE PROJECT$1,000
HOPE INTERNATIONAL$1,000
DAVE IRISH MINISTRIES$500
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $500 → 14%SERVE LA: $2k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
PA
CA
MO
AR
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 10 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$125k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+74%

Still filing today

70%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionEducationYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WC
    WESTMONT COLLEGE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $55k · revenue +11%
  • AO
    ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +64%
  • HOPE INTERNATIONAL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +197%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR FAITH AND CULTUREgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +74%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
4
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
5
A Jesus Mission

A Jesus Mission creates unique opportunities for individuals or teams to serves as Christian missionaires around the world through traditional evangelism, discipleship training, and outreach.

Religion
6
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
7
Los Angeles Mission Inc

The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.

Housing & Shelter
8
Far Reaching Ministries

Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was founded to carry the Gospel Jesus Christ to the world with discipleship as our primary objective. We plant and edify evangelical churches, found Bible schools, gather intimate small groups, and sustain…

International
9
Biblica Inc

To provide the bible in accurate, contemporary translations and formats so that more people around the world will have the opportunity to be transformed by jesus christ.

Religion
10
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
11
InitiativeGlobal

To join in the completion of the Great Commission through Scripture Engagement in all languages and every people group.

Religion
12
International Service Fellowship

Interserve USA recruits, trains, sends, and supports Christian professionals from America who live and work long term, generally among the poor, in places which need their expertise; especially in medicine, development, education, English…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bibleproject; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House California. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REALITY CHURCH OF LOS ANGELES: $36,500 · OtherREALITY CHURCH OF LOS ANGELESIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE GOSPEL COALITION INC: $6,500 · OtherTHE GOSPEL COALITION INCREALITY CHURCH OF VENTURA: $5,000 · OtherREALITY CHURCH OF VENTURAACTION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $4,000 · OtherACTION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES+4 more: $2,100 · OtherWESTMONT COLLEGE: $54,500 · EducationWESTMONT COLLEGEALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $7,500 · InternationalALLEGRO ORGAN…HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $5,500 · InternationalHOPE INTERNAT…BRIDGE2RWANDA INC: $4,662 · InternationalBRIDGE2RWANDA…+1 more: $250 · InternationalDave Irish Ministries: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MISSION LA: $1,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $500 · Human ServicesBIBLEPROJECT: $1,250 · ReligionCENTER FOR FAITH AND CULTURE: $500 · ReligionLOS ANGELES CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTERS: $500 · Health
Other$66,100Education$54,500International$17,912Arts & Culture$5,000Human Services$2,000Religion$1,750Health$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE2RWANDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Dave Irish Ministries ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Architectural Heritage ↗
  • Who funds THE MISSION LA ↗
  • Who funds BIBLEPROJECT ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR FAITH AND CULTURE ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds PathLight International Inc ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗

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 Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Noble Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Noble Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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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