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The Lloyd and Vivian Noble Foundation at a glance

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The Lloyd and Vivian 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.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$3.8MPublic Benefit$1.6MHuman Services$1.5MEducation$1.5MCivil Rights$801kCommunity Improvement$650kPhilanthropy$255kHealth$235kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.6M
$75,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEADING THE WAY$600,000
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL$450,000
HELP THE PERSECUTED$300,000
WHITEFIELD ACADEMY$250,000
SUSAN B ANTHONY SBA LIST FOUNDATION$200,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$150,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$150,000
SOUTHEASTERN LEGAL FOUNDATION INC$150,000
FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION$100,000
CENTER FOR RENEWING AMERICA$75,000
CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER$75,000
JACOB'S LADDER INC$60,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$50,000
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$50,000
COMPASS$50,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $450k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $450k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $300k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $25k → 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

IL
MI
IA
IN
CA
CO
VA
DE
AZ
DC
OK
GA
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10.0M · 27 repeat orgs$420k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
10

Total granted

$10.0M
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+18%

Still filing today

74%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionHealthPublic BenefitCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +12%
  • FR
    FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +16%
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $700k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • NC
    NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -13%
  • GS
    GOOD SHEPHERD INDIA
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
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
2
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
3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
5
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
6
First Liberty Institute

First liberty institute provides pro bono legal services to advance and defend religious liberty for individuals, churches, and other ministries and organizations.

Civil Rights
7
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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8
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
9
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
10
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
11
Summit Ministries Inc

Summit ministries is an educational christian ministry with the purpose of equipping tomorrow's servant leaders to analyze competing worldviews and champion the christian faith, inspiring each one to love god with all his heart, soul,…

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12
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. 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

30 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. 30 of the 41 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEADING THE WAY: $1,850,000 · OtherLEADING THE WAYHELP THE PERSECUTED INC: $1,039,500 · OtherHELP THE PERSECUTED INCSUSAN B ANTHONY SBA LIST FOUNDATION: $650,000 · OtherSUSAN B ANTHONY SBA LIST FOUNDATIONMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $350,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLEWHITEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $250,000 · Other+18 more: $955,500 · Other+18 morePRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $700,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSIT…THE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · EducationTHE FAMILY LEADE…UBORATZ INC: $130,000 · EducationUBORATZ INCHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $125,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEG…UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $110,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY CHRIS…NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $85,000 · EducationNETWORK OF ENLIG…AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY: $75,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FO…Center for Renewing America Inc: $125,000 · Public BenefitCenter for Rene…Leadership Institute: $50,000 · Public BenefitFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1,225,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESEAR…SOUTHEASTERN LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $430,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $286,000 · Civil RightsTHEOLOGICAL HORIZONS: $128,650 · ReligionLiving on the Edge Ministries Inc: $120,000 · ReligionForum of Christian Leaders: $84,250 · ReligionCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $255,000 · Philanthropy
Other$5,095,000Education$1,540,000Public Benefit$1,425,000Human Services$1,225,000Civil Rights$716,000Religion$332,900Philanthropy$255,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $1,225,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $430,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $350,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $286,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $255,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetWHITEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUBORATZ INC: $130,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetTHEOLOGICAL HORIZONS: $128,650 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Renewing America Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLiving on the Edge Ministries Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $110,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCOMPASS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $85,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetForum of Christian Leaders: $84,250 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN TRANSPARENCY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLeadership Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHAMPION MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJIM THORPE ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

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.

Servant FoundationChristian Community F…Donors Trust IncThe Community Foundat…Bradley Impact Fund I…Natl Christian Charit…Holman Foundation IncSarah Scaife Foundati…The Sandra & Lawrence…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Servant FoundationKS18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Donors Trust Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Holman Foundation Inc · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · The Sandra & Lawrence Post Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 The Lloyd and Vivian Noble Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lloyd and Vivian Noble Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Lloyd and Vivian Noble Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lloyd and Vivian Noble Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 41 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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