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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation at a glance

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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$54M
Granted FY2024still arriving
153
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$37M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$276MHealth$12MReligion$8.5MEnvironment$7.0MPublic Benefit$5.0MArts & Culture$3.5MHuman Services$2.4MHousing & Shelter$1.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 153 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k90 grants · $334k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $701k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+10 grants · $51M
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC$36,500,000
LEADING THE WAY WITH DR MICHAEL YOUSSEF INC$8,250,000
THE CHILDREN'S CENTER INC DBA BETHANY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER$1,780,000
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC$1,500,000
SHEPHERD CENTER INC$1,000,000
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$750,000
OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC$500,000
YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY$500,000
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$400,000
CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$250,000
ASHLEY INC$200,000
COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA$130,000
THE MORE FOUNDATION$101,244
GOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CLINIC INC$100,000
GUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
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 (FY18–24, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Still Creek Boys Ranch Inc: $10k → 22%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $1.5M → 9%COOKSON HILLS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $10k → 18%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 24%Center of Family Love Inc: $100k → 9%COOKSON HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $8k → 18%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 24%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $50k → 9%COOKSON HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $6k → 18%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 24%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $50k → 9%Cookson Hills Christian School: $5k → 18%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 24%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE INC: $50k → 9%Cookson Hills Christian School: $5k → 18%Mississippi State University Foundation Inc: $5k → 24%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $50k → 9%Mississippi State University Foundation Inc: $2k → 24%Center of Family Love Inc: $50k → 9%CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $10k → 16%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $25k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $25k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $25k → 13%Atlanta Union Mission Corporation: $20k → 13%Atlanta Union Mission Corporation: $20k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $20k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $20k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $20k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $30k → 16%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA: $60k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA: $50k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA: $50k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA: $50k → 16%Young Mens Christian Association of Ardmore Oklaho: $50k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA: $50k → 16%Young Mens Christian Association of Ardmore Oklaho: $50k → 16%SKYLINE URBAN MINISTRY INC: $20k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $35k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $25k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $10k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $10k → 16%PIVOT INC: $10k → 16%PIVOT INC: $10k → 16%The Grace Center of Southern Oklahoma Inc: $10k → 16%The Grace Center of Southern Oklahoma Inc: $8k → 16%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

NH
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
SD
IA
OH
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
DE
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$308M · 267 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

267 repeat relationships: 102 still active in FY2024, 165 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

267
99

Total granted

$308M
$6.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+33%

Still filing today

34%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.9M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SH
    SOIL HEALTH INSTITUTE
    4× · 2018–2021 · $7.0M · revenue +9% · 38% of their budget
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +9%
  • NC
    NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2.5M · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $3.5M · revenue +20%
  • CO
    CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M · revenue +14%
  • MH
    MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION OKLAHOMA CITY
    one grant, 2021 · $300k · 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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
7
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
8
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
9
The University of Tulsa

The university of tulsa is a student-centered research university that cultivates interconnected learning experiences to explore complex ideas and create new knowledge in a spirit of free inquiry. guided by our commitment to diversity,…

Education
10
Mcmurry University

Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.

Education
11
Hardin-Simmons University

The mission of hardin-simmons university is to be a community dedicated to providing excellence in education enlightened by christian faith and values.

Education
12
Dallas International University

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oklahoma State University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Gunnison Council for the Arts. 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

145 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. 145 of the 403 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
143/145
Grantees still filing
110/145
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NOBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC: $267,101,675 · EducationNOBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC+23 more: $5,901,148 · EducationLEADING THE WAY WITH DR MICHAEL YOUSSEF INC: $8,496,600 · OtherNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $2,500,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER INC DBA BETHANY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER: $1,780,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $1,280,000 · OtherSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $1,000,000 · OtherOKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $1,450,000 · OtherNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $860,000 · Other+135 more: $7,161,296 · OtherOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $3,500,000 · HealthSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $1,576,160 · HealthGOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CLINICINC: $878,000 · HealthTHE ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 · HealthDEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE: $350,000 · Health+13 more: $1,614,000 · HealthSOIL HEALTH INSTITUTE: $7,000,000 · Environment+1 more: $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $3,450,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $50,000 · Public BenefitThe Center of Family Love: $1,850,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA: $360,000 · Human ServicesGLORIA AINSWORTH CHILD CARE & LEARNING CENTER INC: $310,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $175,000 · Human Services+7 more: $279,167 · Human ServicesCENTRAL OKLAHOMA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,500,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$273,002,823Other$24,527,896Health$8,268,160Environment$7,015,000Public Benefit$3,500,000Human Services$2,974,167Housing & Shelter$1,500,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNOBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC: $267,101,675 over 7y, 91% of budgetSOIL HEALTH INSTITUTE: $7,000,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,510,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $3,500,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $3,450,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $2,500,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetThe Center of Family Love: $1,850,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $1,576,160 over 4y, 20% of budgetCENTRAL OKLAHOMA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetOKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $1,450,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $1,280,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CLINICINC: $878,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $860,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetCB GODDARD CENTER FOR VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS: $535,000 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetTHE MORE FOUNDATION: $470,432 over 6y, 28% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $362,181 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA: $360,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetTHE ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetDEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE: $350,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetA CHANCE TO CHANGE FOUNDATION: $335,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetGLORIA AINSWORTH CHILD CARE & LEARNING CENTER INC: $310,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION OKLAHOMA CITY: $300,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetASHLEY INC: $275,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetARBUCKLE LIFE SOLUTIONS INC: $250,175 over 6y, 20% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIES IN SCHOOLS INC: $250,000 over 7y, 45% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT MINISTRY INC: $245,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $210,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetA READING INC: $190,100 over 6y, 16% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $190,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetOKLAHOMA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS FOUNDATION: $185,880 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $175,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetOKLAHOMA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $175,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetGUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INC: $160,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY: $151,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE HILL FOUNDATION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF ALCOHOLICS INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGREAT EXPECTATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $133,500 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $130,370 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Oklahoma History Center: $125,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $120,428 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $120,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS INC: $115,000 over 2y, 1.2% 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.

Noble Research Instit…The Merrick FoundationInasmuch FoundationSouthern Oklahoma Mem…American Fidelity Fou…Oklahoma City Communi…El and Thelma Gaylord…Communities Foundatio…Charles B Goddard Fou…The Anne and Henry Za…McCrory FoundationSarkeys Foundation
Noble Research Institute LLCOK66.2× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Noble Research Institute LLC · The Merrick Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Southern Oklahoma Memorial Foundation Inc · American Fidelity Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Charles B Goddard Foundation Trust · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · McCrory Foundation · Sarkeys 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 The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 430%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: 31% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Remerge Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Good Shepherd Community Clinicinc: 5% of income from government
  • Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers: 2% of income from government
  • Pivot Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Dean Mcgee Eye Institute: 1% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Arts Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
43get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Samuel Roberts 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 403 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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