Donald & Alice Noble Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, and the filing gives no further application steps, so an unprompted approach falls outside how it gives.
- Repeat funding is a real feature: 55% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier filings, so existing ties and invitations matter more than a cold request.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $500 and $50,000, and the median grant is $7,500, so a request near that figure is typical, though its largest grant was about $460,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
- Its recorded grants are general operating and programme support across arts, education, health, churches, environment and land trusts, and youth and recreation, and most have gone to Ohio and Maine, but no geographic focus is stated, so a charity elsewhere should not assume it is excluded.
- The filing gives no timing, so there is no basis for choosing when to approach it.
Overview
Donald & Alice Noble Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wooster, OH.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s recorded grants are described as general operating and programme support, rather than assigned to a named field. Recipients include community foundations and service agencies, educational institutions, arts and cultural organisations, churches, health organisations, and environmental and land-trust groups, as well as recreational and youth organisations. The state distribution is concentrated in Ohio, followed by Maine, with smaller amounts reaching other states. Separately, its direct charitable activity has included operating an ice arena for the benefit of Wooster and surrounding communities, with reasonable-cost family entertainment and a community ice-hockey programme.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Ohio and Maine.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 55% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 184 grants to organisations were $7,500 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 13% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 55% of grant dollars went to organisations Donald & Alice Noble Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 13% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 60 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Ania · General operating & program support$459,6732024 tax year
- Cwru Mandel School Of Applied Social Sciences · General operating & program support$150,0002024 tax year
- College of Wooster · General operating & program support$85,6502024 tax year
- CAMO · General operating & program support$52,0002024 tax year
- Wayne County Community Foundation · General operating & program support$30,3002024 tax year
- United Way of Wayne and Holmes County · General operating & program support$22,0002024 tax year
- Community Action Waynemedina · General operating & program support$20,0002024 tax year
- YMCA of Wayne County · General operating & program support$20,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Rachel Relle — Trustee
- Adam Briggs — Trustee
- Elizabeth Noble — Trustee
- Steve Matthew — Trustee
- Nancy L Holland — Vice President
- Donald Noble II — Secretary
- David D Noble — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,615,943 | $1,323,535 | $20,913,403 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,750,882 | $1,082,987 | $19,250,400 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,750,888 | $1,166,181 | $21,424,530 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Wooster, OH
Applying to Donald & Alice Noble Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (330) 264-8066
- Wooster, OH