The Noble Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The Noble Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives by invitation only, so a small charity should not send it a cold application and should seek an invitation first.
- The filing shows most of its recorded giving in Iowa and Alabama, but no geographic focus is stated, so an organisation elsewhere should ask the foundation rather than assume it is excluded.
- About 8 in 10 of its 87 grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $60,000, and half were $19,000 or less, so a request in that typical range is the realistic size, though its largest grant was $250,000.
- Repeat giving is significant, with 59% of its grant dollars to organisations in its most recent filing going to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so a relationship-based approach is likely to serve a charity better than a first-time request.
Overview
The Noble Foundation is a US private foundation based in West Des Moines, IA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) 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 filing’s grants are recorded as general purpose or general support, rather than naming a subject field. Recipients span animal-welfare organisations, food banks, hospices and health services, youth and family services, churches, universities, arts bodies and community organisations. The recorded giving is concentrated in Iowa and Alabama, with grants also reaching organisations in other states. It gives general-purpose support to a varied range of charitable organisations; the filing states only that requests are restricted to preselected charitable organisations. This describes broad recorded giving rather than stated programme priorities.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Iowa and Alabama.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 59% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 87 grants to organisations were $19,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 17% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 59% of grant dollars went to organisations The Noble Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 5% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 30 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $21,500 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Greater Birmingham Humane Society · General purpose$250,0002025 tax year
- Variety the Children's Charity of Iowa · General purpose$175,0002025 tax year
- Lakeside Hospice · General purpose$50,0002025 tax year
- On With Life · General purpose$50,0002025 tax year
- Community Food Bank of Central Alabama · General purpose$40,0002025 tax year
- Humane World for Animals · General purpose$35,0002025 tax year
- Saint Clair Community Health Clinic · General purpose$30,0002025 tax year
- Samaritan's Purse · General purpose$25,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Jonine L Noble — Director
- Jeffery D Noble — Director
- Cynthia L Noble — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,343,693 | $1,112,890 | $28,303,970 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,375,457 | $1,185,633 | $30,544,624 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,624,020 | $1,234,000 | $31,283,730 | Filing for 2025 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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- West Des Moines, IA
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Contact
- West Des Moines, IA