Guidelines for Grant Seekers

Notice: The Noble Foundation is not currently accepting grant applications. The Granting Department staff is available to visit with grant seekers and current grant recipients about their organizations and programs. Please continue to check the Web site for updated information.

General areas of interest

The Board of Trustees make grants in a number of areas with primary focus on capital funding for higher education and on health research and delivery systems. Generally, the emphasis of the Noble Foundation's grantmaking is geographically focused on Oklahoma organizations and projects.

Applicant qualifications

Proposals are considered only from nonprofit organizations located within the United States.

No loans or grants are available for individuals or for-profit entities.

Required letter of inquiry

Prior to submitting a formal grant application for consideration, we require the organization to submit a letter of inquiry. The letter (usually no more than two pages) should summarize both the organization and the project for which a grant is requested. Letters of inquiry are accepted year-round.

Letters of inquiry should be addressed to:
Mr. Michael A. Cawley, President
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
2510 Sam Noble Parkway
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401

If the proposed project falls within our granting parameters and would be a project in which our Board of Trustees would have an interest, we will provide a formal grant application for completion.

Deadlines for formal grant applications

If invited to submit a formal grant application, deadlines for receiving completed grant applications (not letters of inquiry) are Dec. 1, March 1, June 1 and Sept. 1. Our Board of Trustees meets quarterly in January, April, July and October.

The applying organization may be requested to provide additional information or answer specific questions about the proposal prior to the meeting date.

Notification of funding decisions

Notification of the Trustees' decision is usually made within two weeks following a quarterly board meeting.

Questions

Questions concerning grant request procedures, completion of application forms or the status of a pending request may be directed to Donna Windel, dkwindel@noble.org, Director of Granting, or Mary Kate Wilson, mkwilson@noble.org, Program Officer.