TY 2021 GeneralExplanationAttachment
Name:
THE SAMUEL ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATION
EIN:
81-5328519
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  PART I, LINE 23 OTHER EXPENSESTHE FILING ORGANIZATION UTILIZES THE SERVICES OF SOME EMPLOYEES OF ITS RELATED ENTITY, NOBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE ("INSTITUTE"). THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THESE EMPLOYEES ARE PROVIDED UNDER THE SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FILING ORGANIZATION AND THE INSTITUTE. THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDING THESE SERVICES ARE THE COMMON-LAW EMPLOYEES OF THE INSTITUTE AND ARE UNDER THE INSTITUTE'S DIRECTION AND CONTROL. THE COST OF THESE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT ARE INCLUDED ON PART I, LINE 23 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
  PART VI-A, LINE 16 STATEMENTS REGARDING ACTIVITIESIT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FOUNDATION'S INVESTMENTS IN THE FOREIGN HEDGE FUNDS AND PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS ARE NOT CONSIDERED FOREIGN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND, AS SUCH, THE FOUNDATION HAS ANSWERED PART VI-A, LINE 16 "NO".
  PART VIII-B, LINE 1 SUMMARY OF PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENTS DURING THE TAX YEARS 2002-2004 AND 2006, THE ORGANIZATION NOW KNOWN AS NOBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LLC (INSTITUTE) MADE GRANTS TO AN ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 509(A)(1), (2), OR (3), OR SECTION 4940(D)(2). THOSE GRANTS TOTALING $1,502,539.90 WERE FOR PROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENTS IN THE OKLAHOMA LIFE SCIENCE FUND I, LLC (OLSF I). FOLLOWING IS THE REQUIRED EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT: NAME/ADDRESS OF GRANTEE:OKLAHOMA LIFE SCIENCES FUND I, LLC 2620 S. ZUNIS AVENUE TULSA, OK 74114 NO GRANT FUNDS WERE PAID DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD OF 2021. THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT (PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENT) WAS TO ACCOMPLISH THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES. THE FOUNDATION CONSIDERS SUCH AN INVESTMENT CRITICAL TO ADVANCING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LIFE-SCIENCES FIELD, SO AS TO ADVANCE AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH IN OKLAHOMA, CONSISTENT WITH ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. THE GRANTEE EXPENDED THE AMOUNTS AS IT RECEIVED THEM FROM THE FOUNDATION TO ADVANCE RESEARCH IN LIFE SCIENCES AS DISCUSSED ABOVE. TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOUNDATION, THE GRANTEE HAS NOT DIVERTED ANY PORTION OF THE FUNDS FROM THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT. THE GRANTEE PROVIDED THE FOUNDATION WITH REPORTS AND OTHER INFORMATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS THAT ENABLED THE FOUNDATION TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH TERMS OF THE GRANT, AND THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE GRANTEE TOWARD ACHIEVING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE. THE FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT OLSF HAS COMPLIED WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANT, WITHOUT EXCEPTION. AT THIS POINT, ALL ORIGINAL CAPITAL OF OLSF I HAS BEEN INVESTED AND IT IS A MATURE FUND.REPORTS AND INFORMATION/DATES: ANNUAL REPORTS ARE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED BY THE FILING ORGANIZATION. THE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO REGULATION 53.4945 WAS RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 2022. THE FOUNDATION'S AUTHORIZED AGENT REVIEWED THE REPORTS UPON RECEIPT.THIS PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SAMUEL ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATION DURING 2017.
  PART VIII-B, LINE 2 SUMMARY OF PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENTS IN 2020 AND 2021, THE SAMUEL ROBERTS NOBLE FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION) MADE GRANTS TO AN ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 509(A)(1), (2), OR (3), OR SECTION 4940(D)(2). THOSE GRANTS WERE FOR PROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENTS IN THE OKLAHOMA LIFE SCIENCE FUND III, LLC (OLSF III) TOTALING $450,000. FOLLOWING IS THE REQUIRED EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT: NAME/ADDRESS OF GRANTEE:OKLAHOMA LIFE SCIENCES FUND III, LLC 2620 S. ZUNIS AVENUE TULSA, OK 74114 THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANTS (PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENTS) WERE TO ACCOMPLISH THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES. THE FOUNDATION CONSIDERS SUCH INVESTMENTS CRITICAL TO ADVANCING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LIFE-SCIENCES FIELD, SO AS TO ADVANCE AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH IN OKLAHOMA, CONSISTENT WITH ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. THE GRANTEE EXPENDED THE AMOUNTS AS IT RECEIVED THEM FROM THE FOUNDATION TO ADVANCE RESEARCH IN LIFE SCIENCES AS DISCUSSED ABOVE. TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOUNDATION, THE GRANTEE HAS NOT DIVERTED ANY PORTION OF THE FUNDS FROM THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT. THE GRANTEE PROVIDED THE FOUNDATION WITH REPORTS AND OTHER INFORMATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS THAT ENABLED THE FOUNDATION TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH TERMS OF THE GRANT, AND THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE GRANTEE TOWARD ACHIEVING THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE. THE FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT OLSF III HAS COMPLIED WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANT, WITHOUT EXCEPTION. AT THIS POINT. OLSF III IS CURRENTLY RAISING FUNDS AND IS NOT YET FULLY INVESTED. THE FOUNDATION HAS A $1,000,000 COMMITMENT TO THE FUND, $450,000 OF WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021. REPORTS AND INFORMATION/DATES: ANNUAL REPORTS ARE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED BY THE FILING ORGANIZATION. THE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO REGULATION 53.4945 WAS RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 2022. THE FOUNDATION'S AUTHORIZED AGENT REVIEWED THE REPORTS UPON RECEIPT.