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Noble Research Institute Achieves Agricultural Research Organization Status

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

ARDMORE, Okla., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Noble Research Institute has been recognized formally as a 501(c)(3) public charity by virtue of being an agricultural research organization (ARO) by the Internal Revenue Service, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018. With this designation, Noble is now the largest independent ARO in the U.S.

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  • ARDMORE, Okla., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Noble Research Institute has been recognized formally as a 501(c)(3) public charity by virtue of being an agricultural research organization (ARO) by the Internal Revenue Service, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018.
  • With this designation, Noble is now the largest independent ARO in the U.S.
    "We are grateful for this final step in our journey to be recognized as anĀ ARO," said Steve Rhines, president and CEO of Noble Research Institute.
  • "It has long been our goal to help build the public agricultural research capacity in the U.S. in ways that go beyond government funding."
  • "AROs provide public agricultural research a full complement of philanthropic tools to reach individuals and families and provide them a charitable vehicle to advance public agricultural research," Rhines said.