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Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$165k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
55
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
36 to 81
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$3.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving38$165k24%
FY202455$165k38%
FY202354$192k39%
FY202281$135k49%
FY202136$70k67%
FY202075$144k32%
FY201967$140k45%
FY201862$140k44%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$319kArts & Culture$238kPhilanthropy$214kHuman Services$166kFood & Nutrition$101kAnimals$65kYouth Development$59kHealth$51kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bowdoin College$115,00050%
Rosemount Center$100,80081%
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens$67,50030%
Roar Foundation$34,00042%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$32,0006n/a
Washington Winter Show Inc$27,00093%
Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield$13,50020%
The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc$11,20060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00010%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc$9,50060%
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All grantees of Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bowdoin College$115,00050%
Rosemount Center$100,80081%
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens$67,50030%
Roar Foundation$34,00042%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$32,0006n/a
Washington Winter Show Inc$27,00093%
Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield$13,50020%
The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc$11,20060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00010%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc$9,50060%
Merrimack College$7,00050%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$6,50040%
University of Richmond$6,50040%
American University$6,00030%
Olde Crabs Hockey Club Inc$6,00033%
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary$5,75030%
Church of the Atonement$5,0005n/a
Ruths House Inc$5,00022%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$5,00010%
All Saints Church$4,5005n/a
Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc$4,25050%
The Danbury Hospital$4,00020%
Ruff Haven$4,00021%
Allegheny College$4,00030%
Ethel Walker School Inc$4,00080%
Meals-On-Wheels Inc$3,70050%
Avon Old Farms School Inc$3,50030%
St Bartholomews Church$3,5001n/a
Rvnahealth Inc$3,50020%
Ridgefield Academy Inc$3,45030%
Ithaca College$3,00020%
Mercy Corps$2,50040%
Abraham Lincoln High School Ptsa$2,50013%
The Chapin School Ltd$2,50040%
Knine Rescue Inc$2,5001n/a
Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc$2,40030%
The Women's Center$2,00010%
Rising Starr Horse Rescue Corp$2,00020%
Operation Paws for Homes Inc$2,00010%
Freedom House$2,00010%
Celebrate Frederick Inc$2,00020%
Fair Girls Inc$1,75020%
The Center For Empowerment And Education Inc$1,50020%
Casa Ruby Inc$1,5001n/a
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$1,40030%
Meals on Wheels of Ridgefield Inc$1,25010%
Norwood School Inc$1,20030%
Smithsonian Institution$1,20020%
Breakthrough T1d$1,00010%
Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc$1,00010%
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc$1,00020%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating Inc$1,00010%
Pace University$1,00010%
Syracuse University$1,00010%
Hayden Synchronized Skating Teams Inc$1,0001n/a
Weinberg Center for the Arts Inc$1,00010%
Glen Echo Fire Department Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
San Miguel School Inc$1,0002n/a
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$95040%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$9003n/a
Suburban Hospital Inc$90030%
Ocean Conservancy$85020%
Oakcrest School$80030%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc$80040%
Schools of the Sacred Heart-San Francisco$7501n/a
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$70020%
Defenders of Wildlife$70030%
Aim High Youth Sports Association$6002n/a
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$60020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$60020%
The Frederick Arts Council Inc$50010%
Fresh Air Fund$50040%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$50040%
Civitan International$50010%
Aim High$5001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$50010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$50050%
Mission of Mercy Inc$50010%
The Wilderness Society$50050%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$40040%
Earthjustice$30020%
Chautauqua Institution$30010%
Yosemite Foundation$30020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$30020%
Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children$25010%
Coalition for the Capital Crescent Trail Inc$2501n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$25010%
Tudor Place Foundation Inc$25010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$25010%
The Trust for Public Land$22520%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$20020%
Operation Homefront Inc$20010%
Friends of the Library Montgomery County Maryland Inc$20020%
National Wildlife Federation$20020%
Feeding America$15010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$15020%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$10010%
The Maryland Spca Inc$10010%
Bread For The World Inc$10010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10010%
National Parks Conservation Association$10010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$10010%
MD Anderson Foundation$10010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10010%
The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral in the United States$1001n/a
The Seeing Eye Inc$10010%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$10010%
AARP Foundation$1210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 138 recipients with no EIN on record ($724k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBowdoin College: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRosemount Center: $100,800 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHillwood Estate Museum & Gardens: $67,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRoar Foundation: $34,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWashington Winter Show Inc: $27,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Ridgefield: $13,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc: $11,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc: $9,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMerrimack College: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPuppies Behind Bars Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican University: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOlde Crabs Hockey Club Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetPoplar Spring Animal Sanctuary: $5,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRuths House Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Medical College of Wisconsin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc: $4,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Danbury Hospital: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRuff Haven: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAllegheny College: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEthel Walker School Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMeals-On-Wheels Inc: $3,700 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAvon Old Farms School Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRvnahealth Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRidgefield Academy Inc: $3,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIthaca College: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAbraham Lincoln High School Ptsa: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Chapin School Ltd: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSuburban Hospital Foundation Inc: $2,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRising Starr Horse Rescue Corp: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Paws for Homes Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFreedom House: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCelebrate Frederick Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFair Girls Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center For Empowerment And Education Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Ridgefield Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorwood School Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Frederick Partnership Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Region Accessible Boating Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPace University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 95.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pf & Rj Morganti FoundationNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pf & Rj Morganti Foundation · Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · Diageo North America Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Norwitt Family Charitable Foundation · The Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation

How much does Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation give?
Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $164,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 81 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Arts & Culture (18%), Philanthropy (16%).
Who are Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bowdoin College ($115k), Rosemount Center ($101k), Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens ($68k).
Does Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pf & Rj Morganti Foundation, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP, Clark-Winchcole Foundation.
Where is Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation based?
Gordon F & Jocelyn B Linke Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 249 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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