· Private foundation
James Ludke Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SIGLER WESTERN MUSEUM | $21,000 |
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $13,000 |
| GOLDWATER INSTITUTE | $12,500 |
| DEL WEBB CENTER | $10,000 |
| STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY | $5,000 |
| YMCA OF THE ROCKIES | $5,000 |
| TURNING POINT USA | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| PHOENIX CHAMBER MUSIC SOC | $5,000 |
| STRATFORD HALL | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| FRIENDS OF CAVE CREEK CANYON | $4,000 |
| BREAD OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL | $3,500 |
| DALLAS ARBORETUM | $3,500 |
| SWAZISERVE | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BGBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH9× · 2017–2025 · $118k · revenue +97%
YMCA OF THE ROCKIES3× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +80%- FOFRIENDS OF CAVE CREEK CANYON7× · 2019–2025 · $14k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- TCTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHYgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +46%
- WCWickenburg Community Hospital Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +179%
- CICATO INSTITUTEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +70%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Our mission is to provide a progressive international education and advanced multilingual academics in a safe, diverse, and nurturing environment. our innovative and individualized approach to learning prepares highly motivated students…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…
See schedule o for the organization's mission statement.please see description for part i, line 1, above.
Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…
How this is measured
35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 65 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SWAZISERVE INC ↗
- Who funds DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CAVE CREEK CANYON ↗
- Who funds STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC ↗
- Who funds IN TOUCH MISSION INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH COAST BOTANIC GARDEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ↗
- Who funds Wickenburg Community Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds STRATFORD HALL ↗
- Who funds BREAD OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BREAD OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds PALOS VERDES PENINSULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHE-CAN GLOBAL INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Wellik Foundation · Julie and Ray Craemer Family Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James Ludke Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James Ludke Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
- Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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