Arizona · Private foundation
Sam and Judy Linhart 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $32k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $15k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $34k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $62k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $63k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $74k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $74k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Art Museum | $102,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Temple Solel | $95,277 | 9 | n/a |
| Valley of the Sun United Way | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Heard Museum | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Arizona Theatre Company | $11,660 | 6 | 0% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $6,684 | 6 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Art Museum | $102,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Temple Solel | $95,277 | 9 | n/a |
| Valley of the Sun United Way | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Heard Museum | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Arizona Theatre Company | $11,660 | 6 | 0% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $6,684 | 6 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Aspen Jewish Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Corps Heritage Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jewish Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Women's Board | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Arts Arizona Ltd | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($204k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Arizona Community Foundation · William S & Ina Levine Foundation Inc · Friedel Family Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation
- How much does Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation give?
- Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $31,695 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Arts & Culture (27%), Religion (19%).
- Who are Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Phoenix Art Museum ($103k), Temple Solel ($95k), Valley of the Sun United Way ($30k).
- Does Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam and Judy Linhart 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 Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, Arizona Community Foundation, William S & Ina Levine Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation based?
- Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation is based in AZ.
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