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Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation at a glance

· 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 FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$202kArts & Culture$140kReligion$99kHealth$11kInternational$7kEnvironment$7kSocial Science$5kEducation$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$21k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF G$20,000
TEMPLE SOLEL$6,695
HEARD MUSEUM$2,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND USA$2,000
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$412k · 12 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$412k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+59%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PA
    PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
    6× · 2017–2022 · $103k · revenue +19%
  • TH
    THE HEARD MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +59%
  • AT
    Arizona Theatre Company
    6× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION GREATER PHX
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • MC
    MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
Nishmat Adin

Nishmat adin lays the foundation for students to become lifelong learners and scholars steeped in their jewish roots and identities, confident in their talents, adept at navigating the world around them, emboldened to turn challenge into…

Education
4
American Jewish University

American jewish university (aju) advances and elevates the jewish journey of individuals, organizations and our community through excellence in scholarship, teaching, engaged conversation, and outreach. aju is a thriving center of jewish…

Education
5
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
6
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
7
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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8
Jewish War Veterans of the Usa National Memorial Inc

The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…

Arts & Culture
9
Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Jewish philanthropies of southern arizona (jpsa) is committed to achieving the full potential of jewish philanthropy, now and for future generations. comprised of jewish federation of southern arizona (jfsa or federation) and jewish…

Philanthropy
10
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
11
Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc

The mission of the tucson jewish community center (tucson j) is to cultivate and enrich jewish identity, ensure jewish continuity, foster wellness, and broaden communal harmony. the vision is to strive to be an outstanding jewish community…

Human Services
12
Arizona Science Center

To inspire, educate and engage curious minds through science.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heard Museum; the most unlike its peers is Aspen Jewish Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHOENI: $112,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHOENITEMPLE SOLEL: $95,277 · OtherTEMPLE SOLELIndividual grant recipient: $25,850 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCENTER FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF G: $20,000 · OtherCENTER FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF GJEWISH FEDERATION GREATER PHX: $20,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION GREATER PHX+15 more: $34,200 · Other+15 morePHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $102,500 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART MUSEUMTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $24,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEARD MUSEUMArizona Theatre Company: $11,660 · Arts & CultureArizona Theatre Company+2 more: $1,300 · Arts & CultureVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $30,000 · PhilanthropyVALLEY OF …JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PRESCOTT: $20,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COM…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $5,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $6,684 · EnvironmentTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Social ScienceREACH OUT AND READ INC: $2,500 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,750 · Education+1 more: $100 · Education
Other$307,327Arts & Culture$139,460Philanthropy$50,000International$7,000Environment$6,684Social Science$5,000Education$4,350

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $102,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PRESCOTT: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $11,660 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $6,684 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Jewish Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIDEON HAUSNER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Jewish Community Foun…Arizona Community Fou…William S & Ina Levin…Friedel Family Founda…Virginia G Piper Char…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater PhoenixAZ15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sam and Judy Linhart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 34 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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