Ohio · Private foundation
The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner 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.
- $24M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000,160
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1000k 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 | 13 | $18M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $3.8M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $4.0M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $6.6M | 42% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $4.1M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $8.8M | 48% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $4.8M | 57% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $1.8M | 82% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Cincinnati Foundation | $9,400,260 | 7 | 3% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $5,550,160 | 2 | 1% |
| Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope | $5,250,043 | 3 | 6% |
| Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | $3,770,089 | 3 | 7% |
| Ford's Theatre Society | $3,000,145 | 2 | 12% |
| Kenwood Baptist Church | $2,550,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Christ Hospital Foundation | $2,000,228 | 6 | 4% |
| City Gospel Mission and Affiliates | $1,900,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Music Hall Revitalization Company Inc | $1,600,076 | 1 | 58% |
| Center for Christian Virtue | $1,550,000 | 4 | 43% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Psalms Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Serving Your Purpose Inc · The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · 100 Times Foundation Corporation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation with peer funders
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About The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation
- How much does The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation give?
- The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $23,758,865 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Health (29%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The University of Cincinnati Foundation ($9.4M), John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($5.6M), Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope ($5.3M).
- Does The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner 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 The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, The Psalms Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
- Where is The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation based?
- The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation is based in OH.
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