· 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.
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
- $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $400k
- $250k+13 grants · $23M
Anchored by a single position: about 94% of reported assets are held in American Financial Group Inc Common Stock.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $5,000,160 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION | $5,000,110 |
| JOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $5,000,000 |
| FORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY | $2,000,145 |
| CHRIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $1,000,129 |
| CLEVELAND FOUNDATION | $1,000,069 |
| CHILDREN'S THEATRE | $1,000,030 |
| BACK 2 BACK MINISTRIES | $1,000,000 |
| CITY GOSPEL MISSION | $900,000 |
| WORLD SPORTS INC | $460,000 |
| HORIZON COMMUNITY CHURCH | $380,000 |
| CALL OF LOVE | $350,000 |
| BACK 2 BACK MINISTRIES | $250,000 |
| CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $200,000 |
| MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE INC | $200,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those 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 +41% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2025 · $9.4M · revenue +20%
- JFJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS2× · 2023–2025 · $5.6M · revenue +80%
- CACraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope3× · 2017–2022 · $5.3M · revenue +48%
Funded once
- MHMUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INCone grant, 2019 · $1.6M · revenue -100% · 58% of their budget
- TNTHE NAVIGATORSone grant, 2022 · $1.0M
- NLNEW LIFE MINISTRIESone grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -18%
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
The mission of cincinnati christian university is to teach men and women to live by biblical principles and to equip and empower them with character, skills, insight, and vision to lead the church and to impact society for christ.
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
The corporation's mission is to educate, advance, and inform public discourse about the nonprofit sector and to provide news, insight, and professional development services to professionals involved in nonprofit and philanthropic…
Coyfc reaches young people everywhere, working with the local church and other like minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the word of god and prayer, passion for…
Cicp foundation, inc. (the foundation) operates exclusively for the benefit of and carries out the mission of central indiana corporate partnership, inc. (cicp) by engaging in and supporting activities in furtherance of purposes that are…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Mobilizing resources by inspiring biblical generosity in the greater austin, texas area.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 44 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 JOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy ↗
- Who funds FORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds The Christ Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES ↗
- Who funds MUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE ↗
- Who funds Back 2 Back Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds WORLD SPORTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALL OF LOVE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds MISSION EURASIA ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION OF COMPASSIONATE AMERICAN ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds OCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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