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The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$741k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$275,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 21
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$9.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving13$741k31%
FY202313$3.4M46%
FY202215$6.9M13%
FY202118$6.4M28%
FY202013$2.3M8%
FY201921$2.5M48%
FY201818$2.9M61%
FY201717$1.3Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$8.5MHuman Services$6.6MHealth$6.1MArts & Culture$2.7MEducation$1.5MEmployment$470kPhilanthropy$345kAnimals$68kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
KY
KS
TN
SC
DC
HI
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$4,200,44752%
Horizon Community Church$1,442,2427n/a
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$1,396,51770%
Ford's Theatre Society$1,131,00575%
Ohio State University Foundation$840,49830%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$627,06542%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$400,04220%
Accelerate Great Schools$400,033243%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$300,05550%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$260,00080%
Ocean Reef Chapel Foundation Inc$120,05033%
Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc$112,505111%
Elizabeth's Smile Foundation$110,00017%
Life Learning Center Inc$95,00052%
Cincinnati Country Day School$80,07530%
Integrative Medicine Foundation Inc$75,000424%
Nashville Zoo Inc$66,50040%
Miami University Foundation$50,00010%
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation$50,00011%
Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc$50,00020%
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc$50,00020%
Dress for Success Cincinnati$50,00014%
Little Fork Family Advocacy Center Inc$50,000121%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$50,0001n/a
The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio$46,00030%
The Ensworth School$40,00020%
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$25,00010%
Taft Museum of Art$25,00030%
Nantucket Atheneum Inc$16,00030%
Partners for Medical Relief$12,50032%
Bring Change 2 Mind$12,50021%
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc$10,00010%
Udt - Seal Museum Association Inc$10,0001n/a
The Store Inc$10,00010%
American Friends of the Louvre Inc$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$10,00010%
Turner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc$7,50010%
National Show Hunter Hall of Fame Ltd$5,0001n/a
Project Sage Inc$5,00011%
The Jeff Ruby Foundation$5,00011%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Gospel Mission Inc$2,5001n/a
Massachusetts Bay Council Navy League of the United States Inc$2,50011%
The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc$2,50020%
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Danny & Rons Rescue$1,00010%
International Essential Tremor Foundation$1,00010%
Nantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc$50010%
Cincinnati Nature Center$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $4,200,447 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $1,396,517 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFord's Theatre Society: $1,131,005 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetOhio State University Foundation: $840,498 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $627,065 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $400,042 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAccelerate Great Schools: $400,033 over 2y, 43% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $300,055 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $260,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOcean Reef Chapel Foundation Inc: $120,050 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetFriends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc: $112,505 over 1y, 11% of budgetElizabeth's Smile Foundation: $110,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetLife Learning Center Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCincinnati Country Day School: $80,075 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIntegrative Medicine Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetNashville Zoo Inc: $66,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMiami University Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOcean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDress for Success Cincinnati: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetLittle Fork Family Advocacy Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $46,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ensworth School: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTaft Museum of Art: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNantucket Atheneum Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPartners for Medical Relief: $12,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBring Change 2 Mind: $12,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPalm Beach Atlantic University Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Store Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Louvre Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTurner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Sage Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Jeff Ruby Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Everglades Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Bay Council Navy League of the United States Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDanny & Rons Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Essential Tremor Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNantucket Boys and Girls Club Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Nature Center: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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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.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH26.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky · Hcs Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Bahl Family Foundation · The Carl H and Edyth B Lindner Foundation · The Wyler Family Foundation · Millstone Fund

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.

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About The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation

How much does The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation give?
The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $740,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (32%), Human Services (25%), Health (23%).
Who are The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Cincinnati Foundation ($4.2M), Horizon Community Church ($1.4M), John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($1.4M).
Does The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Frances and Craig 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 Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Farmer Family Foundation, Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation.
Where is The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation based?
The Frances and Craig Lindner Foundation is based in OH.

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 58 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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