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The Lindemann Foundation Inc

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.

$56k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 43
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$1.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations The Lindemann Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsAnimalsHealthOther
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
FY2025still arriving16$56k25%
FY202423$57k48%
FY202321$50k19%
FY202221$95k43%
FY202135$62k37%
FY202043$69k51%
FY201920$77k40%
FY201821$44k48%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$263kArts & Culture$170kPhilanthropy$82kEnvironment$38kRecreation & Sports$17kInternational$15kHealth$11kCivil Rights$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
KY
VA
MD
NM
AR
NC
DC
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Lindemann Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Center for Early Education$94,50090%
Creative Visions Foundation$55,55040%
Bennington College Corporation$51,20090%
Harvard-Westlake School$45,00090%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$30,00060%
Friends of the Earth$23,00080%
Tools for Peace$22,00024%
Star Sports Theatre Arts & Recreation Inc$17,00040%
Film Independent$13,50040%
Los Angeles Opera Company$13,00030%
The Grateful Film Fund$12,0001n/a
Mint Film Mt$10,000111%
Feeding America$8,60030%
California Professional Horsemens Foundation$6,50063%
Tm23 Foundation$6,00021%
Southern California Public Radio$6,00060%
The Buckley School$6,00020%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$5,50020%
Manzanita School and Institute$5,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,00010%
Human Rights Action Center$5,00016%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$5,00010%
Rotary Club of Los Angeles Foundation$4,80021%
Center for Environmental Health$4,00060%
Music Arts and Community Los Angeles$3,25050%
Skirball Cultural Center$3,08010%
Oceanic Preservation Society$2,95010%
Friends For Pets Foundation$2,75041%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$2,50010%
Center for the Study of Young People in Groups$2,50011%
High Reliability Organization Council$2,5001n/a
African Millennium Foundation Inc$2,50030%
Earthways Foundation Inc$2,25070%
National Horse Show Association of America Ltd$2,00010%
The Creative Coalition$2,00010%
Encyclopedia of Surfing Inc$2,00021%
Westside Waldorf School$2,00010%
Earth Island Institute Inc$2,00040%
Los Angeles Pet Rescue$1,80020%
Friends of Givat Haviva$1,80030%
Y-Apply Inc$1,750525%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,60010%
Every Mother Counts$1,60010%
Stop Poaching Now Inc$1,60021%
Kcrw Foundation Inc$1,50020%
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation$1,50020%
The Geanco Foundation Inc$1,25020%
Mending Kids International dba Mending Kids$1,25020%
Alumni Fund Association of Yale University$1,1003n/a
Yale University$1,1003n/a
Los Angeles Mission Inc$1,0001n/a
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles$1,00010%
Friends of Gardner$1,00010%
Internet Archive$1,00020%
Path$1,00010%
The Children's Health Fund$1,00010%
Virus Theater$1,0001n/a
Rosie's Theater Kids Inc$1,00020%
Temple Israel of Hollywood$1,0001n/a
Union Rescue Mission$1,00010%
All About Labs Nonprofit Corporation$1,00021%
Stella Adler Studio of Acting$1,0001n/a
Woodstock Film Festival Inc$1,00010%
Yale University$1,0002n/a
Compton Junior Equestrians$75010%
Westside Infant-Family Network$75020%
Edible Schoolyard New York$75030%
Luminario Ballet Of Los Angeles$70011%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50010%
Reimagine la Foundation$5001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$50010%
Women Make Movies Inc$50010%
Plan International USA Inc$50010%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$50010%
Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation$50020%
The Innocence Project Inc$50010%
Santa Barbara Vizsla Lovers Rescue$5001n/a
Tenth Muse Films Inc$50010%
Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$50010%
All Seated in a Barn$5001n/a
Hay Dude Critter Rescue$50010%
Jr Posse Youth Equestrian Program$50020%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$50010%
The Bail Project Inc$50010%
Ahead With Horses Inc$30010%
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund$25010%
The Rape Foundation$25010%
Climate Ride Inc$25010%
The Amity Foundation$25010%
I Am That Girl$25010%
Yale University Dramatic Association Inc$25010%
Share Our Strength$25010%
Protecting Michigan Foundation$25010%
The Bronx Defenders$25010%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$25010%
Climate Emergency Fund$25010%
Ocean Conservancy$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lindemann Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Center for Early Education: $94,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Visions Foundation: $55,550 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBennington College Corporation: $51,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHarvard-Westlake School: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $23,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTools for Peace: $22,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetStar Sports Theatre Arts & Recreation Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFilm Independent: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Opera Company: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMint Film Mt: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFeeding America: $8,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Professional Horsemens Foundation: $6,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetTm23 Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Buckley School: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManzanita School and Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Action Center: $5,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRotary Club of Los Angeles Foundation: $4,800 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCenter for Environmental Health: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Arts and Community Los Angeles: $3,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSkirball Cultural Center: $3,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $2,950 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends For Pets Foundation: $2,750 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for the Study of Young People in Groups: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAfrican Millennium Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEarthways Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNational Horse Show Association of America Ltd: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Creative Coalition: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEncyclopedia of Surfing Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWestside Waldorf School: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Pet Rescue: $1,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Givat Haviva: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetY-Apply Inc: $1,750 over 5y, 25% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvery Mother Counts: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStop Poaching Now Inc: $1,600 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetKcrw Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia State University Long Beach Research Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Geanco Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter Theatre Group of Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Gardner: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 85.

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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.

Liberty Hill FoundationCA24.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Liberty Hill Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Pledgeling Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Rosenthal Family Foundation · The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Sempra Foundation · The Ahmanson 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.

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About The Lindemann Foundation Inc

How much does The Lindemann Foundation Inc give?
The Lindemann Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $56,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Lindemann Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Arts & Culture (26%), Philanthropy (13%).
Who are The Lindemann Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Center for Early Education ($95k), Creative Visions Foundation ($56k), Bennington College Corporation ($51k).
Does The Lindemann Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lindemann Foundation Inc 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 Lindemann Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Liberty Hill Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation.
Where is The Lindemann Foundation Inc based?
The Lindemann Foundation Inc is based in DE.

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 111 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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