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The Lindorf Family Foundation

The foundation helps local charities achieve their mission.

$320k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Youth Development$820kEducation$570kScience & Tech$308kArts & Culture$284kHousing & Shelter$270kRecreation & Sports$147kHealth$137kPublic Safety & Disaster$115kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $225k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS$100,000
LICKING COUNTY FOUNDATION$75,000
LICKING COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$50,000
NEWARK GRANVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$40,000
LICKING COUNTY COALITION FOR HOUSIN$10,000
FOOD PANTRY NEWARK OF LICKING COUNT$10,000
ST VINCENT HAVEN$10,000
WOODLANDS SERVING CENTRAL OHIO INC$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $50k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITI: $50k → 10%WOODLANDS SERVING CENTRAL OHIO INC: $10k → 10%CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS: $10k → 10%YMCA: $10k → 10%ST VINCENT HAVEN: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$659k · 9 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

9 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
31

Total granted

$659k
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-4%

Still filing today

67%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TW
    THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $140k · revenue +69%
  • SV
    ST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITIES INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $110k · revenue +168%
  • LC
    LICKING COUNTY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $750k · revenue -1%
  • CD
    CHRIST DELIVERANCE TEMPLE
    one grant, 2018 · $300k
  • NC
    NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue -8%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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2
Licking County Historical Society

Conduct various programs to promote an understanding and appreciation for the history of the area as well as to preserve artifacts

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3
Licking County Board of Realtors in

Promote higher business standards in realtors of licking county

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4
Ashland Assisted Living Inc

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Human Services
5
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
6
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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7
Licking County Aging Program

To improve the quality of life for licking county seniors by contributing to their independence and healthy lifestyles.

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8
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
9
Licking County Chamber of Commerce

The licking county chamber of commerce is a business organization that supports our member businesses and advances the economic well being of the licking county community.

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10
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

The mission of the greater cleveland sports commission is to measurably improve the economy of greater cleveland and enrich the community by attracting, creating, managing and enhancing significant sporting and competitive events.

Unclassified
11
Portage Development Board

To coordinate and promote economic development on a county wide basis among all of the political subdivisions of portage county, ohio.

Public Benefit
12
Neighborhood Properties Inc

To develop and manage a continuum of stable and supportive housing for persons with serious mental illness and co-occuring disorders

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Licking County Inc and the most unlike its peers is Camp O Bannon of Licking County Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%3%<5yr10%3%5–10yr27%9%10–20yr12%22%20–35yr13%44%35–55yr18%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%4%<5yr10%1%5–10yr27%8%10–20yr12%14%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr18%41%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/45
the rest of the field
11%
85/791

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
17/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CHRIST DELIVERANCE TEMPLE — $300,000 · OtherCHRIST DELIVERANCE TEMPLEAMERICAN RED CROSS — $115,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICES — $75,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICESNEWARK CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL — $75,000 · OtherNEWARK CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLLICKING COUNTY FOUNDATION — $75,000 · OtherLICKING COUNTY FOUNDATIONMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LICKING COUNTY — $50,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO — $50,000 · OtherLICKING COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $50,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $50,000 · OtherGRANVILLE RECREATION DISTRICT — $50,000 · OtherLICKING COUNTY FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 · OtherLICKING COUNTY FOUNDATION INCTHE FOOD PANTRY NETWORK OF LICKING COUNTY — $50,000 · Other+14 more — $296,189 · Other+14 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $750,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COL…NEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND — $300,000 · EducationNEWARK CAMPUS D…OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIV…+2 more — $20,000 · EducationTHE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY — $140,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WORKS …NEWARK MIDLAND THEATRE ASSOCIATION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureNEWARK MID…NEWARK-GRANVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $40,000 · Arts & CultureNEWARK-GRA…WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureWEATHERVAN…LICKING COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY — $23,814 · Arts & CultureLICKING CO…+1 more — $7,500 · Arts & CultureST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITIES INC — $110,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOODLANDS SERVING CENTRAL OHIO INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesLicking County Family YMCA — $10,000 · Human ServicesVISTA VILLAGE INC — $100,000 · Housing & ShelterLICKING COUNTY COALITION FOR HOUSING INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE BRYN DU COMMISSION — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP O BANNON OF LICKING COUNTY INC — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsMOUND CITY LITTLE LEAGUE INC — $12,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,311,189Youth Development$750,000Education$420,000Arts & Culture$291,314Human Services$150,000Housing & Shelter$110,000Recreation & Sports$87,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $750,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNEWARK CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT FUND — $300,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY — $140,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL HOUSING FACILITIES INC — $110,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA VILLAGE INC — $100,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetLICKING COUNTY FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICES — $75,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetLICKING COUNTY FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LICKING COUNTY — $50,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLICKING COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE FOOD PANTRY NETWORK OF LICKING COUNTY — $50,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEWARK MIDLAND THEATRE ASSOCIATION — $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE BRYN DU COMMISSION — $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetNEWARK-GRANVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAI — $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE WOODLANDS SERVING CENTRAL OHIO INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCAMP O BANNON OF LICKING COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLICKING COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY — $23,814 over 1y, 16% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF LICKING & PERRY COUNTIES INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEWARK DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS — $19,737 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PARTNERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUND CITY LITTLE LEAGUE INC — $12,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetGranville Athletic Boosters — $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLicking County Family YMCA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLICKING COUNTY COALITION FOR HOUSING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWELSH HILLS SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LICKING COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Licking County Founda…Park National Corpora…Energy Cooperative Ro…Licking Memorial Heal…First Federal Foundat…The John and Mary Alf…The O'Neill FoundationThe Englefield Founda…The Patricia R and He…Columbus FoundationThe Lefevre FoundationUnited Way of Licking…
Licking County Foundation IncOH72.1× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Licking County Foundation Inc · Park National Corporation Foundation · Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc · Licking Memorial Health Foundation · First Federal Foundation · The John and Mary Alford Foundation · The O'Neill Foundation · The Englefield Foundation · The Patricia R and Herbert J Murphy Foundation · Columbus Foundation · The Lefevre Foundation · United Way of Licking County Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Lindorf Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Lindorf Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Lindorf Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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