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The Linge 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.

$63k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$365kHuman Services$97kReligion$26kCommunity Improvement$25kMembership Benefit$9kHousing & Shelter$7kPublic Benefit$6kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THEATRE CEDAR RAPIDS$25,000
THEATRE CEDAR RAPIDS$20,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$5,000
WAYPOINT SERVICES$5,000
OAK HILL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION$3,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CEDAR RAPIDS$2,000
QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION DBA FREEDOM STITCHERS OF IOWA$1,000
THE HISTORY CENTER (LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY)$1,000
TANAGER PLACE$1,000
TANAGER PLACE$118
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%WAYPOINT: $25k → 9%WAYPOINT: $25k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $10k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $5k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $2k → 9%MATTHEW 25: $1k → 9%YOUTHPORT: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$514k · 15 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$514k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+56%

Still filing today

60%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WS
    WAYPOINT SERVICES
    3× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +21%
  • YP
    YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK
    2× · 2018–2021 · $12k · revenue +56%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL
    2× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +261%

Funded once

  • SV
    ST VINCENT DEPAUL CO ST LUDMILA CONFERENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • WS
    WEST SIDE RISING MEMORIAL FUND CO GCRCF
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Linn County Advocate Inc

Linn County Advocate, Inc., provides quality legal representation for indigent clients in criminal and juvenile cases at the state court level in Linn, Johnson, Benton, and Jones Counties in the state of Iowa.

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2
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

The greater cedar rapids community foundation (the community foundation) partners with donors, funders, and other community collaborators to achieve high-impact philanthropy, supports nonprofit organizations that address our community's…

Philanthropy
3
Orchard Place

Our mission at orchard place is "developing strong futures" for the children and youth of iowa. we do this by providing a continuum of services to our clients who deal with mental and behavioral health challenges.

Health
4
Iowa Bird Rehabilitation

The organization's mission is to address the immediate needs of sick, injured, and orphaned wild birds, with the goal to return them to the wild and help educate and bring awareness to the global issue that birds are dissappearing at an…

Animals
5
Iowa City Hospice Inc

To provide high-quality and compassionate care to community members approaching the end of life.

Human Services
6
Housing Fund for Linn County

The orginization is dedicated to improving quality of life by offering innovative and flexible funding in order to expand affordable housing opportunities within linn county, iowa.

Housing & Shelter
7
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

Environment
8
Iowa Chapter of Children's Advocacy Centers

To promote the development, growth and utilization of childrens advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to better serve Iowas abused and neglected children and their families.

Crime & Legal
9
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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10
Iowa Center for Children's Justice

ICCJ assists children in custody disputes through child focused education and legal services. ICCJ provides education and legal services on a reduced fee or at no charge based on the ability to pay.

Civil Rights
11
Abbe Center for Community Mental Health

Reaching out to improve lives in our communities through advocacy, support and the integration of mental health, substance use and wellness services. abbe center for community mental health (mhc) serves as the safety net mental health…

Health
12
Children's Cancer Connection

Connecting families affected by childhood cancer by providing opportunities that encourage relationships and strengthen community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Waypoint Services; the most unlike its peers is Oak Hill Cemetery. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THEATRE CEDAR RAPIDS: $255,000 · OtherTHEATRE CEDAR RAPIDSWAYPOINT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $25,000 · OtherWAYPOINT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN+14 more: $86,000 · Other+14 moreLINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $53,000 · Arts & CultureLINN COUNTY HISTORICA…CONNECTCR INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTCR INCORCHESTRA IOWA INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureWAYPOINT SERVICES: $55,000 · Human ServicesWAYPOINT SERVI…YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $12,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG PARENTS …YOUTHPORT: $5,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHPORT+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesTANAGER PLACE: $4,118 · HealthHOUSE OF HOPE: $4,000 · HealthNAMI Linn County: $1,000 · HealthINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $2,000 · EnvironmentTREES FOREVER INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentKIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $3,000 · Crime & LegalCritter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsLinn County Trails Association: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$366,000Arts & Culture$107,000Human Services$74,000Health$9,118Environment$3,500Crime & Legal$3,000Animals$1,000Recreation & Sports$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWAYPOINT SERVICES: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $53,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetCONNECTCR INC: $50,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetYOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $12,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOak Hill Cemetery: $9,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetFOUNDATION 2 INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHPORT: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTANAGER PLACE: $4,118 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORCHESTRA IOWA INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREES FOREVER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCritter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetQUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMATTHEW 25: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLinn County Trails Association: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
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 WAYPOINT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTCR INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ↗
  • Who funds Oak Hill Cemetery ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION 2 INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHPORT ↗
  • Who funds WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TANAGER PLACE ↗
  • Who funds ORCHESTRA IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds KIDS FIRST LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TREES FOREVER INC ↗
  • Who funds Critter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids Inc ↗
  • Who funds NAMI Linn County ↗
  • Who funds QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 ↗
  • Who funds Linn County Trails Association ↗

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.

Alliant Energy Founda…United Fire Group Fou…Greater Cedar Rapids …The Hall-Perrine Foun…GreenState Credit Uni…First Federal Credit …Rohde Family Charitab…Carleen and Eugene Gr…The McIntyre Foundati…Mercy Medical CenterUnited Way of East Ce…Olberg Family Charita…
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI40.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · United Fire Group Foundation · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · First Federal Credit Union Foundation · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation · Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation · The McIntyre Foundation · Mercy Medical Center · United Way of East Central Iowa · Olberg Family Charitable Trust

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Linge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Linge Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Linge Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Linge 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 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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