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The Linnemann Family Foundation at a glance

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The Linnemann Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$411k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.4MEnvironment$653kEducation$520kFood & Nutrition$161kHuman Services$110kPhilanthropy$100kHealth$89kAnimals$86kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $210k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY$100,000
MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM$60,000
SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$50,000
SKAGIT LAND TRUST$40,000
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$35,000
MAKETANK INC$30,000
FIDDLEHEAD MONTESSORI SCHOOL$30,000
OVER THE RHINE MUSEUM$25,000
SPCA$15,000
FREESTOREFOODBANK$10,000
CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES$2,500
SKOOKUM KIDS$2,500
L'ARCHE ST LOUIS$2,500
SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $226k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $100k → 5%SKOOKUM KIDS: $10k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $10k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $5k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $3k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $3k → 12%SKOOKUM KIDS: $3k → 12%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $10k → 11%MADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER: $5k → 16%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES: $5k → 11%SKOOKUM KIDS: $3k → 12%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES: $5k → 11%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES: $5k → 11%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES: $5k → 11%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES: $3k → 11%SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 11%SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 11%SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 11%BEECH ACRES: $10k → 16%SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 11%BEECH ACRES: $5k → 16%SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 11%BEECH ACRES: $5k → 16%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES: $3k → 11%BEECH ACRES: $5k → 16%SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 11%BEECH ACRES: $2k → 16%SKAGIT COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3k → 11%SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEX ABUSE SERVICES: $3k → 11%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $2k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
DE
DC
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 24 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
11

Total granted

$3.0M
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+25%

Still filing today

75%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CS
    CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $655k · revenue +53%
  • TC
    THE COLORADO COLLEGE
    4× · 2017–2021 · $400k · revenue +39%
  • CS
    CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $275k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • OL
    OHIO LIVING FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +52%
  • FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -1%
  • FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +15%
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
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
2
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
3
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
4
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
5
Cincinnati Museum Association

Through the power of art, we contribute to a more vibrant cincinnati by inspiring its people and connecting our communities.

Arts & Culture
6
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati

Ensemble theatre of cincinnati is a professional theatre rooted in historic over-the- rhine, dedicated to engaging, enriching and inspiring audiences through our thought-provoking world and regional premier productions, creating and…

Arts & Culture
7
Zoological Society of Cincinnati

Creating adventure, conveying knowledge, conserving nature, and serving the community. with the addition of our fourth pillar to our mission statement, serving community, we recognize the responsibility to partner with diverse and…

Animals
8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
10
The Contemporary Arts Center

The CAC is a lab for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us through the experience and creation of all contemporary art forms.

Arts & Culture
11
San Francisco Zoological Society

To connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action.

Animals
12
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ohio Living Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Maketank Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
26/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $655,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANYCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $275,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $256,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INCThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $95,000 · Arts & CultureThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc+4 more: $71,500 · Arts & CultureSKAGIT LAND TRUST: $315,000 · EnvironmentSKAGIT LAND TRUSTSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $275,000 · EnvironmentSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERV…AMERICAN RIVERS INC: $57,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $400,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGEFIDDLEHEAD MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $120,000 · EducationFIDDLEHEAD MONTESSORI…OHIO END OF LIFE OPTIONS: $75,000 · EducationOHIO END OF LIFE OPTI…OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesSkookum Kids: $35,000 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRES: $29,000 · Human ServicesSKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $28,000 · Human ServicesSKAGIT COUNCIL ON AGING: $18,500 · Human ServicesFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesSPCA: $85,000 · OtherASF: $11,500 · OtherTHE SEADOC SOCIETY: $10,500 · OtherWPC-FOOD TO GO ANACORTES: $10,500 · OtherCALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherANACORTES FAMILY CENTER: $15,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $14,500 · OtherFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $130,000 · Food & NutritionGRANT FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · International
Arts & Culture$1,352,500Environment$652,000Education$595,000Human Services$225,500Other$167,000Food & Nutrition$130,000International$45,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $655,000 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $400,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSKAGIT LAND TRUST: $315,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $275,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $256,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFIDDLEHEAD MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $120,000 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetOHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO END OF LIFE OPTIONS: $75,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $57,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGRANT FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSkookum Kids: $35,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $29,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES: $28,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetOVER-THE-RHINE MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSKAGIT COUNCIL ON AGING: $18,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetANACORTES FAMILY CENTER: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANACORTES COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $6,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLARCHE ST LOUIS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOceanic Society Expeditions: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCA CONSERVANCY: $750 over 1y, 0.4% 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 CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SKAGIT LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds FIDDLEHEAD MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc ↗
  • Who funds OHIO END OF LIFE OPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Skookum Kids ↗
  • Who funds MAKETANK INC ↗
  • Who funds BEECH ACRES ↗
  • Who funds SKAGIT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds OVER-THE-RHINE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SKAGIT COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds ANACORTES FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
  • Who funds FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANACORTES COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LARCHE ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds ANACORTES 100 FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Oceanic Society Expeditions ↗
  • Who funds ORCA CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Carol Ann and Ralph V…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Charles Scott Riley I…Robert a & Marian K K…Louise Taft Semple Fo…The Skagit Community …Millstone FundJohnson Charitable Gi…Shell USA Company Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Charles Scott Riley III Foundation · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · The Skagit Community Foundation · Millstone Fund · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Linnemann Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Linnemann Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 38 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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