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The Carl H And Edyth B Lindner Foundation

EIN 31-0738034 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$72.4m2018–2025 · 120 grants
2018: $1.8m · 12 grants20182019: $6.5m · 16 grants20192020: $10.3m · 26 grants20202021: $6.6m · 16 grants20212022: $6.1m · 13 grants20222023: $10.5m · 14 grants20232024: $6.8m · 7 grants20242025: $23.8m · 16 grants2025$23.8m
Grantees27funded more than once, matching gifts aside
17 of 2717of 27
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers5on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Philanthropy and grantmaking$32.6m
Arts and culture$10.4m
Education$3.9m
Religion$2.7m
Mental health$2.2m
Health care$2.0m
Recreation and sports$1.0m
Civil rights$400.0k
International affairs$120.0k
Cause not on file$17.0m

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 52 grants · $12.5m

Who it funds most

17 of its 27 grantees were funded in more than one year; 1 matching gifts set aside.

The Carl H And Edyth B Lindner Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 27 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Edyth B LindnerPresident,trustee
Carl H Lindner IIITrustee
Keith E LindnerTrustee
S Craig LindnerTrustee
Lou Ann FlintSecretary,treasurer

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202511769349100511

Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.

Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2018: $1.8m · 12 grants20182019: $6.5m · 16 grants20192020: $10.3m · 26 grants20202021: $6.6m · 16 grants20212022: $6.1m · 13 grants20222023: $10.5m · 14 grants20232024: $6.8m · 7 grants20242025: $23.8m · 16 grants2025$23.8m
Its returns8 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2025IRS 990-PF202641349349103299IRS batch file
2024IRS 990-PF202511769349100511IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202431849349100703IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202301709349100315IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202241819349100434IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202121239349101427IRS batch file
2019IRS 990-PF202011199349100416IRS batch file
2018IRS 990-PF201923029349100612IRS batch file

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The Carl H And Edyth B Lindner Foundation made 120 grants across 2018–2025, totalling $72.4m as filed.

Grants
120
Total, as filed
$72.4m
Years
2018–2025
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
JOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND7$22.2m
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION7$9.4m
JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS3$5.6m
THE FRANCES AND CRAIG LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE4$4.0m
FORD'S THEATRE SOCIETY2$3.0m
CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY3$2.6m
KENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH5$2.5m
CHILDREN'S THEATRE5$2.5m
THE CRAIG AND FRANCES LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE2$2.2m
CHRIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION6$2.0m
CITY GOSPEL MISSION2$1.9m
MUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY1$1.6m
BACK 2 BACK MINISTRIES3$1.4m
CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY VALUES3$1.4m
HORIZON COMMUNITY CHURCH4$1.2m

By year

YearGrantsTotal
201812$1.8m
201916$6.5m
202026$10.3m
202116$6.6m
202213$6.1m
202314$10.5m
20247$6.8m
202516$23.8m

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-310738034. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

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  • What they say they exist to do
  • What each grant was for
  • What they fund, by theme
  • Balance sheet and financials
  • Who runs it
  • Whether they accept proposals
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  • No website on file
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