Funding search · EIN 742552121 · Wickenburg, AZ

James Ludke Charitable Trust

Name: James Ludke Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

84
grants reported: $542,600
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Desert Cabelleros3 grants · $208,000
Goldwater Institute4 grants · $52,500
Hillsdale College4 grants · $27,000
Sigler Western Museum1 grant · $21,000
Wickenburg Hospital Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Phoenix Chamber Music Soc4 grants · $19,000
Swaziserve4 grants · $15,000
Del Webb Center2 grants · $15,000
Oregon Zoo4 grants · $12,500
Cedar Mill Community Library4 grants · $10,200

Giving over time

$109,500

2022

$141,600

2023

$170,000

2024

$121,500

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$110,000
Desert Cabelleros · Wickenburg, AZ · 2024
Provide funds
$75,500
Desert Cabelleros · Wickenburg, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$22,500
Desert Cabelleros · Wickenburg, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$21,000
Sigler Western Museum · Wickenburg, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$20,000
Wickenburg Hospital Foundation · Wickenburg, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$15,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Provide funds
$15,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$13,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
Provide funds
$12,500
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$10,000
Del Webb Center · Wickenburg, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$10,000
Goldwater Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$8,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Provide funds
$5,000
Arizona Liberty Network · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$5,000
Phoenix Chamber Music Soc · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$5,000
Stratford Hall · Stratford, VA · 2025
Provide funds
$5,000
Students for Liberty · McLean, VA · 2025
Provide funds
$5,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$5,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2025
Provide funds
$5,000
Del Webb Center · Wickenburg, AZ · 2024
Provide funds
$5,000
South Coast Botanical Garden Fdn · Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA · 2024
Provide funds
$5,000
Claremont Institute · Claremont, CA · 2023
Provide funds
$5,000
Phoenix Chamber Music Soc · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$5,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Provide funds
$5,000
Webb Center · Wickenburg, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$5,000
Lunder Research Center · Taos, NM · 2022
Provide funds
$5,000
Phoenix Chamber Music Soc · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$5,000
Students for Liberty · McLean, VA · 2022
Provide funds
$5,000
Webb Center · Wickenburg, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$4,000
Friends of Cave Creek Canyon · Portal, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$4,000
Ymca Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$4,000
Darden Foundation · Charlettesville, VA · 2024
Provide funds
$4,000
Phoenix Chamber Music Soc · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Provide funds
$4,000
Swaziserve · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$4,000
Swaziserve · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$3,500
Bread of Life International · Gilbert, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$3,500
Dallas Arboretum · Dallas, TX · 2025
Provide funds
$3,500
Swaziserve · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Provide funds
$3,500
Bread of Life International · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Provide funds
$3,500
Swaziserve · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Provide funds
$3,500
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2023
Provide funds
$3,500
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2022
Provide funds
$3,000
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2025
Provide funds
$3,000
Cedar Mill Community Library · Portland, OR · 2023
Provide funds
$3,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Provide funds
$3,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$3,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Provide funds
$3,000
In Touch Mission Intl · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$3,000
Musical Empowerment Dartmouth Chapt · Hanover, NH · 2022
Provide funds
$2,800
Courts for Kids · Vancouver, WA · 2024
Provide funds
$2,500
Cedar Mill Community Library · Portland, OR · 2025
Provide funds
$2,500
Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2025
Provide funds
$2,500
Perot Museum of Nature and Science · Dallas, TX · 2025
Provide funds
$2,500
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2024
Provide funds
$2,500
Cedar Mill Community Library · Portland, OR · 2022
Provide funds
$2,500
Darden Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Provide funds
$2,500
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2022
Provide funds
$2,500
Palos Verdes Land Conservancy · Rolling Hills Estates, CA · 2022
Provide funds
$2,200
Cedar Mill Community Library · Portland, OR · 2024
Provide funds
$2,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2025
Provide funds
$2,000
Friends of Cave Creek Canyon · Portal, AZ · 2024
Provide funds
$2,000
Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium · San Pedro, CA · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
Friends of Cave Creek Canyon · Portal, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
Greater Area Boy Scouts · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
In Touch Mission Intl · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
Palos Verdes Land Conservancy · Rolling Hills Estates, CA · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
She Can · Mill Valley, CA · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
South Coast Botanical Garden Fdn · Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA · 2023
Provide funds
$2,000
Friends of Cave Creek Canyon · Portal, AZ · 2022
Provide funds
$1,500
Att Performing Arts · Dallas, TX · 2025
Provide funds
$1,500
Oregon Museum of Science · Portland, OR · 2025
Provide funds
$1,000
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2025
Provide funds
$1,000
Oregon Museum of Science · Portland, OR · 2024
Provide funds
$1,000
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2024
Provide funds
$1,000
Boyce Thompson Aboretum · Superior, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$1,000
Oregon Museum of Science · Portland, OR · 2023
Provide funds
$1,000
Phoenix Art Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Provide funds
$1,000
Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium · San Pedro, CA · 2022
Provide funds
$1,000
Oregon Museum of Science · Portland, OR · 2022
Provide funds
$1,000
She Can · Mill Valley, CA · 2022
Provide funds
$500
Uso · Washington, DC · 2024
Provide funds
$500
Uso · Washington, DC · 2023
Provide funds
$500
Uso · Washington, DC · 2022
Provide funds
$100
Pomona College · Clairmont, CA · 2023
Provide funds

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