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Bob H Johnson Family Foundation at a glance

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Bob H Johnson Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$46k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$2.3MEducation$921kEnvironment$200kCivil Rights$90kInternational$65kPhilanthropy$47kCommunity Improvement$16kHealth$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
$45,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLOBAL JUSTICE ECOLOGY PROJECT$45,000
BERKELEY PLAYHOUSE$1,000
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 (FY20–23, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RED DIRT RELIEF FUND: $2k → 15%CROSSOVER COMMUNITY IMPACT INCORPORATED: $10k → 15%CROSSOVER COMMUNITY IMPACT INCORPORATED: $6k → 15%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

NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
DC
OK
TX
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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 8 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
18

Total granted

$1.2M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+14%

Still filing today

100%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • GJ
    GLOBAL JUSTICE ECOLOGY PROJECT INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $200k · revenue +471%
  • Alliance for Global Justice Corp
    4× · 2018–2022 · $90k · revenue +41%
  • RA
    RIGHTS ACTION INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $45k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • SM
    SACRED MONESTARY OF SAINT NINA
    one grant, 2022 · $1.3M
  • HA
    HOLY APOSTLES ORTHODOX CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $650k
  • TS
    THE SACRED MONASTERY OF ST NINA
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
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
Opera Parallle

Opera Parallle presents compelling performances of contemporary operas with high musical and dramatic standards, embracing modern aesthetics, creative use of technology, and social relevance as essential to the future of the art form.…

Arts & Culture
2
The Sequoyah Educational Center

Sequoyah School is a community of learners. A Sequoyah education challenges the mind, nurtures the heart and celebrates human dignity.

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3
Artesia Classical Academy Inc

In partnership with parents, Artesia Classical Academy equips students to be Christlike disciples and servant-leaders who know and share God's Word.

Education
4
Florentine Opera Company Inc

The florentine opera company is driven to produce the full range of operatic works reflecting the highest musical and theatrical standards, and to support community and education programs that foster the current and next generation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
6
New Roots Institute

New Roots Institute is a nonprofit empowering the next generation with knowledge and training to end factory farming.

Food & Nutrition
7
Organic Seed Alliance

Organic seed alliance puts the power of seed into the hands of growers. our work promotes an abundant and diverse supply of organic seed, tended in perpetuity by skilled, diverse and interconnected communities of seed stewards.

—
8
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
9
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
10
Opera Southwest

Professional production of opera for the public, and education about opera and the performing arts for audiences of all ages.

Arts & Culture
11
Root Capital Inc

Root capital seeks to increase incomes and stabilize employment for farmers in africa, south-east asia, and latin america. root capital does this through a proven channel: support for agricultural businesses that collect and market the…

International
12
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grassroots International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Global Justice Ecology Project 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

18 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. 18 of the 29 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED MONESTARY OF SAINT NINA: $1,325,000 · OtherSACRED MONESTARY OF SAINT NINAHOLY APOSTLES ORTHODOX CHURCH: $650,000 · OtherHOLY APOSTLES ORTHODOX CHURCHTHE SACRED MONASTERY OF ST NINA: $250,000 · OtherTHE SACRED MONASTERY OF ST NINA+14 more: $114,500 · OtherSt Augustine Academy Inc: $777,647 · EducationSt Augustine Academy IncBERKELEY ROSE SCHOOL: $90,000 · EducationBERKELEY ROSE SCHOOL+1 more: $25,000 · EducationGLOBAL JUSTICE ECOLOGY PROJECT INC: $200,000 · EnvironmentAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $90,000 · InternationalRIGHTS ACTION INC: $45,000 · InternationalGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · InternationalFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $22,000 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY OF ORANGE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCROSSOVER COMMUNITY IMPACT INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesRED DIRT RELIEF FUND INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$2,339,500Education$892,647Environment$200,000International$155,000Community Improvement$32,000Philanthropy$25,000Human Services$18,000

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 budgetSt Augustine Academy Inc: $777,647 over 4y, 33% of budgetGLOBAL JUSTICE ECOLOGY PROJECT INC: $200,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $90,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBERKELEY ROSE SCHOOL: $90,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRIGHTS ACTION INC: $45,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetUNION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSOVER COMMUNITY IMPACT INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSHARE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHREE SPRINGS COMMUNITY FARM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ORANGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRED DIRT RELIEF FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPERA SAN JOSE INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley Playhouse Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Bob H Johnson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bob H Johnson 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 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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