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C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$554k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2026
38
Organizations funded FY2025
13%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2026
$85,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 39
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
3
Total assets, FY2026
$6.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 13% of the organizations C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitCivil RightsCrime & LegalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving38$554k11%
FY202538$496k13%
FY202439$463k26%
FY202333$422k18%
FY202233$447k12%
FY202132$405k16%
FY202032$365k13%
FY201938$369k34%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$699kHuman Services$618kReligion$581kYouth Development$321kArts & Culture$293kCommunity Improvement$207kRecreation & Sports$179kHealth$112kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IN
MO
KY
VA
TN
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bread of Life Ministry Inc$397,000101%
Youth First$305,000101%
Warrick County Museum Inc$220,0001053%
Boonville Now Inc$216,6531055%
Point Man International Ministries$215,000385%
Mission First Inc$210,00036%
Hemenway Memorial Presbyterian Church$180,50010n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$174,10710n/a
University of Evansville$164,312100%
United Methodist Youth Home Inc$93,65061%
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bread of Life Ministry Inc$397,000101%
Youth First$305,000101%
Warrick County Museum Inc$220,0001053%
Boonville Now Inc$216,6531055%
Point Man International Ministries$215,000385%
Mission First Inc$210,00036%
Hemenway Memorial Presbyterian Church$180,50010n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$174,10710n/a
University of Evansville$164,312100%
United Methodist Youth Home Inc$93,65061%
North Spencer Community Action Center Inc$60,00076%
Evansville Rescue Mission Inc$60,00050%
Evansville Christian School Inc$50,00050%
Evansville Association for the Blind Inc$45,00090%
Spencer County Casa Inc$40,00077%
Ewm Inc$40,00069%
Warrick Ecumenical Soup Kitchen Inc$38,5003n/a
Warrick County Casa Inc$35,00065%
Isaiah 117 House$30,00030%
Veterans Overwatch Inc$25,000167%
Honor Flight of Southern Indiana Inc$21,50048%
Lynnville Summer League$20,0001n/a
Holly's House Inc$15,00031%
Western Kentucky University$15,0003n/a
Chemo Buddies$13,00031%
Albion Fellows Bacon Center Inc$10,00020%
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association$5,0001n/a
Wabash College$5,0001n/a
Hanover College$5,00010%
Trustees of Purdue University$5,0001n/a
Trotter House of Spencer County$5,0001n/a
Belmont University$5,00010%
Indiana Wesleyan University$5,00010%
Kentucky Wesleyan College$5,00010%
Aurora Inc$5,00010%
Eckerd College$2,50010%
Olivet Nazarene University$2,50010%
Millikin University$2,50010%
Washington University$1,38910%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBread of Life Ministry Inc: $397,000 over 10y, 1.3% of budgetYouth First: $305,000 over 10y, 0.6% of budgetWarrick County Museum Inc: $220,000 over 10y, 53% of budgetBoonville Now Inc: $216,653 over 10y, 55% of budgetPoint Man International Ministries: $215,000 over 3y, 85% of budgetMission First Inc: $210,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetUniversity of Evansville: $164,312 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Methodist Youth Home Inc: $93,650 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNorth Spencer Community Action Center Inc: $60,000 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetEvansville Rescue Mission Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEvansville Christian School Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEvansville Association for the Blind Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSpencer County Casa Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetEwm Inc: $40,000 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetWarrick County Casa Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetIsaiah 117 House: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Overwatch Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetHonor Flight of Southern Indiana Inc: $21,500 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetHolly's House Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetChemo Buddies: $13,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAlbion Fellows Bacon Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHanover College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana Wesleyan University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Wesleyan College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAurora Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEckerd College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOlivet Nazarene University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMillikin University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $1,389 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 30.

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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.

Community Foundation Alliance IncIN36.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc

How much does C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc give?
C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc reported 38 grants totaling $553,691 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 39 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (19%), Human Services (17%), Religion (16%).
Who are C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Bread of Life Ministry Inc ($397k), Youth First ($305k), Warrick County Museum Inc ($220k).
Does C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Alliance Inc, Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc, Koch Foundation Inc.
Where is C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc based?
C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc is based in IN.

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 84 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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