California · Private foundation
Carl W Johnson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $450k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Carl W Johnson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $450k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $520k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $405k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $365k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $340k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $320k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $278k | 12% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Directions Inc | $500,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Painted Turtle | $230,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Griffith Observatory Foundation | $200,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $145,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Achievable Foundation | $125,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Chrysalis | $102,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $92,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Habilitation House Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Directions Inc | $500,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Painted Turtle | $230,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Griffith Observatory Foundation | $200,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $145,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Achievable Foundation | $125,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Chrysalis | $102,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $92,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Habilitation House Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Hollenbeck Palms | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Seal Beach Swim Club | $45,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Taking the Reins | $45,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Pasadena Humane | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Butte Agriculture Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Ventura County | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carl W Johnson Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Ahmanson Foundation · California Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Carl W Johnson Foundation
- How much does Carl W Johnson Foundation give?
- Carl W Johnson Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $450,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Carl W Johnson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Science & Tech (17%), Education (14%).
- Who are Carl W Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Directions Inc ($500k), Los Angeles Regional Food Bank ($250k), The Painted Turtle ($230k).
- Does Carl W Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carl W Johnson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carl W Johnson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ahmanson Foundation, California Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Carl W Johnson Foundation based?
- Carl W Johnson Foundation is based in CA.
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