· Private foundation
Carl W Johnson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $210k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $230k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW DIRECTIONS | $80,000 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH | $50,000 |
| LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $50,000 |
| THE PAINTED TURTLE | $50,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE OBSERVATORY (GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION) | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| PASADENA HUMANE | $25,000 |
| CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE | $20,000 |
| HOLLENBECK PALMS | $20,000 |
| THE ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| CHRYSALIS | $10,000 |
| LOS ANGELES HABILITATION HOUSE | $10,000 |
| TAKING THE REINS | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $315k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -29% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GOGRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +61%
- CCCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $145k · revenue +65%
THE ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +185%
Funded once
- BABUTTE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -29%
- HSHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTYone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -45%
- WCWLACC - CAMP EMERALD BAYone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
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.
Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…
We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…
Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.
The organization is a multi-service, 501c(3) not-for-profit, social services organization serving seniors throughout los angeles and san bernardio counties, with emphasis on low-income and/or underserved individuals. the organization…
Building partnerships to advance research and education for the health of our nation's veterans.
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
To serve the land, people and wildlife by conserving california's working rangelands.
We save the most vulnerable animals and enrich the lives of pets and people.
Our programs empower participants by focusing on their abilities, helping them achieve personal goals, surpass limitations, and celebrate their strengths.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds NEW DIRECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE PAINTED TURTLE ↗
- Who funds GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE ACHIEVABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES HABILITATION HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOLLENBECK PALMS ↗
- Who funds SEAL BEACH SWIM CLUB ↗
- Who funds TAKING THE REINS ↗
- Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
- Who funds BUTTE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carl W Johnson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl W Johnson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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