Texas · Private foundation
Elva Johnston Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $73k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $823k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Elva Johnston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 22 | $73k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $73k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $61k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $62k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $56k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $50k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $56k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $54k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Botanic Garden | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Museum of Fine Arts Houston | $24,500 | 7 | 0% |
| River Oaks Garden Club | $22,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Cancare Inc | $22,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Story Church | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Books Between Kids Inc | $18,500 | 9 | 0% |
| St Luke's United Methodist Church | $17,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lanier Middle School PTO | $14,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elva Johnston 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.
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How this is measured
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About Elva Johnston Foundation
- How much does Elva Johnston Foundation give?
- Elva Johnston Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $72,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elva Johnston Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (12%).
- Who are Elva Johnston Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Houston Botanic Garden ($30k), The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($25k), River Oaks Garden Club ($23k).
- Does Elva Johnston Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elva Johnston Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elva Johnston Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Elva Johnston Foundation based?
- Elva Johnston Foundation is based in TX.
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