· Private foundation
Freeman R Johnson Trust
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| REGIONAL HEALTH & WELFARE | $3,750 |
| PRO MUSICA | $3,000 |
| GEORGE A SPIVA CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $2,500 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $2,500 |
| LIFE CHOICES | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SW MO | $2,500 |
| FREEMAN HEALTH | $2,500 |
| HIGHER POWER GARAGE | $2,500 |
| ECONOMIC SECURITY CORPORATION | $2,500 |
| MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| JOPLIN ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND | $1,750 |
| CHILDREN'S HAVEN OF SW MO | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,600 |
| CONNECT2CULTURE | $1,500 |
| CREATIVE LEARNING ALLIANCE | $1,250 |
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 (FY20–25, $20k) 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.
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 +27% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 10 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, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FSFAMILY SELF HELP CENTER INC5× · 2020–2024 · $29k · revenue +0%
- GAGEORGE A SPIVA CENTER FOR THE ARTS4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +307%
- JAJOPLIN ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue ×42 · 80% of their budget
Funded once
- TCTHE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC OF SW MOone grant, 2020 · $8k
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF JOPLINone grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue 0%
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMY JOPLINone grant, 2020 · $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.
To improve the economic prosperity and quality of life in the joplin region, and to be the principal advocate for, and provider of services to its business community
Main street joplin, d/b/a downtown joplin alliance, is a not-for-profit corporation founded to enhance the economic development of the downtown business district of joplin, mo.
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
The st. louis jewish community center enriches lives, builds community, promotes inclusivity and creates meaningful jewish experiences.
Coordinate and / or provide services for member libraries to improve library access and services throughout jefferson county
As the sisters of mercy before us, we bring to life the healing ministry of jesus through our compassionate care and exceptional service.
The organization provides emergency services that improve the overall health and welfare of very low and low income individuals and families in the joplin, carl junction, and webb city areas.
To develop and advocate for legislation, regulations, ballot initiatives, and government programs as a voice of the working class, to promote social justice, and to stimulate the economy; and, to conduct research, educate the public, and…
Educate the community on workers' rights
To promote the humane care and protection of all animals, especially those abandoned, neglected and abused; and to prevent cruelty and suffering of all animals.
The junior league of kansas city, missouri (jlkcmo) is a 501(c)(3) organziation of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
Development of jobs in the joplin, mo area
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 46 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 FAMILY SELF HELP CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGE A SPIVA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds PRO MUSICA ↗
- Who funds JOPLIN ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds JASPER COUNTY CASA ↗
- Who funds MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION JOPLIN ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE ↗
- Who funds WILDCAT GLADES NATURE GROUP ↗
- Who funds LIFECHOICES ↗
- Who funds Connect2Culture ↗
- Who funds JOPLIN FAMILY Y ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds HIGHER POWER GARAGE ↗
- Who funds JOPLIN NALA ↗
- Who funds ASCENT RECOVERY RESIDENCES INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF JOPLIN ↗
- Who funds OZARK TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #306 ↗
- Who funds RAPHA HOUSE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds Youth Volunteer Corps ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI SOUTHERN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Creative Learning Alliance Inc ↗
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: Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust · W R Corley Memorial Trust CO SMB Trust Services · Fredrick G and Rebekah B Hughes Charitable · Cragin Joy Spiva Charitable Trust · Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Arvest Foundation · Cloyd a Carlin Charitable Trust · The Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation · The United Way of Southwest Missouri · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Freeman Health System · Curchin Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Freeman R Johnson Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Freeman R Johnson Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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