Indiana · Private foundation
Gracia E Johnson 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.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $931k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Gracia E 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 | $85k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $69k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $79k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $64k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Indianapolis Children's Choir | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shepherd Community Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $2,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Indianapolis Children's Choir | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shepherd Community Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $2,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Day Nursery Auxiliary of Indianapolis Inc | $1,050 | 2 | 2% |
| Zionsville Presbyterian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indianapolis - Marion County Public Library Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($169k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gracia E 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.
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How this is measured
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About Gracia E Johnson Foundation
- How much does Gracia E Johnson Foundation give?
- Gracia E Johnson Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $84,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Gracia E Johnson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Public Benefit (16%), Health (9%).
- Who are Gracia E Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Inc ($75k), Indiana University Foundation ($22k), Judicial Watch Inc ($20k).
- Does Gracia E Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gracia E Johnson 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 Gracia E Johnson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Arthur Jordan Foundation, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gracia E Johnson Foundation based?
- Gracia E Johnson Foundation is based in IN.
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