· 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $62k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site | $40,000 |
| Indiana University Foundation | $22,000 |
| Judicial Watch | $5,000 |
| Indianapolis Childrens Choir | $5,000 |
| Indiana State Museum | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra | $1,000 |
| Goodwill Industries- Excel Center | $1,000 |
| Shepherd Community Center | $1,000 |
| Salvation Army | $1,000 |
| Cru Ministries-Jesus Film Project | $1,000 |
| Zionsville Presbyterian Church | $1,000 |
| The Childrens Museum of Indianapoli | $1,000 |
| Second Presbyterian Church | $1,000 |
| Ascension St Vincent Foundation | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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.
17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 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, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BHBENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL SITE INC2× · 2022–2025 · $75k · revenue +104%
JUDICIAL WATCH INC4× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +16%
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- FPFirst Presbyterian Church of Bonitaone grant, 2022 · $3k
- TCThe Childrens Museum of Indianapolone grant, 2022 · $2k
- CCCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONALone grant, 2020 · $1k
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 mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.
The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…
Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.
Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.
The foundation's mission is to secure and preserve private resources for the betterment of indiana state university and its students, while providing donors with opportunities to witness and experience the results of their philanthropy.
Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.
Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…
The parks alliance is a leader in developing and sustaining indianapolis parks and greenways by connecting resources to needs to better establish and maintain a safe and thriving community.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Through information exchange, we improve health and healthcare.
Eskenazi Health Foundation inspires, energizes and promotes a vital, healthy Indianapolis community by providing strategic guidance and philanthropic resources to Eskenazi Health.
To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 32 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 BENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL SITE INC ↗
- Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Indianapolis Children's Choir ↗
- Who funds INDIANA STATE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Shepherd Community Inc ↗
- Who funds The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ↗
- Who funds KAPPA ALPHA THETA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DAY NURSERY AUXILIARY OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INDIANAPOLIS - MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION ↗
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: Lilly Endowment Inc · Arthur Jordan Foundation · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gracia E Johnson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gracia E Johnson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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