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J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family 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.

$889k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 45
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $174k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalCivil RightsFood & NutritionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving41$799k5%
FY202445$757k24%
FY202338$764k26%
FY202239$691k5%
FY202137$526k3%
FY202037$536kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.4MHealth$1.0MInternational$420kPhilanthropy$370kHuman Services$356kFood & Nutrition$234kPublic Safety & Disaster$170kYouth Development$169kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Thacher School Inc$395,00060%
Claremont McKenna College$341,50060%
Lewis & Clark College$280,00060%
Share Our Selves Corporation$245,00060%
International Rescue Committee INC$215,00060%
Hoag Hospital Foundation$210,00060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$205,00060%
World Central Kitchen Inc$170,00040%
Scripps College$150,00060%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$120,00030%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$102,00060%
Planned Parenthoodorange and San Bernardino Counties Inc$100,00010%
Kidworks Community Development Corp$60,50040%
Sallys Fund Inc$60,00062%
Oceana Inc$55,00060%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$51,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County$41,00030%
Friendship Shelter Inc$30,00060%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$30,00030%
Laguna Food Pantry$27,50060%
College of St Scholastica Inc$24,00050%
Laguna Art Museum$23,00060%
United Negro College Fund Inc$22,25060%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$22,00060%
The Teen Project Inc$22,00060%
Midland School Corporation$22,00060%
Laguna Greenbelt Inc$19,000310%
Laguna Canyon Foundation$15,00030%
The Irvine Museum$15,00032%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc$15,00010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy$13,50020%
Global GLOW$12,00040%
High School Inc Academies Foundation$12,00021%
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego$10,00010%
Crystal Cove Conservancy$9,00050%
The Paw Project$5,00016%
Trout Unlimited South Coast 923$5,00018%
The Laguna Playhouse$3,00060%
Yosemite Foundation$2,50040%
Philharmonic Society of Orange County$2,50050%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($893k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $395,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $341,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLewis & Clark College: $280,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Selves Corporation: $245,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $215,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHoag Hospital Foundation: $210,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $205,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $170,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetScripps College: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $102,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthoodorange and San Bernardino Counties Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKidworks Community Development Corp: $60,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSallys Fund Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetOceana Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $51,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County: $41,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFriendship Shelter Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Food Pantry: $27,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCollege of St Scholastica Inc: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Art Museum: $23,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $22,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wooden Floor for Youth Movement: $22,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Teen Project Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMidland School Corporation: $22,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLaguna Greenbelt Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetLaguna Canyon Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Irvine Museum: $15,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Catalina Island Conservancy: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal GLOW: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHigh School Inc Academies Foundation: $12,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCrystal Cove Conservancy: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Paw Project: $5,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTrout Unlimited South Coast 923: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetThe Laguna Playhouse: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhilharmonic Society of Orange County: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA32.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation · The Bassman Family Charitable Trust · The R & a Davis Family Foundation · The Hanauer Family Foundation · Ueberroth Family Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · California Community Foundation · Roberta Freeman Cox Charitable Foundation · The William Gillespie Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation

How much does J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation give?
J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation reported 44 grants totaling $888,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 45 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Health (22%), International (9%).
Who are J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Thacher School Inc ($395k), Claremont McKenna College ($342k), Lewis & Clark College ($280k).
Does J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family 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 J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Macgillivray Family Foundation, Laguna Beach Community Foundation.
Where is J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation based?
J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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