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J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2025 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $442k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $371k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES$100,000
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE$64,500
SHARE OURSELVES$55,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$51,000
PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE$50,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$40,000
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM$40,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS USA$40,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$40,000
SCRIPPS COLLEGE$40,000
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$34,000
THE THACHER SCHOOL$30,000
CIELO$25,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $580k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $5k → 14%THE TEEN PROJECT: $5k → 14%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $5k → 14%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $5k → 14%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%THE TEEN PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $40k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $40k → 14%SHARE OURSELVES: $55k → 10%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $40k → 14%SHARE OURSELVES: $50k → 10%SHARE OURSELVES: $50k → 10%SHARE OURSELVES: $50k → 10%SHARE OURSELVES: $20k → 10%SHARE OURSELVES: $20k → 10%KIDWORKS: $16k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%KIDWORKS: $15k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%KIDWORKS: $15k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%KIDWORKS: $15k → 10%SALLY'S FUND: $10k → 10%SALLY'S FUND: $10k → 10%SALLY'S FUND: $10k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 54 repeat orgs$204k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

54 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
7

Total granted

$3.9M
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+14%

Still filing today

65%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TT
    The Thacher School Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $395k · revenue +52%
  • LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $280k · revenue +26%
  • Share Our Selves Corporation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $245k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOODORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +5%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +14%
  • C
    CALTROUT
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
4
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
5
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
6
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
12
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Irvine Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 68 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
31/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Claremont McKenna College: $341,500 · OtherClaremont McKenna CollegePLANNED PARENTHOOD: $300,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES: $200,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN …UCI MIND INST FOR MEMORY IMPAIRMENTS: $105,000 · OtherUCI MIND INST FOR MEMORY IMPAIRMENTSBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $75,000 · Other+36 more: $480,100 · Other+36 moreThe Thacher School Inc: $395,000 · EducationThe Thacher School IncLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $280,000 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGEScripps College: $150,000 · EducationScripps CollegeTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $149,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF T…+5 more: $84,250 · Education+5 moreShare Our Selves Corporation: $245,000 · Human ServicesShare Our Selve…FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE …Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $102,000 · Human ServicesIllumination He…KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $60,500 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMUN…SALLYS FUND INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesSALLYS FUND INCThe Teen Project Inc: $22,000 · Human ServicesInternational Rescue Committee INC: $215,000 · InternationalInternational …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $205,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $170,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL …HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $210,000 · HealthHOAG HOSP…PLANNED PARENTHOODORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES INC: $100,000 · HealthPLANNED P…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $51,000 · HealthTHE MICHA…ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $318,500 · PhilanthropyORANGE CO…Pasadena Community Foundation: $50,000 · PhilanthropyPasadena …OCEANA INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentLAGUNA GREENBELT INC: $19,000 · EnvironmentLAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Environment
Other$1,501,600Education$1,058,250Human Services$609,500International$590,000Health$376,000Philanthropy$368,500Environment$89,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $318,500 over 6y, 0.1% 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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $149,000 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 budgetPasadena Community Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% 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 budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 The Thacher School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Claremont McKenna College ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Share Our Selves Corporation ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Scripps College ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOODORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds SALLYS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Pasadena Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds The Teen Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA GREENBELT INC ↗
  • Who funds LAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE IRVINE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE 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.

Orange County Communi…Macgillivray Family F…Laguna Beach Communit…The William Jeff and …The Bassman Family Ch…The R & a Davis Famil…The Hanauer Family Fo…Ueberroth Family Foun…O L Halsell FoundationCalifornia Community …Roberta Freeman Cox C…The William Gillespie…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Stanley & Mary W Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home