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Jimmie Johnson Foundation

The JIMMIE JOHNSON FOUNDATION is dedicated to assisting children, families, and communities in need in the united states.

$157k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$355kHealth$107kHuman Services$81kArts & Culture$75kFood & Nutrition$75kPhilanthropy$53kYouth Development$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$28,704
Median grant
1
States reached
$185k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTH CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL$34,366
MERRY OAKS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY$31,073
CLEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY$28,704
Individual grant recipient$23,636
REID PARK ACADEMY$23,481
HIGHLAND CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$15,247
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE: $25k → 16%ART FEEDS: $25k → 14%TABLE INC: $25k → 13%THOMAS ACADEMY: $26k → 21%HUTS FOR VETS: $10k → 7%MARY J TREGLIA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25k → 7%FOSTERING HOPE MUSKOGEE: $5k → 19%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $5k → 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

IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
DE
AZ
NM
AR
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 12 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
59

Total granted

$1.5M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+40%

Still filing today

50%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $157k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • HF
    HENDRICK FAMILY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $24k · revenue +73% · 34% of their budget
  • TO
    TOUR OF LAKE ELLYN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +148%
  • AD
    AUTISM DELAWARE INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $355k · revenue +44%
  • GU
    GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2017 · $110k
  • HC
    Harnett County Public Schools
    one grant, 2022 · $70k
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
Public School Forum of Nc Inc

All north carolina children shall have the opportunity to reach their full potential through equitable and meaningful public education that nourishes our state's civic and economic vitality.to provide trusted, nonpartisan, evidence-based…

Education
2
Alliance Center for Education Inc

Our mission is to provide high-quality education and support for children in need through partnership with their families. our vision is to positively affect the future of children at risk by improving economic mobility through education.…

Education
3
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
4
Carolina Collaborative Prep

Carolina collaborative prep (ccp) is a non-profit academic center that serves students in grades 3-12 with learning differences, empowering them to thrive in school and in life.

Education
5
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
6
Colorado Christian Academy

Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…

Education
7
Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School

It is the mission of early childhood academy public charter school to foster the academic and social/emotional growth and development of each student in a safe and holistic learning environment that will equip all students with the…

Education
8
Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning

Casel is a trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (sel). our mission is to help make evidence-based social and emotional learning (sel) an integral part of education from preschool to…

Youth Development
9
Alliance for a Healthier Generation Inc

The alliance for a healthier generation, inc.'s mission is to promote healthy environments so that young people can achieve lifelong good health.

Youth Development
10
Nest Academy Inc

The Nest Academy is a trauma-informed, private K-12 school in Charlotte, North Carolina with a mission to change the lives of refugee and underprivileged students to become confident, educated, and successful first generation high school…

Education
11
Little Keswick Education Corporation

Keswick school was founded in 1963 as little keswick school by bob and libby wilson, two local public school teachers who started the school on their 25 acre farm (little keswick farm) outside of charlottesville, va. initially a summer…

Education
12
High Point Academy Inc

Mission: cultivating lifelong learners in a student centered environment. vision: to be an exemplary school of choice for academically minded families.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Spartan Foundation. 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

51 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. 51 of the 75 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/51
Grantees still filing
36/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS: $778,902 · OtherCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLSCABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $224,089 · OtherCABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLSSAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $189,781 · OtherSAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTMUSKOGEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $165,055 · OtherMUSKOGEE PUBLIC SCHOOLSGROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT: $110,478 · Other+28 more: $822,923 · Other+28 moreTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $354,652 · EducationTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BU…CLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $98,505 · EducationCLASSROOM CENTRAL INCEJE ACADEMIES: $65,428 · EducationEJE ACADEMIESRenaissance West Community Initiative: $31,561 · EducationKIPP TULSA ACADEMY COLLEGE PREP INC: $30,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $30,000 · Education+9 more: $183,043 · Education+9 moreBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesART FEEDS: $25,000 · Human ServicesMARY J TREGLIA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25,000 · Human ServicesTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHuts for Vets: $10,000 · Human ServicesFOSTERING HOPE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $5,000 · Human ServicesPILOT LIGHT: $25,000 · HealthHENDRICK FAMILY FOUNDATION: $24,000 · HealthAUTISM DELAWARE INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthVISION TO LEARN: $10,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $9,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,500 · HealthWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 · HealthROAD 2 RECOVERY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthCHILDRESS INSTITUTE FOR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA: $5,000 · HealthSPARTAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTOUR OF LAKE ELLYN FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropySPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: $15,000 · PhilanthropyHendrick Family Foundation: $12,000 · PhilanthropyKevin Harvick Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyDMF YOUTH INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHIGH MOUNTAIN YOUTH PROJECT OF LINCOLN COUNTY NEW MEXICO: $25,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,291,228Education$793,189Human Services$146,000Health$115,500Philanthropy$87,000Arts & Culture$50,000Youth Development$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $98,505 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEJE ACADEMIES: $65,428 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRenaissance West Community Initiative: $31,561 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBERT EINSTEIN ACADEMIES: $25,815 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pencil Box Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDMF YOUTH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMARY J TREGLIA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GE: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWORKING IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetIMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetART WITH A HEART INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetHENDRICK FAMILY FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetCMS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN EDUCATION: $20,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTOUR OF LAKE ELLYN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetAUTISM DELAWARE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMotor Racing Outreach Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: $13,043 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHendrick Family Foundation: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKevin Harvick Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUSO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHuts for Vets: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP CHARLOTTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROAD 2 RECOVERY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHARLOTTE'S FINEST LEGACY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCHILDRESS INSTITUTE FOR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $5,000 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.

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.

Foundation for the Ca…North Carolina High S…For Inspiration and R…The Golden Leaf IncCharlotte Hornets Fou…Nchsaa Foundation IncHendrick Family Found…Duke Energy FoundationGenYOUTH IncorporatedJoey Logano Charitabl…The Dale Jr FoundationShare Our Strength
Foundation for the CarolinasNC29.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · North Carolina High School Athletic Association Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · The Golden Leaf Inc · Charlotte Hornets Foundation Inc · Nchsaa Foundation Inc · Hendrick Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Joey Logano Charitable Foundation Inc · The Dale Jr Foundation · Share Our Strength

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 Jimmie Johnson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jimmie Johnson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Autism Delaware Inc: 12% of income from government
  • School On Wheels of Massachusetts Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Jimmie Johnson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jimmie Johnson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 75 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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