· Private foundation
Johansson 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $79k
- $250k+1 grant · $294k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DANAFARBER CANCER INSTITUTE | $294,224 |
| MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM | $39,229 |
| GREENHOUSE SPORT LTD | $14,511 |
| VICTORIA ALBERT MUSEUM | $13,588 |
| ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW | $12,071 |
| ST CLEMENTS | $9,234 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,638 |
| KENT PLACE SCHOOL | $1,979 |
| BRIGHT IDEAS FOR TENNIS | $1,319 |
| Individual grant recipient | $660 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 60% of grant dollars ($1.2M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 40% that went abroad ($794k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 40% of all-years giving ($794k)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +118% since the first grant, against +75% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 10 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, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPThe Pierpont Morgan Library9× · 2017–2025 · $749k · revenue +109%
- LCLYFORD CAY FOUNDATION INC3× · 2017–2019 · $51k · revenue +118%
- TMTHE MOUSETRAP FOUNDATION4× · 2019–2022 · $42k · revenue +243%
Funded once
DUKE UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $260k · revenue +51%
CITY HARVEST INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $41k · revenue +75%- MMOUSETRAPone grant, 2017 · $15k
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.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 41 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 The Pierpont Morgan Library ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LYFORD CAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE MOUSETRAP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds KENT PLACE SCHOOL ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Johansson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johansson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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