Rhode Island · Public charity
Johnson & Wales University
The mission of JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY (jwu) is to provide an exceptional education that inspires professional success and lifelong personal and intellectual growth.
- $110M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $16k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $774M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Johnson & Wales University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $29k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $21k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Education Foundation of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Inc | $55,513 | 4 | 1% |
| Downtown Providence Parks Network | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Firstworks | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| US Challenge Cup Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Colorado Restaurant Association | $7,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Denver Innocence Project | $7,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council | $6,098 | 1 | 1% |
| Sports Biz Careers Ltd | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Inc | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Johnson & Wales University supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Collette Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Champlin Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Johnson & Wales University
- How much does Johnson & Wales University give?
- Johnson & Wales University reported 2 itemized grants totaling $16,000, out of $110,104,168 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Johnson & Wales University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Employment (14%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Johnson & Wales University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Education Foundation of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Inc ($56k), Downtown Providence Parks Network ($20k), Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc ($10k).
- Does Johnson & Wales University fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Johnson & Wales University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Citizens Charitable Foundation, Amica Companies Foundation, The Rhode Island Community Foundation.
- Where is Johnson & Wales University based?
- Johnson & Wales University is based in RI.
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