Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Johnson Ernest Q for Charity
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Johnson Ernest Q for Charity funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $65k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $66k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $67k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $68k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $68k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Sarris Public Library | $84,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Highmark Health | $49,600 | 5 | n/a |
| CM Quarterback Club | $21,500 | 5 | 7% |
| Canonsburg July Fourth Celebration Inc | $15,200 | 4 | 6% |
| Child Evangelism Outreach Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Film Pittsburgh | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Association of the United States Army | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| All Saints Greek Orthodox Church | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Canonsburgs Old Fashioned Christmas Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| St Michaels Byzantine Catholic Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Sarris Public Library | $84,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Highmark Health | $49,600 | 5 | n/a |
| CM Quarterback Club | $21,500 | 5 | 7% |
| Canonsburg July Fourth Celebration Inc | $15,200 | 4 | 6% |
| Child Evangelism Outreach Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Film Pittsburgh | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Association of the United States Army | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| All Saints Greek Orthodox Church | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Canonsburgs Old Fashioned Christmas Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| St Michaels Byzantine Catholic Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Assembly of God | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Canon-McMillan Middle School Band Boosters | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cr Jrs Chip | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Christian Academy | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Computer Reach | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($124k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Johnson Ernest Q for Charity 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: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Washington County Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Johnson Ernest Q for Charity
- How much does Johnson Ernest Q for Charity give?
- Johnson Ernest Q for Charity reported 12 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Johnson Ernest Q for Charity fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Religion (19%), Health (16%).
- Who are Johnson Ernest Q for Charity's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Frank Sarris Public Library ($84k), Highmark Health ($50k), CM Quarterback Club ($22k).
- Does Johnson Ernest Q for Charity fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Johnson Ernest Q for Charity 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 Johnson Ernest Q for Charity?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Washington County Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Johnson Ernest Q for Charity based?
- Johnson Ernest Q for Charity is based in PA.
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