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Johnson Fam Foundation at a glance

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Johnson Fam Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$105k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$188kHealth$110kPublic Benefit$55kPhilanthropy$20kYouth Development$15kRecreation & Sports$8kHuman Services$5kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Haggai International$35,000
Center Point Church$25,000
Winship Cancer Institute$20,000
Give Me A Chance Foundation$10,000
Theres Hope America$5,000
Christians Engaged$5,000
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta$2,500
Truth in Nature$1,500
Shepherd Center Foundation$1,000
Reflections Ministries$100
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 (FY22–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Truth in Nature: $2k → 15%Truth in Nature: $2k → 18%Bearings Bike Works: $5k → 13%Truth in Nature: $1k → 18%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
UT
CO
VA
NC
AL
GA
TX
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$229k · 7 repeat orgs$181k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$229k
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesReligionPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • WC
    Winship Cancer Institute
    5× · 2020–2024 · $103k
  • HI
    Haggai Institute
    2× · 2021–2022 · $80k
  • TH
    THERES HOPE AMERICA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue -3%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WAY TO FREEDOM
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -31%
  • NG
    NO GREATER LOVE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • CC
    CREATE CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
2
WIRED4SPORT

wired4sport resources are uniquely designed by sportspeople for sportspeople to strengthen your love for God, to train in godliness and to put your faith into practice. Unlike other resources, these strategies will enable you to apply your…

Education
3
Explore God Network
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4
Texas Leadership Summit

Empowering everyday leaders with courage, tools and hope to ignite a revival of christian leadership.

Religion
5
Awakening to God Ministries

Awakening to god ministries (atg) provides love, comfort and hope to people who are suffering in the u.s. and around the world by providing spiritual, physical, mental and emotional solutions. in fiscal year 2024, atg partnered with prayer…

Religion
6
Champion Ministries Inc

Christian outreach ministry to marginalized and at-risk youth and young adults.

Youth Development
7
Sports Challenge

To encourage, educate, and equip student-athletes at stanford university and smu to be devoted followers of jesus and to reach their full spiritual potential.

Religion
8
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
9
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
10
Generation Distinct

Generation Distinct equips to inspire and equip young adults to discover their God-given passions and join the adventure of changing the world for Christ. We create tools for young adults to believe in three core truths: 1) Young people…

Human Services
11
Who U With Ministries

Form 990, part iii, line 1, description of organization mission: whouwith? ministries is a non-profit organization that works directly with the student/athletes and coaches at belmont and vanderbilt universities as well as staff and team…

Religion
12
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Truth in Nature Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bearings Bike Shop Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/12
Grantees still filing
4/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Winship Cancer Institute: $102,500 · OtherWinship Cancer InstituteHaggai Institute: $80,000 · OtherHaggai InstituteHaggai International: $35,000 · OtherHaggai InternationalCENTERPOINT CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherCENTERPOINT CHURCHCREATE CHURCH INC: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $13,500 · OtherTHE WAY TO FREEDOM: $50,000 · Public BenefitTHE WAY TO FR…THERES HOPE AMERICA INC: $37,500 · ReligionTHERES HOP…NO GREATER LOVE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $7,500 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyGIVE ME A CHANCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsBEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTRUTH IN NATURE INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $5,000 · Community ImprovementCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $1,500 · Health
Other$266,000Public Benefit$50,000Religion$37,500Philanthropy$30,700Recreation & Sports$10,000Human Services$9,500Community Improvement$5,000Health$1,500

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 budgetTHE WAY TO FREEDOM: $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetTHERES HOPE AMERICA INC: $37,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetGIVE ME A CHANCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristians Engaged: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRUTH IN NATURE INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 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.

Natl Christian Charit…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA10.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Johnson Fam Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johnson Fam Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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