· Private foundation
Johnson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI | $14,440 |
| PALMYRA R1 SCHOOL DISTRICT | $8,000 |
| BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION | $3,500 |
| ROSE BROOKS CENTER | $2,500 |
| UNITED WAY | $2,500 |
| THE JEWEL BALL | $1,750 |
| JUNIOR LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY | $1,500 |
| RALLY FOR RHYAN | $1,000 |
| JF LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $80k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches8× · 2018–2025 · $80k · revenue +9%
- RBROSE BROOKS CENTER INC6× · 2018–2025 · $48k · revenue +51%
- TNTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION8× · 2018–2025 · $35k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- SLST LUKE'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $10k
VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +106%- BGBOCA GRANDE DISASTER FUNDBOCA GRANDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $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.
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.
The foundation promotes the future, and preserves the history, of golf in kansas.
The kansas city country club is a traditional, private, family-oriented country club dedicated to providing outstanding year-round dining, social and athletic activities to its members and their guests through superior services, staff and…
Foster and support amateur sports competition
The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…
Kckcc foundation supports the overall mission of kckcc and its strategic goals and initiatives by managing and distributing student scholarships, building a broad network of engaged alumni, and securing philanthropic support of special…
We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…
Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.
The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas…
To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
Focus and organize community support for the sporting events the city enjoys and facilitate the acquisition of additional sporting events.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 48 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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ROSE BROOKS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ↗
- Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds JEWEL BALL ↗
- Who funds Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM & MARY ATHLETIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation ↗
- Who funds POLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY ↗
- Who funds GREAT JOBS KC INC ↗
- Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
- Who funds ABILITY KC ↗
- Who funds A BETTER SHOT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOCA GRANDE WOMAN'S CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HARRIS PARK MIDTOWN SPORTS & ACTIVITIES CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE RABBIT HOLE KC ↗
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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Hartley Family Foundation · Nichols Company Charitable Trust · The Atterbury Family Foundation · The Sosland Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The Stanley H Durwood Foundation CO The Greater KC Community Foundation · Kathleen L and Michael J Rainen Family Foundation C/O Friend & Associates LLC · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · Vivian & Hymie J Sosland Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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