· 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $29k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $122k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES | $72,226 |
| LITERARY ARTS INC | $50,000 |
| PORTLAND ART MUSEUM | $7,500 |
| OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING | $5,000 |
| LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OREGON | $2,500 |
| OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| PARKINSON'S RESOURCES OF OREGON | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS OF TRYON CREEK PARK | $1,500 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| OHSU FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (KUKIO COMMUNITY FUND) | $1,000 |
| RIVERDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION | $500 |
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 (FY19–23, $174k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +37% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 20 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
- MFMetropolitan Family Service4× · 2019–2022 · $168k · revenue +65%
LITERARY ARTS INC7× · 2019–2025 · $164k · revenue +64%
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM7× · 2019–2025 · $53k · revenue +57%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $50k
- HGHIGHER GROUND USA INCone grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +8%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA- MARSHALL BUSINESS SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…
Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.
The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…
To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.
Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
To provide patient-centered, quality-driven, whole-person healthcare services, accessible to everyone in our community.
The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…
The mission of the oma is to speak as the unified voice of medicine in oregon; advocate for a sustainable, equitable, and accessible healthcare environment; and energize physicians and physician assistants by building and supporting their…
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (LGSHMC), founded in 1875 is one of the earliest hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. LGSHMC provides acute and tertiary care in Portland, OR with 539 licensed beds. LGSHMC provides a…
The charitable purposes of the organization include, but are not limited to, developing an integrated community health system that achieves better care, better health, and lower costs for the medicaid population and the tri-county…
Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 46 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 Metropolitan Family Service ↗
- Who funds LITERARY ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S RESOURCES OF OREGON ↗
- Who funds CASA FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Friends of Tryon Creek ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds THE FRESHWATER TRUST ↗
- Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds KENYON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WRITE AROUND PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds QUEEN'S NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon ↗
- Who funds FIRST GROWTH CHILDREN & FAMILY CHARITIES DBA CLASSIC WINES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RIVERDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Growing Gardens ↗
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 Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations
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.
- Bridge Meadows: 36% of income from government
- Metropolitan Family Service: 29% of income from government
- Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
- New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
- The Freshwater Trust: 17% of income from government
- Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
- Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
- Write Around Portland: 6% of income from government
- Growing Gardens: 6% of income from government
- Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
- Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
- Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
- World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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