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Johnson Rockford Foundation

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.

$48k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
58%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$18,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$488k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Johnson Rockford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHousing & ShelterHealthHuman ServicesReligionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$48k23%
FY202426$46k58%
FY202329$34k59%
FY202227$40k30%
FY202125$41k68%
FY202013$30k69%
FY201932$41k28%
FY201829$41k31%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$170kEducation$83kPhilanthropy$36kInternational$21kHealth$13kYouth Development$8kHuman Services$6kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trinity International University$63,44030%
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School$50,3803n/a
Northwest Community Church$20,0002n/a
Jerusalem University College$6,00030%
Beverly Farm Foundation$4,25030%
Naples Christian Academy$3,00030%
Grace Foundation$2,5003n/a
Barnabas International$2,50040%
Crusades for Christ Inc$2,0001n/a
Grace Center Foundation Inc$2,00020%
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All grantees of Johnson Rockford Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trinity International University$63,44030%
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School$50,3803n/a
Northwest Community Church$20,0002n/a
Jerusalem University College$6,00030%
Beverly Farm Foundation$4,25030%
Naples Christian Academy$3,00030%
Grace Foundation$2,5003n/a
Barnabas International$2,50040%
Crusades for Christ Inc$2,0001n/a
Grace Center Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Help To Home Inc$2,00010%
The Salvation Army$1,3004n/a
Pregnancy Resource Center Inc$1,25010%
St Matthews House Inc$1,20020%
Share International Inc$1,00010%
Elijahs Tree Ministry Inc$1,0001n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$1,00010%
Grace Foundation$1,000149%
Ethnos360 Inc$1,0001n/a
Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center$1,00010%
Waters Edge$1,0001n/a
Kids Around the World Inc$60030%
Pregnancy Care Center$6002n/a
Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries$50020%
Lakeview Church$5001n/a
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$50010%
Roscoe Animal Retreat$5002n/a
Northern Illinois Food Bank$40020%
American Lung Association$10010%
Milestone Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
Rock River Valley Pantry$10010%
Alzheimers Research Foundation Inc$10010%
Wycliffe Associates Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 87 recipients with no EIN on record ($184k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Johnson Rockford Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrinity International University: $63,440 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJerusalem University College: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeverly Farm Foundation: $4,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNaples Christian Academy: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBarnabas International: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Center Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHelp To Home Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Matthews House Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShare International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetFairhaven Christian Retirement Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids Around the World Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRockford Rescue Mission Ministries: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMilestone Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRock River Valley Pantry: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimers Research Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 22.

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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.

Community Foundation of Northern ILIL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern IL · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase 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.

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About Johnson Rockford Foundation

How much does Johnson Rockford Foundation give?
Johnson Rockford Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $48,140 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Johnson Rockford Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (23%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are Johnson Rockford Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trinity International University ($63k), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ($50k), Northwest Community Church ($20k).
Does Johnson Rockford Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Johnson Rockford Foundation 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 Rockford Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern IL, Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation, Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation.
Where is Johnson Rockford Foundation based?
Johnson Rockford Foundation is based in FL.

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 122 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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