· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL | $18,000 |
| NORTHWEST COMMUNITY CHURCH | $10,000 |
| CRU | $3,000 |
| HELP TO HOME | $2,000 |
| MERCY SHIPS | $1,500 |
| PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | $1,250 |
| CROSS WORLD | $1,000 |
| SHARE INTERNATIONAL | $1,000 |
| YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $1,000 |
| BETHEL CHURCH | $1,000 |
| SILOAM HEALTH | $1,000 |
| FIRST ASSEMBLY | $1,000 |
| NAPLES CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| GRACE CENTER FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ELIJAH'S TREE MINISTRY | $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 (FY17–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 36% of Johnson Rockford Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 36% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
65 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BFBEVERLY FARM FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +21%
- GFGrace Foundation3× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue ×49
BARNABAS INTERNATIONAL4× · 2018–2021 · $3k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- TITRINITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $3k
- CFCRUSADES FOR CHRIST INCone grant, 2023 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
Samaritan's purse is a nondenominational evangelical christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. since 1970, samaritan's purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war,…
To proclaim to the world the everlasting gospel of revelation 14:6-12 and to encourage revival in the remnant church by leading people to embrace salvation by faith in jesus, to establish them in the church, and to disciple all believers…
Heaven's family's mission is to advance the kingdom of the lord jesus christ. we do that by strategically linking kingdom needs and opportunities with resources that the lord has entrusted to those who love him. through god-given…
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
Grace community exists to glorify jesus christ through biblically-based teaching designed to win the world for christ through heads of households, disciple the world through families, equip christian families to live the christian life…
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…
The organization cares for the sick and suffering in Jesus name by partnering with Christian mission hospitals, helping patients unable to afford treatment, and supporting Mustard Seed House ministry locations in Kenya.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
To advance the gospel of jesus christ to every nation through pastoral care and missionary support.
International needs has the vision to transform lives and change communities by helping christian nationals serve both god and neighbor within their own countries.
North America Bible Institute (NABI) is an evangelical graduate school, made up of students who are diverse in both ethnicity and ministry aims -- but united in great love for Jesus and his gospel. As a graduate school, NABI offers them…
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 122 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 Trinity International University ↗
- Who funds JERUSALEM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BEVERLY FARM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Naples Christian Academy ↗
- Who funds Grace Foundation ↗
- Who funds BARNABAS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds CRUSADES FOR CHRIST INC ↗
- Who funds GRACE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Help To Home Inc ↗
- Who funds PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Johnson Rockford Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johnson Rockford Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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