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Johnson-Stillman Family Foundation at a glance

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Johnson-Stillman Family 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.

$230k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$67k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$694kEducation$557kEnvironment$418kAnimals$108kHuman Services$104kEmployment$96kArts & Culture$69kReligion$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $128k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $67k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$67,000
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN$32,500
THE MADEIRA SCHOOL$25,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CT$20,000
NATIVE PLANT TRUST$15,000
THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK$13,000
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY$12,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$10,000
WESTHAMPTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,000
MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION$5,000
THE GREENWICH LAND TRUST$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION$5,000
ST THOMAS CHURCH FRIENDS OF MUSIC$3,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS IN GREATER NEW YORK$2,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%NATIVE PLANT TRUST: $15k → 8%THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $89k → 7%GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY: $12k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK: $13k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $33k → 28%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY of CT: $30k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $85k → 6%NATIVE PLANT TRUST: $15k → 8%THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $86k → 7%GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY: $12k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY: $13k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $18k → 28%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY of CT: $25k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $78k → 6%THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $85k → 7%THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK: $13k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $15k → 28%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CT: $20k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $55k → 6%THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $80k → 7%THE SALVATION ARMY: $13k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $15k → 28%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CT: $20k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $50k → 6%THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $75k → 7%THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK: $13k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $15k → 28%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CT: $20k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $45k → 6%THE NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $67k → 7%THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK: $13k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $15k → 28%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CT: $20k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $40k → 6%THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK: $13k → 17%THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $15k → 28%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CT: $20k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $30k → 6%THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK: $13k → 17%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CT: $20k → 12%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $30k → 6%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $25k → 6%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $25k → 6%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $25k → 6%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $25k → 6%THE MADEIRA SCHOOL: $25k → 6%JP MORGAN CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $115k → 17%JP MORGAN CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $98k → 17%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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 24 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
2

Total granted

$1.7M
$6k

Still filing today

42%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationAnimalsArts & CultureEmploymentOther
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

  • The Madeira School
    8× · 2017–2024 · $538k · revenue +254%
  • NY
    NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +40%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    8× · 2017–2024 · $48k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • 5P
    564 PARK AVE PRESERVATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • TM
    THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
National Tropical Botanical Garden

To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.

Environment
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation

Northeast wilderness trust is a regional land trust working to preserve and restore forever-wild landscapes for nature and people in new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine, massachusetts and connecticut.

Environment
5
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
6
The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust

Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…

Animals
7
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
8
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
9
Bartlett Arboretum Association Inc

To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.

Environment
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
Thompson Park Conservancy Inc

Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.

Arts & Culture
12
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc

The conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. by doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Native Plant Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

11 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. 11 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JP MORGAN CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $212,500 · OtherJP MORGAN CHARITABLE GIVING FUNDTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY of CT: $175,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY of CTTHE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YORK: $78,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER NEW YO…WESTHAMPTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $40,000 · OtherWESTHAMPTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHST THOMAS CHURCH FRIENDS OF MUSIC: $28,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $26,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES: $24,000 · Other+9 more: $82,500 · Other+9 moreThe Madeira School: $537,500 · EducationThe Madeira SchoolTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $19,500 · EducationNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $481,999 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR…NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $135,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOT…NATIVE PLANT TRUST INC: $90,000 · EnvironmentNATIVE PLANT…THE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $14,000 · EnvironmentTHE GREENWIC…Wildlife Conservation Society: $47,500 · AnimalsMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · AnimalsGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEW YORK & NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $72,000 · Employment564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$691,000Education$557,000Philanthropy$481,999Environment$239,000Animals$87,500Employment$72,000Arts & Culture$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Madeira School: $537,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $481,999 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $135,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE PLANT TRUST INC: $90,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEW YORK & NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $72,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $47,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budget564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $19,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $14,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGREENWICH RIDING & TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 over 7y, 1.1% 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.

  • Who funds The Madeira School ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE PLANT TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEW YORK & NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BREARLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH RIDING & TRAILS ASSOCIATION 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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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-Stillman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johnson-Stillman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Native Plant Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 27 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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