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Johnson-Weaver 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, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER | $12,000 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $7,000 |
| SAT-7 | $6,000 |
| BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP | $6,000 |
| CONNER PRAIRIE LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM | $6,000 |
| ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM | $5,000 |
| INDIANAPOLIS CHILDRENS CHOIR | $5,000 |
| BENJAMIN HARRISON HOME FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOC | $4,000 |
| THE ROTARY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| EARLY LEARNING INDIANA | $2,500 |
| WHEATON COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| THE NAVIGATORS | $2,000 |
| NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN | $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, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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 +40% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 10 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
- MRMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER8× · 2018–2025 · $65k · revenue +12%
JUDICIAL WATCH INC8× · 2018–2025 · $65k · revenue +78%- SNSAT-7 NORTH AMERICA8× · 2018–2025 · $49k · revenue +71%
Funded once
- PTPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue 0%
- COCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCone grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +17%
- CCCROSSROAD COUNCIL BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICAone grant, 2021 · $500
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.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.
Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.
TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…
One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 34 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 MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds SAT-7 NORTH AMERICA ↗
- Who funds Indianapolis Children's Choir ↗
- Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Wheaton College ↗
- Who funds EARLY LEARNING INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds BIBLE STUDY FELLOWSHIP ↗
- Who funds JERUSALEM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PURE WATER FOR THE WORLD INC ↗
- Who funds NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC ↗
- Who funds Coral Ridge Ministries Media Inc ↗
- Who funds CAPITOL MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds ROTARY FOUNDATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
- Who funds PARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
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: Batt Family Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Johnson-Weaver Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Johnson-Weaver Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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