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Johnston-Fix Foundation at a glance

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Johnston-Fix Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$469k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.6MArts & Culture$978kEnvironment$462kPhilanthropy$233kYouth Development$172kHuman Services$162kReligion$134kHealth$106kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $414k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INLAND NORTHWEST LAND CONSERVANCY$50,000
NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE$33,500
SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO$30,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF SPOKANE$30,000
UPPER COLUMBIA RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT$30,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$25,000
COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANE$25,000
WHITMAN COLLEGE$25,000
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY$25,000
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$25,000
SPOKANE SYMPHONY$25,000
YWCA SPOKANE$25,000
KSPS PUBLIC TV FRIENDS$25,000
CONNOISSEUR CONCERTS$22,720
SALISH SCHOOL OF SPOKANE$22,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $122k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YWCA SPOKANE: $35k → 12%YWCA SPOKANE: $25k → 12%YWCA SPOKANE: $25k → 12%YWCA SPOKANE: $25k → 12%YWCA SPOKANE: $5k → 12%YWCA SPOKANE: $5k → 12%YWCA SPOKANE: $2k → 12%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 42 repeat orgs$183k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
17

Total granted

$3.8M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+11%

Still filing today

57%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthReligionOther
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

  • IN
    INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST
    9× · 2017–2025 · $298k · revenue ×12
  • BO
    BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $245k · revenue +87%
  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • CS
    COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION SPOKANE
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

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2
Spokane Parks Foundation

The Spokane Parks Foundation cultivates the health, growth, and continued enjoyment of our communities by inspiring giving and passion for our parks.

—
3
Skagit Symphony

Skagit Symphony's mission is to present exceptional orchestral experiences to a growing and inclusive audience; to enrich, entertain, educate, and inspire our community through music.

Arts & Culture
4
Visit Spokane

The mission of Visit Spokane is to help promote economic development for Spokane County through tourism and tourism promotion.

—
5
Innovation Spokane Schools

To prepare a diverse range of students for a life of learning in post-secondary education, citizenship, and leadership.

Education
6
Southwest Washington Center for the Arts
Philanthropy
7
Spruce Street School

Spruce Street School is a nurturing educational community that instills in a broad range of children the social, emotional, and intellectual skills for lifelong participation in a diverse society. We offer kindergarten through fifth grade…

Education
8
Independent Colleges of Washington

Independent colleges of washington is the leading advocate for not-for-profit, private campuses in washington state.

Education
9
Spokane Colleges Foundation

We make potential possible.

Education
10
Spokane Regional Sports Commission

Economic and community development through sport tourism. bid to host and create major sporting events, and facility consultation and optimization.

—
11
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
12
Pacific Northwest Music Project
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spokane Valley Summer Theatre; the most unlike its peers is Jess Roskelley Foundation. 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

32 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. 32 of the 61 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE: $229,420 · OtherNORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTUREEASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $182,000 · OtherEASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYCOMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANE: $144,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANEConnoisseur Concerts Association: $143,120 · OtherConnoisseur Concerts AssociationGIRL SCOUTS OF SPOKANE: $129,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF SPOKANESECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $105,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKST GEORGE'S SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherST GEORGE'S SCHOOLYALE UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $89,000 · OtherKSPS PUBLIC TV FRIENDS: $85,000 · OtherSPOKANE YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $81,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $77,000 · Other+26 more: $349,300 · Other+26 moreBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE: $245,000 · EducationBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN CO…CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $230,000 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSI…OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $184,000 · EducationOCCIDENTAL COLLEGETHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $90,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLE…LAKESIDE SCHOOL: $90,000 · EducationLAKESIDE SCHOOLSalish School of Spokane: $89,300 · EducationSalish School of SpokaneWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $79,000 · EducationWHITWORTH UNIVERSITYBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $69,500 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC+2 more: $24,900 · EducationINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $298,000 · EnvironmentINLAND NORTH…Spokane River Forum: $78,000 · EnvironmentSpokane Rive…DISHMAN HILLS CONSERVANCY: $56,000 · EnvironmentDISHMAN HILL…+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentSpokane Symphony Society: $224,000 · Arts & CultureSpokane S…Spokane Public Radio: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSpokane P…SPOKANE CIVIC THEATRE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSPOKANE C…+3 more: $13,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $122,350 · Human ServicesTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100,000 · HealthNYINGMA INSTITUTE: $90,000 · Religion
Other$1,804,340Education$1,101,700Environment$437,000Arts & Culture$352,000Human Services$122,350Health$100,000Religion$90,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST: $298,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE: $245,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $230,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSpokane Symphony Society: $224,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $184,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetConnoisseur Concerts Association: $143,120 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $122,350 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNYINGMA INSTITUTE: $90,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAKESIDE SCHOOL: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSalish School of Spokane: $89,300 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSPOKANE YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $81,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $79,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpokane River Forum: $78,000 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetSpokane Public Radio: $75,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $69,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDISHMAN HILLS CONSERVANCY: $56,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetSPOKANE CIVIC THEATRE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST: $33,950 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetInnovia Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $14,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPOKANE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,400 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetVANESSA BEHAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSPOKANE CHILDRENS THEATRE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSPOKANE MOUNTAINEERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetSPOKANE ARTS FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJESS ROSKELLEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetPROJECT ID: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSPOKANE VALLEY SUMMER THEATRE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Spokane Symphony Society ↗
  • Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Connoisseur Concerts Association ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds NYINGMA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LAKESIDE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Salish School of Spokane ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE YOUTH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Spokane River Forum ↗
  • Who funds Spokane Public Radio ↗
  • Who funds BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds DISHMAN HILLS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE CIVIC THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds Innovia Foundation ↗
  • Who funds College Success Foundation ↗

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.

The Avista FoundationInnovia FoundationArtsfundJohnston-Hanson Found…First Interstate Banc…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Carl M Hansen Foundat…Believe in MeSeattle FoundationBnsf Railway Foundati…The George F Jewett F…Pierce Charitable Tru…
The Avista FoundationWA41.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Avista Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Artsfund · Johnston-Hanson Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Carl M Hansen Foundation · Believe in Me · Seattle Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The George F Jewett Foundation · Pierce Charitable Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Johnston-Fix Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Johnston-Fix Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 61 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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