Illinois · Private foundation
Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN
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.
- $311k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 63
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 47
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 23
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 51% of the organizations Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 62 | $308k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $233k | 51% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $145k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $132k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $175k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $163k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $186k | 88% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $27,999 | 8 | 0% |
| Water First International | $27,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Charity Global Inc | $24,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Forever | $22,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Diocese of Ikot Ekpene Office for the Missions USA | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Organic Seed Alliance | $19,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Native Fish Society Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Treehouse Wildlife Center Inc | $17,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Share Our Strength | $17,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 81 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($915k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Patagoniaorg · Meyer Memorial Trust · Clif Family Foundation · Kohnstamm Family Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Collins Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Pledgeling Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy
How this is measured
Compare Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN with peer funders
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About Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN
- How much does Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN give?
- Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN reported 63 grants totaling $311,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Environment (14%), Health (11%).
- Who are Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Crane Foundation Inc ($29k), Wild Salmon Center ($28k), Water First International ($28k).
- Does Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN 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 Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, Meyer Memorial Trust, Clif Family Foundation.
- Where is Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN based?
- Jos & Catherine JOHNSON FAMILY FDN is based in IL.
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