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Karl M Johnson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$475k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2025
56
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$6,750
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
43 to 56
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$9.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Karl M Johnson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyPublic BenefitHealthFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving56$475k7%
FY202456$353k29%
FY202350$349k14%
FY202255$340k24%
FY202046$163k22%
FY201943$137kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$579kEducation$328kHuman Services$298kHousing & Shelter$71kPublic Safety & Disaster$65kYouth Development$62kCrime & Legal$57kRecreation & Sports$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Karl M Johnson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Senior Center of Jackson Hole Inc$85,25061%
Teton Youth and Family Services$65,35060%
St John's Health Foundation$53,50060%
Jason's Friends Foundation Inc$52,00033%
Education Foundation of Teton Valley Inc$48,30064%
Community Entry Services Inc$42,30060%
University of Wyoming Foundation$40,00040%
Jackson Hole Therapeutic Riding$39,05061%
Family Safety Network Inc$33,10062%
Jackson Hole Community School$30,75060%
Gary Sinise Foundation$30,45040%
Good Samaritan Mission$28,50061%
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area$27,75060%
St John's Episcopal Church$25,7506n/a
The Library Foundation Inc$25,75064%
Hole Food Rescue$25,25061%
Special Olympics Wyoming Inc$23,45031%
Community Safety Network$23,40060%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$21,00010%
Teton Literacy Center$20,40060%
Education Foundation of Jackson Hole$19,40050%
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc$19,40030%
Jackson Hole Youth Basketball$18,00036%
Mental Health & Recovery Services of Jackson Hole$17,05060%
Talons Reach Foundation Inc$16,64721%
Jackson Youth Hockey$15,70061%
Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition Inc$15,00032%
Teton Adaptive$14,75061%
Young Life$12,70060%
Jackson Bronc Backers$11,75024%
Dancers Workshop$11,50060%
Thanks USA$11,00030%
Teton Valley Food Pantry Inc$10,87551%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$10,00020%
UND Aerospace Foundation$10,00010%
Teton Music School$8,00021%
Curran Seeley Foundation$8,00020%
Community Resource Center of Teton Valley$8,00022%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$7,00010%
Protect Our Water Jackson Hole Inc$4,70020%
Humanitarian Experience Inc$4,00010%
Jackson Hole Land Trust$3,00010%
Friends of the Jackson Mounted Patrol$2,7001n/a
Jackson Cupboard$1,40010%
Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce$50010%
Community Center for the Arts$27420%
Teton Valley Foundation$22910%
International Association of Lions$1151n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($813k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Karl M Johnson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSenior Center of Jackson Hole Inc: $85,250 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTeton Youth and Family Services: $65,350 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $53,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJason's Friends Foundation Inc: $52,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetEducation Foundation of Teton Valley Inc: $48,300 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetCommunity Entry Services Inc: $42,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Wyoming Foundation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Therapeutic Riding: $39,050 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFamily Safety Network Inc: $33,100 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetJackson Hole Community School: $30,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $30,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGood Samaritan Mission: $28,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area: $27,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Library Foundation Inc: $25,750 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetHole Food Rescue: $25,250 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Wyoming Inc: $23,450 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Safety Network: $23,400 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeton Literacy Center: $20,400 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEducation Foundation of Jackson Hole: $19,400 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWounded Warriors Family Support Inc: $19,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJackson Hole Youth Basketball: $18,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetMental Health & Recovery Services of Jackson Hole: $17,050 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTalons Reach Foundation Inc: $16,647 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJackson Youth Hockey: $15,700 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTeton Valley Mental Health Coalition Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTeton Adaptive: $14,750 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetYoung Life: $12,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Bronc Backers: $11,750 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetDancers Workshop: $11,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThanks USA: $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTeton Valley Food Pantry Inc: $10,875 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUND Aerospace Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeton Music School: $8,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCurran Seeley Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Resource Center of Teton Valley: $8,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProtect Our Water Jackson Hole Inc: $4,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHumanitarian Experience Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Land Trust: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Cupboard: $1,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJackson Hole Chamber of Commerce: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Center for the Arts: $274 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeton Valley Foundation: $229 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY66.4× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Hughes Charitable Foundation · Hughes Charitable Foundation · The Brooks Foundation · Wyoming Community Foundation · Start Something That Matters Foundation · Giving Brands · Perkins Charitable Foundation · The Andrew Allen Charitable Foundation · The Teton Springs Foundation Inc 01 · William E Weiss Foundation Inc

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.

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Find your warmest path to Karl M Johnson 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.

About Karl M Johnson Foundation

How much does Karl M Johnson Foundation give?
Karl M Johnson Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $474,906 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 56 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Karl M Johnson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (18%), Human Services (16%).
Who are Karl M Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Senior Center of Jackson Hole Inc ($85k), Teton Youth and Family Services ($65k), St John's Health Foundation ($54k).
Does Karl M Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Karl M Johnson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Karl M Johnson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Hughes Charitable Foundation.
Where is Karl M Johnson Foundation based?
Karl M Johnson Foundation is based in WY.

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 93 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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