Mississippi · Private foundation
Larry and Michael Johnson Family 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.
- $287k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 13 | $287k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $282k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $260k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $290k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $251k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $229k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $244k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $174k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered | $490,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Mississippi Children's Museum | $185,000 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Children's Hospital Inc | $125,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Stewpot Community Services Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi | $40,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Friends of Thacker Mountain | $27,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet | $27,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Magnolia Speech School | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered | $490,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Mississippi Children's Museum | $185,000 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Children's Hospital Inc | $125,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area | $55,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Stewpot Community Services Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi | $40,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Friends of Thacker Mountain | $27,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet | $27,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Magnolia Speech School | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Association | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mississippi June Bugs | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($963k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation 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: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Ergon Foundation Inc · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Century Club Charities Inc · Feild Co-Operative Association · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc · Telos Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation with peer funders
About Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation
- How much does Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation give?
- Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $286,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Human Services (20%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered ($490k), Mississippi Children's Museum ($185k), University of Mississippi Foundation ($155k).
- Does Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation 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 Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Mississippi, Ergon Foundation Inc, Selby and Richard McRae Foundation.
- Where is Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation based?
- Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation is based in MS.
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