· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $210k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | $70,000 |
| CANOPY MS CHILDREN'S HOME SERVICES | $70,000 |
| SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES FOR CHRIST | $70,000 |
| MS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
| MIND CENTER | $8,500 |
| ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF MISSISSIPPI | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| MISSISSIPPI METROPOLITAN BALLET | $5,000 |
| MISSISSIPPI JUNE BUGS | $3,000 |
| GALLOWAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MFMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED9× · 2017–2025 · $490k · revenue +132%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2022 · $155k · revenue +57%
- SCSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- MSMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -39%
- MSMISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +55%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $3k
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.
To promote mississippi arts and entertainment.
The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…
The foundation was established to support the mississippi museum of natural science though receiving, maintaining and distributing funds exclusively for the benefit of the museum.
Support the research activities of the university of mississippi medical center
To provide the first pediatric skilled nursing facility in the state of mississippi that not only helps children and families transition from the hospital back to their homes, but also provides long-term care for some of our state's most…
The organization provides funding for medical research, educational programs for physicians and others as well as educational assistance for medical students. in addition, the organization provides grants to medical professionals whose…
The mission is to create memorable learning experiences through the joy of play, in hands-on exhibits and programs. we accomplish this mission by reaching out to the mid-south school children, families, and the tourist visitor.
The mississippi sids and infant safety alliance, inc. provides support services to families who are or may be touched by the tragedy of sudden infant death syndrome, sudden unexplained infant death and any other infant loss. the alliance…
To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…
To produce plays and encourage the arts by performance and educational programs.
Mississippi gulf coast chamber of commerce, inc., a mississippi non-profit corporation (the "chamber") connects, informs, advocates and develops. the chamber is a membership organization that fosters leadership and the advancement of the…
To improve the well-being of mississippi's children through the design, promotion and improvement of systems and services.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 26 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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MISSISSIPPI CAPITAL AREA ↗
- Who funds STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF MISSISSIPPI ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THACKER MOUNTAIN ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI METROPOLITAN BALLET ↗
- Who funds MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Larry and Michael Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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