Illinois · Private foundation
Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc
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.
- $410k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc 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; $65k 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 | 33 | $405k | 52% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $282k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $257k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $290k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $375k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $305k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $320k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $482k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $760,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Timothy's Ministry | $330,000 | 9 | 25% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Eastern Illinois Foodbank | $93,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Glen-Ed Pantry | $80,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Courage Connection | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Sharing Connections Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gio's Garden Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 2% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($863k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc
- How much does Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc give?
- Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc reported 34 grants totaling $410,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (53%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The River Food Pantry Inc ($760k), Timothy's Ministry ($330k), Loaves & Fishes Community Services ($175k).
- Does Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc 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 Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward Jones Foundation, Jx Gives Back Family Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc based?
- Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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