· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $72k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $238k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY | $100,000 |
| TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| COURAGE CONNECTION | $15,000 |
| ANGEL'S WISH | $15,000 |
| EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK | $15,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METRO ST LOUIS | $15,000 |
| HEALTH BY ALL MEANS | $15,000 |
| ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO | $15,000 |
| AGAPE RANCH | $13,000 |
| COLORECTAL CANCER ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| SAINT LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| GLEN-ED PANTRY | $10,000 |
| GOOD SHEPARD LUTHERAN CHURCH FOOD PANTRY | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $762k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 17 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, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TRTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $760k · revenue +153%
- TMTIMOTHY'S MINISTRY9× · 2017–2025 · $330k · revenue +30%
- LFLOAVES & FISHES COMMUNITY SERVICES2× · 2020–2021 · $175k · revenue +124%
Funded once
- FRFRAXA Research Foundation Incone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +24%
- SOSUPPORT OUR TROOPS - ILLINOISone grant, 2017 · $20k
- SLSAINT LOUIS AREA FOOD PANTRYone grant, 2020 · $15k
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.
The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
With the support of our community, we provide over 90 million meals annually through our network of over 900 member food pantries and programs across thirteen counties, currently reaching over a half million individuals each month with…
The mission of the Wisconsin Humane Society is to make a difference for animals and the people who love them.
Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.
Feeding illinois is a coalition of eight feeding america food banks that provide food to over 2,400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that feed nearly 1.4 million residents across the entire state of illinois.
The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
Paws chicago is a national leader in the no kill animal welfare movement, helping more than 23,842 homeless and at-risk pets each year through comprehensive spay/neuter, medical, and adoption programs.
Established in 2016, rescue pack serves communities across the midwest to tackle pet food insecurity by recovering donated surplus pet food and supplies and redistributing them through charitable programs. we partner with animal welfare…
The greater chicago food depository is the nonprofit food bank serving cook county. our mission - is to end hunger. we believe food is a basic human right. to achieve our mission, we work in partnership with a network of community-based…
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
How this is measured
46 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. 46 of the 84 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 THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds LOAVES & FISHES COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds EASTERN ILLINOIS FOODBANK ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI ↗
- Who funds THE GLEN-ED PANTRY ↗
- Who funds COURAGE CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds SHARING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds GIO'S GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY PET GUARDIANS ↗
- Who funds THREE FIRES COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #127 ↗
- Who funds WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds THE UW-PLATTEVILLE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds TENTH LIFE CAT RESCUE ↗
- Who funds FRAXA Research Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds AGAPE RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds ANGEL'S WISH INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds Animal Rescue Corps Inc ↗
- Who funds CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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