Massachusetts · Private foundation
Newton S and Kerry Johnson 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.
- $57k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $417k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $54k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $55k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.
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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $31,143 | 3 | 0% |
| Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Middlesex Human Service Agency Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Triangle Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $10,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Progeria Research Foundation Inc | $8,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Willing Shepherds of Jesus Christ Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Public Action for Arts and Education | $5,000 | 2 | 25% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Newton S and Kerry Johnson 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.
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How this is measured
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About Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation
- How much does Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation give?
- Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $56,657 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Philanthropy (16%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc ($31k), Waltham Boys & Girls Club Inc ($14k), Middlesex Human Service Agency Inc ($13k).
- Does Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Newton S and Kerry Johnson 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 Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation based?
- Newton S and Kerry Johnson Foundation is based in MA.
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