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Records Johnston Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
201
Grants FY2024
198
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$600,000
States reached, FY2024
24
Total assets, FY2024
$99M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.4MArts & Culture$2.5MEnvironment$1.7MHealth$834kPhilanthropy$696kCommunity Improvement$551kCivil Rights$420kInternational$386kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Records Johnston Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$2,919,16821%
Keystone Adventure School & Farm Inc$700,000235%
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Inc Fka Oklahoma City Art Museum$620,00026%
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc$550,00026%
Oklahoma Philharmonic Society Inc$510,00025%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$363,33410%
High Line Canal Conservancy$271,50022%
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc$250,00011%
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$250,00027%
Ibla Foundation$240,000250%
Trout Unlimited$210,0002n/a
Wellesley College$210,00020%
Special Care Inc$210,00022%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County Inc$200,00022%
Kipp Okc Public Schools Inc$200,00022%
Native Movement$200,00014%
The People's Fund$200,000115%
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory$147,50021%
Colorado Open Lands$133,33320%
The Fort Lewis College Foundation$132,00021%
Mile High United Way Inc$130,00020%
Dean McGee Eye Institute Foundation$120,00023%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$110,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$105,00020%
McCalls Chapel School Inc$100,00011%
Climate Justice Alliance$100,00011%
American Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen$100,000120%
Salish Kootenai College Foundation Inc$100,0002n/a
First Americans Museum Foundation$100,00011%
DeliverFund$100,00014%
Kent Denver Country Day School$92,33320%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$85,00020%
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver$81,66721%
The Common Good Institute Inc$75,00027%
First Nations Development Institute$70,00010%
Toniic Institute$60,00012%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$60,00020%
World Neighbors Inc$60,00021%
Ceres Inc$60,00020%
The Logan School For Creative Learning$55,00020%
Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc$52,50021%
Church in the Forest$50,0002n/a
Students for Liberty Inc$50,00020%
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation$50,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00020%
Hough Ear Institute$50,00022%
Upcycled Food Foundation$50,000124%
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc$50,00021%
Africa School Assistance Project$43,50029%
Quivira Coalition Inc$42,50021%
Independent Women's Forum$40,00020%
Thousand Currents$37,00010%
Earthjustice$35,00020%
Holistic Manangement International$30,00022%
Maia$30,00021%
Land Core$30,00023%
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula$25,00010%
The Commemorative Air Force$25,00010%
Oklahoma Repertory Theatre Group Inc$25,00013%
The Folded Flag Foundation$25,00011%
Montage Health Foundation$25,00010%
Up2us Inc$25,00010%
Well Done Foundation Inc$25,00012%
Eisenhower Medical Center$25,00010%
Denver Public Schools Foundation$24,00020%
Oklahoma Lawyers for Children Inc$20,00021%
Rocky Mountain Institute$20,00020%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$20,00020%
Food Bank of the Rockies$20,00020%
Blind Brook Foundation Inc$20,000213%
Institute for Justice$20,00020%
Sierra Club Foundation$20,00020%
Revision$20,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$20,00020%
Friends of the Oklahoma History Center$20,00027%
Tulsa Area United Way$20,00020%
Street School Inc$20,00020%
The Aspen Institute Inc$20,00020%
Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled Inc$20,00021%
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$20,00020%
The Friendship Bridge$20,00020%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$18,50020%
Wilderness Workshop$15,00020%
The Alliance For Collective Action$15,00020%
Urban Peak Denver$15,00020%
Zero Foodprint$15,00010%
Denver Film Society$15,00020%
Whitney Museum of American Art$15,00010%
Mission Action Inc$15,00010%
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project$15,00020%
Redline$12,50010%
Myriad Gardens Foundation$11,00020%
Music Associates of Aspen Inc$11,00020%
Valley Settlement$11,00020%
Fresh Food Connect$10,00021%
Mission Housing Management Corporation$10,000154%
Grassroots International Inc$10,00010%
Tuskegee Airmen Inc$10,0002n/a
CSP North America Inc$10,00012%
Harding Fine Arts Academy Foundation$10,00011%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$10,00020%
Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum$10,00020%
Westminster University$10,00020%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children$10,00010%
Golf Fore Africa Inc$10,00020%
Oklahoma City University$10,00020%
Alliance for Choice in Education$10,00020%
Casady School$10,0002n/a
Allied Arts of Oklahoma Inc$10,00020%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$10,00020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Inc$10,00020%
Cristo Rey Oklahoma City Catholic High School Inc$10,0002n/a
United Way of the Desert$10,0001n/a
Oklahoma Blood Institute$10,00020%
Red Bucket Equine Rescue$10,00011%
Colorado State University Foundation$10,00010%
Denver Zoological Foundation$10,00010%
Stafford Air & Space Museum Foundation$10,00010%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$10,00010%
Colorado Uplift Inc$10,00020%
Teach for America Inc$10,00020%
National Jewish Health$10,00010%
University of Colorado Foundation$10,00010%
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Inc$10,00020%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$10,00020%
Mile High Montessori Early Learning Cent$10,00020%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$10,00020%
Sunbeam Family Services Inc$10,00020%
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc$10,00020%
McE Social Capital$8,04510%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$7,50010%
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$7,00020%
Cherry Hills Land Preserve Inc$6,50022%
National Military Family Association$6,00020%
Colorado Homeless Families Inc$6,00020%
School of American Ballet Inc$5,00010%
Southern Plains Land Trust Inc$5,00010%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$5,00010%
World Monuments Fund Inc$5,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00020%
State Innovation Exchange$5,00010%
Strive Preparatory Schools$5,00010%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$5,00020%
One West 54th Street Foundation$5,00020%
The Children's Center Inc$5,00010%
Kitchen Table Advisors$5,00010%
Downtown Oklahoma City Initiatives Inc$5,00022%
Tomkat Ranch Educational Foundation$5,00011%
Multiplier$5,00010%
Knock Foundationinc$4,00022%
Musana Community Development Organization$4,00020%
Oklahoma City Beautiful Inc$4,00020%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$4,00020%
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc$3,00020%
Capitol Hill Community Services$3,00020%
Twloha Inc$3,00010%
Upward Bound House$3,00020%
The Bold Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Navy League of the United States$3,00020%
Carmel Bach Festival Inc$2,50010%
Claremont McKenna College$2,50010%
Loveland Ski Club Inc$2,50020%
Bicycle Colorado$2,50010%
Denver Mountain Parks Foundation$2,50015%
Carmel Bach Festival Foundation Inc$2,50011%
Friends of Chamber Music$2,25020%
Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Colorado Dream Foundation$2,00020%
The Western Stock Show Association$2,00010%
Special Olympics Oklahoma Inc$2,00020%
Aspen Camp of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing$2,00020%
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center Inc$2,00020%
Warren Village Inc$2,00020%
Executive Service Corps of Central Oklahoma Dba Empower Strategic Solutions for Nonprofits$2,00022%
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado$2,00020%
Untitled Art Space Inc$2,00020%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$2,00020%
International Bridges to Justice$2,00020%
Friends of Oeta Inc$2,00020%
Tenth Mountain Division Hut Assn Inc 10th Mountain$2,00020%
Claremore Museum of History Inc$2,00021%
National Legal and Policy Center$2,00020%
Smithsonian Institution$2,00020%
Upper Snowmass Creek Caucus$2,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc$2,00020%
Young Womens Christian Association of Oklahoma Ci$2,00020%
The American Museum of Fly Fishing Inc$2,00020%
Library Endowment Trust$2,00020%
Pro Kids Golf Academy Inc$2,00020%
Westminster School$2,00020%
Infant Crisis Services Inc$2,00020%
Colorado Doula Project$1,50010%
Friends of Cedar Mesa$1,50010%
Colorado Ballet$1,00020%
Red Earth Inc$1,00010%
Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association$1,00010%
Global Down Syndrome Foundation$1,00010%
Junior League of Denver Inc$1,00020%
Nichols Hills Parks Inc$1,00010%
American Friends of the Parents Circle - Families Forum$1,00010%
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado$1,00020%
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation$1,00010%
Five Civilized Tribes Museum & Center for Study Of$1,00020%
Smile Train Inc$1,00020%
The Urban Mission Inc$1,0002n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$1,00010%
The Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Inc$75020%
Friends of Dinosaur Ridge$75020%
Summer Scholars$50010%
Summit Huts Association$50010%
Central City Opera House Association$50020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Records Johnston Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $2,919,168 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKeystone Adventure School & Farm Inc: $700,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetOklahoma City Museum of Art Inc Fka Oklahoma City Art Museum: $620,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetOklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc: $550,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetOklahoma Philharmonic Society Inc: $510,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $363,334 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $271,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetConservation Colorado Education Fund: $250,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetIbla Foundation: $240,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetWellesley College: $210,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Care Inc: $210,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetKipp Okc Public Schools Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNative Movement: $200,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetThe People's Fund: $200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetRocky Mountain Bird Observatory: $147,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetColorado Open Lands: $133,333 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Fort Lewis College Foundation: $132,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMile High United Way Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDean McGee Eye Institute Foundation: $120,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMcCalls Chapel School Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetClimate Justice Alliance: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Our Armed Forces Walt Vanbenthysen: $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFirst Americans Museum Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDeliverFund: $100,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetKent Denver Country Day School: $92,333 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Colorado Nonprofit Development Center: $85,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art Denver: $81,667 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Common Good Institute Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetFirst Nations Development Institute: $70,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetToniic Institute: $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Neighbors Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCeres Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Logan School For Creative Learning: $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGirl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc: $52,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetStudents for Liberty Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAspen Valley Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHough Ear Institute: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUpcycled Food Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetOklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAfrica School Assistance Project: $43,500 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetQuivira Coalition Inc: $42,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

American Fidelity FoundationOK65.6× affinity31 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Fidelity Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Fred Jones Family Foundation · Kirkpatrick Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Records Johnston Family Foundation

How much does Records Johnston Family Foundation give?
Records Johnston Family Foundation reported 201 grants totaling $5,483,418 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Records Johnston Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (11%), Arts & Culture (5%), Environment (3%).
Who are Records Johnston Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc ($2.9M), Keystone Adventure School & Farm Inc ($700k), Oklahoma City Museum of Art Inc Fka Oklahoma City Art Museum ($620k).
Does Records Johnston 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 Records Johnston Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Fidelity Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Records Johnston Family Foundation based?
Records Johnston Family Foundation is based in OK.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 244 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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