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Rose Montgomery 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.

$334k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$61,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 61
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving52$324k23%
FY202343$335k5%
FY202249$348k20%
FY202145$337k16%
FY202037$300k11%
FY201948$350k13%
FY201861$365kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$682kEducation$571kArts & Culture$568kPhilanthropy$264kHealth$138kHuman Services$51kCommunity Improvement$34kInternational$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
ND
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Converse University$369,00070%
Dixon Gallery and Gardens$360,00071%
All Saints Episcopal Church$185,0007n/a
Sweet Briar Institute$60,00060%
Church Health Center of Memphis Inc$40,10070%
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association$40,00070%
Whitefish Theatre Company$35,00062%
Alpine Theatre Project Inc$30,00051%
The Westminster Schools Inc$25,00050%
Iglesia El Buen Pastor$24,2007n/a
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All grantees of Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Converse University$369,00070%
Dixon Gallery and Gardens$360,00071%
All Saints Episcopal Church$185,0007n/a
Sweet Briar Institute$60,00060%
Church Health Center of Memphis Inc$40,10070%
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association$40,00070%
Whitefish Theatre Company$35,00062%
Alpine Theatre Project Inc$30,00051%
The Westminster Schools Inc$25,00050%
Iglesia El Buen Pastor$24,2007n/a
El Centro Hispano Inc$21,20060%
Spartanburg Day School$20,50070%
Trinity College$20,20070%
St Mary's Episcopal School$17,00030%
New Ballet Ensemble Inc$17,00070%
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation$17,00060%
Hub City Writers Project$14,50071%
Everystory$14,00061%
Tennessee Shakespeare Company$14,00070%
Memphis Symphony Orchestra Inc$11,00050%
Opera Memphis Inc$11,00051%
Memphis College of Art$10,00010%
Slingshot Memphis Inc$10,00010%
National Ornamental Metal Museum Inc$10,00010%
Artsmemphis$8,00060%
Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust Inc$7,00070%
Theatre Memphis$7,00050%
Community Legal Center$7,00070%
Occidental College$6,00030%
Duke University$6,00030%
Ballet Spartanburg Inc$4,50060%
Mid-South Food Bank$4,50050%
Thrive Memphis$4,00050%
Lake Summit Foundation Inc$4,00023%
Henderson County Rescue Squad$3,50040%
A Step Ahead Foundation Inc$3,00040%
Memphis Union Misson$2,50030%
University of South Carolina Upstate Foundation$2,50010%
Diocese of West Tennessee$2,0002n/a
Deployus Inc$2,00010%
Teach for America Inc$2,00020%
The Animal Protection Society of Durham$2,00010%
Champions for Literacy$1,50010%
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc$1,50020%
Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg Inc$1,50030%
University of Memphis Foundation$1,00010%
Upstate Warrior Solution Inc$1,00010%
Mid-South Public Communications Foundation$1,00010%
El Futuro Inc$1,0001n/a
Spartanburg Methodist College$1,00010%
Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis$1,00010%
The Charles Lea Center Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Vagabond School of the Drama Inc$1,00010%
Durham Academy Inc$1,00010%
Samaritan Counseling Centers of the Midsouth Inc$1,00010%
St George's Independent School$1,00020%
Spartanburg Area Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
Hope House$1,00011%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
Shelby Farms Park Conservancy$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Memphis Center For Reproductive Health Inc$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
Palmetto Council Inc Scouting America$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($883k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConverse University: $369,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDixon Gallery and Gardens: $360,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSweet Briar Institute: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChurch Health Center of Memphis Inc: $40,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Inter-Faith Association: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWhitefish Theatre Company: $35,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetAlpine Theatre Project Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEl Centro Hispano Inc: $21,200 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSpartanburg Day School: $20,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity College: $20,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Episcopal School: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew Ballet Ensemble Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSpartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHub City Writers Project: $14,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetEverystory: $14,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTennessee Shakespeare Company: $14,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMemphis Symphony Orchestra Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOpera Memphis Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMemphis College of Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSlingshot Memphis Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNational Ornamental Metal Museum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetArtsmemphis: $8,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMemphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTheatre Memphis: $7,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Legal Center: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOccidental College: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Spartanburg Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMid-South Food Bank: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThrive Memphis: $4,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLake Summit Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetHenderson County Rescue Squad: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetA Step Ahead Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMemphis Union Misson: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Upstate Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDeployus Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Animal Protection Society of Durham: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChampions for Literacy: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy Smiles of Spartanburg Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Memphis Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUpstate Warrior Solution Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMid-South Public Communications Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpartanburg Methodist College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Foundation for a Greater Memphis: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Charles Lea Center Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 60.

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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.

Christian Community Foundation of MemphisTN46.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Plough Foundation · Self Foundation · Jewish Foundation of Memphis · Spartanburg County Foundation · Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · The McDonnell Family Foundation · The Day 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 Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation

How much does Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation give?
Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $333,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 61 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (24%).
Who are Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Converse University ($369k), Dixon Gallery and Gardens ($360k), All Saints Episcopal Church ($185k).
Does Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rose Montgomery 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 Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc.
Where is Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation based?
Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation is based in TN.

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 103 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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