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Sheila C Johnson Foundation Inc

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.

$193k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$388kArts & Culture$181kPhilanthropy$81kRecreation & Sports$76kAnimals$65kYouth Development$51kHealth$42kHuman Services$34kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$148k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION$110,000
THE NEW SCHOOL$25,000
INSPIRE ACCESS INC$25,000
THE NEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION$10,000
ATHLETES FOR HOPE$10,000
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY$5,000
TAIL WAGS & BOOK BAGS$5,000
INNISBROOK ASSOCIATION$1,000
THE HILL SCHOOL$1,000
BISHOP WALKER SCHOOL$500
THE MIDDLEBURG LIBRARY$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CENTRE FOR WOMEN INC: $30k → 13%STREET SOCCER USA INC: $50k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CO
VA
MD
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$506k · 17 repeat orgs$421k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
27

Total granted

$506k
$371k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+43%

Still filing today

59%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TN
    The New School
    3× · 2022–2024 · $70k · revenue +1%
  • TV
    THEIR VOICE RESCUE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +5%
  • TW
    TAIL WAGS & BOOK BAGS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • SS
    STREET SOCCER USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +266%
  • TR
    THE RICHMOND SYMPHONYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +36%
  • GG
    Global Good Fund
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +12%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
4
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
5
The Richmond Ballet

Through all of its programs, richmond ballet strives to expand access to dance for the benefit of the entire community. at the heart of the organization's mission, to awaken, uplift, and unite human spirits, is the conviction that the…

Arts & Culture
6
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
7
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc

The baltimore symphony orchestra's (bso) mission is to promote, organize, manage and maintain a symphony orchestra for the city of baltimore and the state of maryland and to hold, sponsor, and present musical concerts by the baltimore…

Arts & Culture
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
9
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc

See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…

Arts & Culture
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
11
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
12
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trust for the National Mall; the most unlike its peers is Tail Wags & Book Bags. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 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. 32 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
26/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 · OtherJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INCTHEIR VOICE RESCUE: $50,000 · OtherTHEIR VOICE RESCUECOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDON & N: $29,040 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDON & NPARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN: $23,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FDN FOR LOUDOUN &: $20,000 · Other+20 more: $81,400 · Other+20 moreTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RICHMOND SYMPHON…HALCYON HOUSE: $50,000 · Arts & CultureHALCYON HOUSECHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS: $12,500 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHO…TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $11,100 · Arts & CultureTRUST FOR THE NATION…WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON PERFORMIN…DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDANCE THEATRE OF HAR…Washington Shakespeare Company of Arlington County Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWashington Shakespea…THE WASHINGTON BALLET: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WASHINGTON BALLE…+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureSTREET SOCCER USA INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesSTREET SO…THE CENTRE FOR WOMEN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTR…The New School: $70,000 · EducationThe New S…THE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG: $5,000 · EducationTHE HILL …INNISBROOK ASSOCIATE SCHOLARSHIP FUND I: $4,500 · EducationINNISBROO…Global Good Fund: $50,000 · Public BenefitINSPIRE ACCESS: $25,000 · PhilanthropyPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $10,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthLewy Body Dementia Association Inc: $2,500 · Health
Other$478,440Arts & Culture$171,100Human Services$80,000Education$79,500Public Benefit$50,000Philanthropy$35,000Health$32,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe New School: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTREET SOCCER USA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE RICHMOND SYMPHONY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGlobal Good Fund: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHEIR VOICE RESCUE: $50,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetHALCYON HOUSE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CENTRE FOR WOMEN INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetINSPIRE ACCESS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTAIL WAGS & BOOK BAGS: $15,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetCHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $11,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATHLETES FOR HOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RECREATION WITH LIST COMMITTEE OF WASHINGTON DC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Shakespeare Company of Arlington County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLOVERLEAF EQUINE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUSA HOCKEY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGPL POLO CLUB INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Washington Co…Graham Foundation IncWise FoundationThe Carl M Freeman Fo…The Chicago Community…Charities Aid Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC15.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Graham Foundation Inc · Wise Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sheila C Johnson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheila C Johnson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Centre for Women Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 48 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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