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Suzanne M Nora Johnson & David G Johnson Foundation at a glance

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Suzanne M Nora Johnson & David G 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.

$700k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$534kArts & Culture$233kInternational$115kReligion$105kPublic Benefit$101kHealth$24kFood & Nutrition$21kRecreation & Sports$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 42 grants below total $512,290, the rows itemized in this filing. The $699,790 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $187,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $254k
$2,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Yale University$100,000
MOCA$100,000
CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)$54,440
MOCA$32,000
MOCA$25,000
Council on Foreign Relations$25,000
Voices of a People's History of the United States$25,000
Voices of a People's History of the United States$25,000
Mayfield Senior School$21,300
Saint Monica Catholic Church$20,000
MOCA$12,000
Voices of a People's History of the United States$10,000
National Football Foundation$10,000
TechnoServe$10,000
Challenged Athletes Foundation$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 15 repeat orgs$245k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
48

Total granted

$1.3M
$149k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+9%

Still filing today

47%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • M
    MOCA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $490k
  • YU
    Yale University
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k
  • C(
    CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)
    2× · 2023–2024 · $109k

Funded once

  • UC
    USC Catholic Center
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • UA
    USC Alumni Association
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • FO
    Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -27%
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.

03Its 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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

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

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3
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

—
4
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.

—
5
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Corita Art Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 89 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
26/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOCA: $490,313 · OtherMOCAYale University: $300,041 · OtherYale UniversityCalArts (California Institute of the Arts): $108,690 · OtherCalArts (California Institute of the Arts)Voices of a People's History: $70,000 · OtherVoices of a People's HistorySaint Monica Catholic Church: $70,000 · OtherSaint Monica Catholic ChurchMAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $56,500 · Other+44 more: $132,850 · Other+44 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $163,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY …+14 more: $16,250 · Education+14 moreCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $75,000 · InternationalTECHNOSERVE INC: $25,000 · InternationalPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY: $15,000 · InternationalDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $100,000 · Public BenefitVOICES OF A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: $60,000 · Arts & CultureAmericans for the Arts Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCORITA ART CENTER INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $20,000 · Food & NutritionREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $1,000 · Food & NutritionCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,250 · HealthYOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION INC: $1,000 · HealthWEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $1,000 · Health+7 more: $2,750 · Health
Other$1,228,394Education$179,750International$115,000Public Benefit$100,000Arts & Culture$70,500Food & Nutrition$21,000Health$18,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $163,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES OF A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: $60,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL POLICY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHIPS NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHospice of the Bluegrass Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetN STREET VILLAGE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORITA ART CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOUNT KISCO CHILD CARE CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOAKS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatureServe: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST COAST SPORTS MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVER THE RAINBOW ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAugies Quest to Cure ALS Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICIVICS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORTHINGTON YOUTH BOOSTERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBHPOA BENEVOLENT FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWayne Art Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE RIDGE HOSPICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKULL AND DAGGER FOUNDATION: $350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

California Community …Jewish Community Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Equitable Foundation …The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Ayco Charitable F…Baird Foundation IncAmerican Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…
California Community FoundationCA17× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

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 89 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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