Ohio · Private foundation
The Carl J and Margot a 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,327
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $753,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $39M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $1.4M | 36% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $1.4M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $656k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $948k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $875k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.0M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.0M | 69% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $2,150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $1,290,666 | 8 | 4% |
| China Ministries International Inc | $1,091,175 | 6 | 32% |
| Douglas County Educational Foundation | $743,788 | 4 | 6% |
| Chinese Christian Education Foundation | $617,856 | 7 | 95% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $406,137 | 3 | 1% |
| Purdue Research Foundation | $390,216 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinky Swear Foundation | $245,947 | 7 | 2% |
| Aid for Women Inc | $165,899 | 7 | 2% |
| Stonebriar Community Church | $100,624 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $2,150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Multiplication Network Ministries | $1,290,666 | 8 | 4% |
| China Ministries International Inc | $1,091,175 | 6 | 32% |
| Douglas County Educational Foundation | $743,788 | 4 | 6% |
| Chinese Christian Education Foundation | $617,856 | 7 | 95% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $406,137 | 3 | 1% |
| Purdue Research Foundation | $390,216 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinky Swear Foundation | $245,947 | 7 | 2% |
| Aid for Women Inc | $165,899 | 7 | 2% |
| Stonebriar Community Church | $100,624 | 5 | n/a |
| Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc | $91,090 | 2 | 0% |
| Tylers Light Inc | $80,990 | 7 | 34% |
| The Plano Conservancy For Historic Preservation I | $80,037 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Parker Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 99% |
| Yetsena Foundation | $30,327 | 1 | n/a |
| The Igmorphanage Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Castle Rock | $15,509 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Colorado Springs | $15,509 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Lutheran High School Association | $14,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Health Resources | $10,251 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Northeast Texas | $10,251 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation
- How much does The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation give?
- The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $1,392,223 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Education (34%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trustees of Purdue University ($2.1M), Multiplication Network Ministries ($1.3M), China Ministries International Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carl J and Margot a 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 The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation based?
- The Carl J and Margot a Johnson Foundation is based in OH.
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