Minnesota · Private foundation
The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $104k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $38,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 17% of the organizations The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 7 | $79k | 29% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $89k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $132k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $96k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $87k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $99k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $88k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sillerud Lutheran Church | $64,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Balaton Chamber of Commerce | $63,750 | 9 | n/a |
| Tracy Kids World | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mustard Seed Kids | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Panther Booster Club | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Balaton Area Historical Society | $2,700 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Marshall | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion | $360 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($757k), not named here.
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About The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust
- How much does The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust give?
- The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $103,867 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (27%), Religion (16%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Sillerud Lutheran Church ($64k), Balaton Chamber of Commerce ($64k), Tracy Kids World ($6k).
- Does The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust 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.
- Where is The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust based?
- The Chester Johnson Charitable Trust is based in MN.
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