Texas · Private foundation
The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family 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.
- $181k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 76%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 76% of the organizations The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $171k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $150k | 76% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Main Street Baptist Church | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| God's World Publications Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Baptist Children's Home Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakeway Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Bible Study | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Isaiah 117 Project Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Manup | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicon Pregnancy Resource Center | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Main Street Baptist Church | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| God's World Publications Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas Baptist Children's Home Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakeway Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Bible Study | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Isaiah 117 Project Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Manup | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicon Pregnancy Resource Center | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Round Rock Area Serving Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foster Village Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Austin Christian Fellowship | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Zoe's House Adoption Agency Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orange County Rescue Mission Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation
- How much does The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation give?
- The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $181,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Religion (35%), International (13%).
- Who are The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Samaritan's Purse ($60k), Main Street Baptist Church ($24k), God's World Publications Inc ($20k).
- Does The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson 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 The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation based?
- The Cuyler and Shirley Johnson Family Foundation is based in TX.
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