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The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc

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.

$39k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
63%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 45
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 63% of the organizations The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving29$39k31%
FY202435$53k63%
FY202037$45k22%
FY201935$44k29%
FY201840$46k48%
FY201745$51kn/a
82% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$108kArts & Culture$25kHealth$21kFood & Nutrition$20kPhilanthropy$18kReligion$18kHuman Services$10kInternational$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
ID
IL
NY
MA
WY
OH
CT
CA
AZ
NM
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Hotchkiss School$26,25050%
The New Canaan Country School Incorporated$26,00060%
St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc$10,50030%
Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc$10,50040%
Future 5 Inc$7,50040%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$7,03250%
St Thomas Episcopal Church$5,1003n/a
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$5,00010%
The New Canaan Library Inc$4,50060%
Sun Valley Performing Arts Inc$4,00010%
Flourish Foundation Inc$3,60040%
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association$3,50010%
Music Academy of the West$3,50020%
Women's Fund of Santa Barbara$3,50020%
Colgate University$3,00060%
Wood River Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc$3,00020%
Case Western Reserve University$2,50050%
Nova Ukraine$2,50020%
Northwestern University$2,50040%
Team Rubicon Inc$2,50020%
Wood River Women's Foundation$2,20020%
Direct Relief$2,00010%
Person to Person Inc$1,60040%
Organic Soup Kitchen$1,50020%
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation$1,50020%
Wood River Land Trust Co$1,30030%
Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc$1,22010%
United States Association for UNHCR$1,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,0001n/a
State Street Ballet$1,0001n/a
Nami-Wood River Valley Inc$95040%
Blaine County Seniors Council Inc the Senior Connection$85020%
New Canaan EMS Inc$75020%
Sun Valley Center for the Arts Inc$75020%
North Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Co$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
Claremont Graduate University$50010%
Khan Academy Inc$50010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$25810%
National Outdoor Leadership School$25010%
The New Canaan Historical Society Inc$2501n/a
New Canaan Nature Center Association Inc$25010%
Flower Again Inc$2501n/a
New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc$25010%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital$2501n/a
Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Dba Mountain Humane$25010%
Dignitymoves$20010%
GIRLS ON THE RUN IDAHO INC DBA Girls on the Run Treasure Valley$10010%
Family Reentry Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Hotchkiss School: $26,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Canaan Country School Incorporated: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBlaine County Hunger Coalition Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFuture 5 Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFilling in the Blanks Inc: $7,032 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Canaan Library Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSun Valley Performing Arts Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlourish Foundation Inc: $3,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSanta Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMusic Academy of the West: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Fund of Santa Barbara: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetColgate University: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWood River Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNova Ukraine: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWood River Women's Foundation: $2,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDirect Relief: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerson to Person Inc: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOrganic Soup Kitchen: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDystonia Medical Research Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWood River Land Trust Co: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSun Valley Summer Symphony Inc: $1,220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNami-Wood River Valley Inc: $950 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBlaine County Seniors Council Inc the Senior Connection: $850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan EMS Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSun Valley Center for the Arts Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Co: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClaremont Graduate University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Outdoor Leadership School: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Shelter of Wood River Valley Dba Mountain Humane: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDignitymoves: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN IDAHO INC DBA Girls on the Run Treasure Valley: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Reentry Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

Hobbs Family Charitable TrustCT20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Thrasher Koffey Foundation · The Morris Family Foundation · The Springcreek Foundation · Ansonia Foundation Advisory Ac · The a James Bach and Vona Hopkins Foundation Inc · The Schwedel Foundation · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · The Seelert Foundation Inc · Squier Family Foundation

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.

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About The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc

How much does The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc give?
The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $38,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Arts & Culture (9%), Health (7%).
Who are The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Hotchkiss School ($26k), The New Canaan Country School Incorporated ($26k), St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc ($11k).
Does The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc 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 Debard Johnson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hobbs Family Charitable Trust, Spur Community Foundation Inc, Idaho Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc based?
The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 115 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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