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The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$302k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MEnvironment$232kHealth$52kCivil Rights$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$35kRecreation & Sports$30kAnimals$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION$75,000
DESCANSO GARDENS$60,000
USC SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ART$30,000
USC LEVENTHAL SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING$30,000
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART$25,000
FLINTRIDGE PREPARTORY SCHOOL$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
PARSON'S NOSE PRODUCTIONS$15,000
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SGV$10,000
LOREN L ZACHARY SCTY FOR THE PREF ARTS$10,000
THE MUSIC CENTER FOUNDERS$1,000
FUND FOR WILD NATURE$1,000
CENTER FOR CRAFT$370
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $3k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.6M · 22 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
17

Total granted

$2.6M
$192k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+115%

Still filing today

50%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FP
    FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $529k · revenue +42%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $480k · revenue +14%
  • TC
    THE CHANDLER SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2023 · $252k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • UG
    USC GOULD INTER HUMAN RIGHT CLINIC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • UK
    USC KARL SWAIDAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHI
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • GL
    GLENDALE LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -50% · 33% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Socal Symphony Society

The Culver City Symphony Orchestra strives to enlighten and inspire the diverse citizenry of Culver City and the Los Angeles area through the presentation of orchestral music concerts, to present works of American composers, and to…

Arts & Culture
2
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc

The pasadena playhouse state theater of california is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich people's lives through theater. our programmatic offerings include theatrical productions, community outreach programs, education,…

Arts & Culture
5
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
6
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Deeply rooted in our local beverly hills community and influenced by cultural change, the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts, a public-private partnership with the city of beverly hills, strives to be a site for the…

Arts & Culture
7
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
8
California Symphony Orchestra Inc

Since its inception in 1986, the Symphony has included a work by an American composer and featured world-renowned guest artists on many of its programs.

Arts & Culture
9
Pasadena Museum of California Art

To present the breadth of california art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influence that are unique to california.

10
Glendale Arts

Glendale arts generates opportunities throughout greater los angeles to showcase, promote, encourage and engage with the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
Latino Theater Company

The latino theater company operates the los angeles theatre center, whose mission is to provide a world class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; a…

Arts & Culture
12
Association of California Symphony Orchestras

To provide leadership, knowledge-building, advocacy and connection to expand the vitality and impact of the orchestra and broader music community.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest and the most unlike its peers is Union Station Homeless Services. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CHANDLER SCHOOL — $251,500 · OtherTHE CHANDLER SCHOOLUSC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — $240,000 · OtherUSC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAWDESCANSO GARDENS — $210,000 · OtherDESCANSO GARDENSUSC JACK BARCAL ENDOWED CHAIR FUND — $200,000 · OtherUSC JACK BARCAL ENDOWED CHAIR FUNDIndividual grant recipient — $110,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUSC SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ART — $90,000 · OtherUSC SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ARTUSC GOULD INTER HUMAN RIGHT CLINIC — $50,000 · Other+21 more — $324,100 · Other+21 moreLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION — $480,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSO…Parson's Nose Productions — $160,000 · Arts & CultureParson's Nose ProductionsLINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $65,000 · Arts & CultureLINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTE…+4 more — $30,370 · Arts & CultureFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $529,000 · EducationFLINTRIDGE PREPARATOR…Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd — $34,500 · HealthOLIVE CREST — $3,000 · HealthASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $10,000 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE — $2,500 · AnimalsAMERICAN WOMEN FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING — $7,000 · InternationalUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES — $3,500 · Human Services
Other$1,475,600Arts & Culture$735,370Education$529,000Health$37,500Animals$12,500International$7,000Human Services$3,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $529,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION — $480,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHANDLER SCHOOL — $251,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetParson's Nose Productions — $160,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetLINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $65,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetThe Glendale Police Foundation — $35,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetPasadena Hospital Association Ltd — $34,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLENDALE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetAsheville Symphony Society Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFriends of the WNC Nature Center Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGLENDALE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN WOMEN FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING — $7,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CRAFT CREATIVITY & DESIGN INC — $5,370 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSKEPTIC SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOEURAGE THEATRE COMPANY — $5,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVE CREST — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFUND FOR WILD NATURE — $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds THE CHANDLER SCHOOL
  • Who funds Parson's Nose Productions
  • Who funds LINEAGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
  • Who funds The Glendale Police Foundation
  • Who funds Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd
  • Who funds GLENDALE LIBRARY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Asheville Symphony Society Inc
  • Who funds Friends of the WNC Nature Center Inc
  • Who funds GLENDALE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
  • Who funds ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN WOMEN FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR CRAFT CREATIVITY & DESIGN INC
  • Who funds SKEPTIC SOCIETY
  • Who funds COEURAGE THEATRE COMPANY
  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST
  • Who funds WESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Pasadena Community FoundationCA21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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