California · Private foundation
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 FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $302k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $406k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $441k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $357k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $326k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $304k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $397k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $269k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flintridge Preparatory School | $529,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $480,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Chandler School | $251,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Parson's Nose Productions | $160,000 | 7 | 25% |
| Lineage Performing Arts Center | $65,000 | 3 | 9% |
| The Glendale Police Foundation | $35,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd | $34,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Glendale Library Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Asheville Symphony Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cancer Support Community Greater San Gabriel Valley | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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.
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
How this is measured
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About The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation
- How much does The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation give?
- The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $302,370 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Arts & Culture (38%), Environment (8%).
- Who are The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Flintridge Preparatory School ($529k), Los Angeles Philharmonic Association ($480k), The Chandler School ($252k).
- Does The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dorothy L Johnston 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 Dorothy L Johnston Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pasadena Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation based?
- The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation is based in CA.
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