· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $2k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $165k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION | $75,000 |
| DESCANSO GARDENS | $60,000 |
| USC LEVENTHAL SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING | $30,000 |
| USC SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ART | $30,000 |
| FLINTRIDGE PREPARTORY SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| PARSON'S NOSE PRODUCTIONS | $15,000 |
| LOREN L ZACHARY SCTY FOR THE PREF ARTS | $10,000 |
| CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SGV | $10,000 |
| THE MUSIC CENTER FOUNDERS | $1,000 |
| FUND FOR WILD NATURE | $1,000 |
| CENTER FOR CRAFT | $370 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FPFLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL7× · 2017–2024 · $529k · revenue +42%
- LALOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION8× · 2017–2024 · $480k · revenue +28%
- TCTHE CHANDLER SCHOOL6× · 2017–2023 · $252k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- UGUSC GOULD INTER HUMAN RIGHT CLINICone grant, 2023 · $50k
- UKUSC KARL SWAIDAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIone grant, 2023 · $30k
- GLGLENDALE LIBRARY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -50% · 33% of their budget
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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…
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.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.
To present the breadth of california art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influence that are unique to california.
Glendale arts generates opportunities throughout greater los angeles to showcase, promote, encourage and engage with the arts.
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…
To provide leadership, knowledge-building, advocacy and connection to expand the vitality and impact of the orchestra and broader music community.
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, 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 CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ↗
- Who funds GLENDALE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Friends of the WNC Nature Center 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 ↗
- Who funds FUND FOR WILD NATURE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dorothy L Johnston Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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