· Private foundation
The Evelyn Johnson Charitable 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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND | $25,000 |
| OPERATION SMILE | $25,000 |
| MARYLAND SPCA | $20,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION GREATER MARYLAND | $20,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $15,000 |
| LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR | $15,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF BALTIMORE | $12,500 |
| MARYLAND FOOD BANK | $12,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF MD | $12,000 |
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 (FY22–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +23%
- OSOPERATION SMILE INC7× · 2017–2024 · $170k · revenue +60%
- TMTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC8× · 2017–2024 · $95k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- FSFELICIAN SISTERSone grant, 2022 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $15k
- BFBREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCERgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +96%
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.
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 26 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 THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARYLAND SPCA INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Home for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor ↗
- Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GRIFFITH NEVER GIVE UP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds LOGAN'S HEROES ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Evelyn Johnson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Evelyn Johnson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
- Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
- Maryland Zoological Society Inc: 3% of income from government
- The National Federation of the Blind: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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