· Private foundation
The James M Johnston Trust for Char & Educ Purposes
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k12 grants · $370k
- $50k–250k29 grants · $2.1M
- $250k+1 grant · $1.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $1,640,461 |
| Kingman Boys and Girls Club, Inc. | $100,000 |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $100,000 |
| Wesleyan University | $100,000 |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $100,000 |
| MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital | $85,000 |
| DeMatha Catholic High School | $85,000 |
| Gonzaga College High School | $85,000 |
| St. Anselm's Abbey School | $85,000 |
| Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys | $85,000 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | $80,000 |
| New Hope Camp and Conference Center | $80,000 |
| Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart | $80,000 |
| New Hope Presbyterian Church | $80,000 |
| Alice Lloyd College | $80,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
54 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RCRosemount Center5× · 2020–2024 · $310k · revenue +50%
- WHWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION3× · 2020–2022 · $215k · revenue +32%
- CBCOLLEGE BOUND INC5× · 2020–2024 · $210k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLone grant, 2020 · $1.8M
- UOUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Office of Scholarships and Student Aidone grant, 2022 · $1.7M
- LSLANDON SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +21%
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.
Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…
The seed public charter school of washington, dc is a public college-preparatory boarding school whose primary mission is to provide an outstanding intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for…
Mclean school's small classes and abilities model prepare bright students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, including those with dyslexia, anxiety, and attention issues, for college success.
Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
Washington college challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.core valueswe share these values of our founding patron, george washington: integrity, determination, curiosity, civility,…
To operate a private school for age 3 through eighth grade students.
Our mission is to be an exemplary learning community - enriched by differences, informed through inquiry, global in reach.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.
Windward school is a dynamic college-preparatory school that challenges each student to achieve excellence in a nurturing, inclusive community. windward teachers, parents, and administrators work together to inspire our students to be…
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 64 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.
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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.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Shepherd Foundation Ltd · Crimsonbridge Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Northrop Grumman Foundation
How this is measured
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