Alabama · Private foundation
The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,045,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $516k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 36 | $1.9M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $857k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $635k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $746k | 34% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $562k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $607k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $489k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $467k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $1,075,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wofford College | $799,653 | 8 | 0% |
| Woodlawn United Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Birmingham Zoo Inc | $215,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Empower Schools of Alabama | $166,666 | 2 | 1% |
| The Modern Classrooms Project Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Women's Foundation of Alabama | $126,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Stair of Birmingham | $120,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Birmingham Education Foundation | $117,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 50 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Junior League of Birmingham Inc · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation with peer funders
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About The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation
- How much does The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation give?
- The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $1,893,180 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Philanthropy (21%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Central Alabama Inc ($1.1M), Wofford College ($800k), Woodlawn United Inc ($300k).
- Does The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson 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 James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation.
- Where is The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation based?
- The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation is based in AL.
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