Maryland · Private foundation
The John J Pohanka Family 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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 91
- Grants FY2024
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,042
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $215,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 68
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The John J Pohanka Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $467k 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 | 88 | $1.8M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 61 | $1.3M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $1.4M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $1.3M | 47% |
| FY2020 | 68 | $1.1M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 58 | $1.1M | 60% |
| FY2018 | 63 | $1.0M | 60% |
| FY2017 | 53 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg College | $907,150 | 8 | 0% |
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | $558,456 | 6 | 1% |
| Washington National Opera | $482,500 | 8 | 25% |
| Competitive Enterprise Institute | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Johns Hopkins Hospital | $249,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $157,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Saint James School | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Miami Music Festival Inc | $150,500 | 3 | 24% |
| The Heartland Institute | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 143 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 152 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John J Pohanka Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 112 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Scott a & Phyllis P Crabtree Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Community Foundation Inc · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Alan and Amy Meltzer Family Foundation Inc · The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company
How this is measured
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About The John J Pohanka Family Foundation
- How much does The John J Pohanka Family Foundation give?
- The John J Pohanka Family Foundation reported 91 grants totaling $1,867,734 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 68 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The John J Pohanka Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (22%), Health (10%).
- Who are The John J Pohanka Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gettysburg College ($907k), Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts ($558k), Washington National Opera ($483k).
- Does The John J Pohanka Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John J Pohanka Family 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 John J Pohanka Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Scott a & Phyllis P Crabtree Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The John J Pohanka Family Foundation based?
- The John J Pohanka Family Foundation is based in MD.
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