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The Johnny III 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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Health$41kEducation$36kHuman Services$3kRecreation & Sports$2kPhilanthropy$1kInternational$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,014
Median grant
5
States reached
$154k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CURE SMA$3,000
12th Man ANF Foundation$1,750
American Foundation for suicide prevention$1,045
The Texas A&M ASSN OF FRMR STUDENT$1,023
URSULINE ACADEMY of Dallas$1,014
Community Partners of Dallas$1,000
MISSION MSA$546
The ALS association$500
St Jude Children's Research HospitalInc$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY24–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Community Partners of Dallas: $1k → 14%Community Partners of Dallas: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$50k · 10 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +93% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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22

Total granted

$50k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+5%

Still filing today

50%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FO
    FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $22k · revenue +93%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +111%
  • MM
    MISSION MSA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $765 · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • CT
    CHRIST THE KING SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • RH
    REFINED HOSPITAL-colorectal alliance
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • TA
    THE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +5%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Accelerated Cure Project Inc

The organization's mission is to accelerate research efforts to improve diagnosis, to optimize treatment, and to cure multiple sclerosis.

Health
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
Als One Inc

The organization is a partnership of world leaders in als research and care focused on expediting breakthrough treatments and ultimately a cure for als while providing resources and equipment to those living with the disease now. the team…

Health
4
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
5
American Physiological Society

Empowering scientists to understand life and improve health by advancing and communicating discoveries in physiology and medicine.

Health
6
Answer Als

To find solutions for people living with als now and for the future by utilizing knowledge of patients, leading researchers and technology to seek immediate solutions to improve the lives of those living with als until a treatment or cure…

Health
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
Als United Connecticut

The mission of the als united connecticut is to provide comprehensive support to improve quality of life for people with als and their families, while advocating for increased support and advancing innovative research for new treatments…

Health
9
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associationiowa Chapter

Leading the fight to treat and cure als through global research and nationwide advocacy while also empowering people with lou gehrig's disease and their families to live fuller lives by providing them with compassionate care and support.

10
Afe Foundation

We are committed to identifying the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of amniotic fluid embolism and bring our information and resources to healthcare providers and impacted families through our education and support programs.We…

Health
11
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associatio Evergreen Chapter

Leading the fight to treat and cure ALS through global research and nationwide advocacy while also empowering people with Lou Gehrig's disease and their families to live fuller lives by providing them with compassionate care and support.

12
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the most unlike its peers is Education Opens Doors Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $10,602 · OtherJESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLCHRIST THE KING SCHOOL — $9,975 · OtherCHRIST THE KING SCHOOLREFINED HOSPITAL-colorectal alliance — $5,000 · OtherREFINED HOSPITAL-colorectal allianceTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER — $5,000 · OtherTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTERURSULINE ACADEMY OF DALLAS FOUNDATION INC — $4,750 · OtherURSULINE ACADEMY OF DALLAS FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient — $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientURSULINE ACADEMY of Dallas — $2,532 · Other12th Man ANF Foundation — $2,500 · Other+19 more — $16,378 · Other+19 moreFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA — $21,500 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATR…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $2,090 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE…+2 more — $1,071 · HealthCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC — $258 · EducationALCUIN SCHOOL — $200 · Education
Other$60,237Health$24,661Human Services$2,000Education$458

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA — $21,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $2,090 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC — $1,315 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION MSA — $765 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $306 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC — $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALCUIN SCHOOL — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA
  • Who funds THE ALS ASSOCIATION-TEXAS CHAPTER
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
  • Who funds CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC
  • Who funds EDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC
  • Who funds MISSION MSA
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds GRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds ALCUIN SCHOOL

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Johnny III Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

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    How do I get to The Johnny III Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Johnny III Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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