Oregon · Private foundation
The Johnson Charitable Trust
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 FY2019
- 25
- Grants FY2019
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of The Johnson Charitable Trust’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Johnson Charitable Trust named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 4
- Total assets, FY2019
- $41M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 50% of the organizations The Johnson Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $648k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 24 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $919k | 72% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $320k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowcap Community Services | $620,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $560,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Catlin Gabel School | $512,250 | 3 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area | $436,693 | 4 | 8% |
| New Avenues for Youth Inc | $415,600 | 8 | 1% |
| Clackamas Service Center | $225,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Portland Tennis & Education | $215,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Smart Reading | $152,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Incight Company | $130,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 50 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($923k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Johnson Charitable Trust 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 Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Johnson Charitable Trust
- How much does The Johnson Charitable Trust give?
- The Johnson Charitable Trust reported 25 grants totaling $1,892,995 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Johnson Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Education (13%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are The Johnson Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Snowcap Community Services ($620k), Portland Community College Foundation Inc ($560k), Catlin Gabel School ($512k).
- Does The Johnson Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Johnson Charitable Trust 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 Johnson Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust, Juan Young Trust.
- Where is The Johnson Charitable Trust based?
- The Johnson Charitable Trust is based in OR.
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