· Private foundation
The Johnson Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k6 grants · $145k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $265k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WINDHAM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $65,000 |
| HORIZONS | $50,000 |
| HOLY FAMILY HOME AND SHELTER | $50,000 |
| COVENANT SOUP KITCHEN | $50,000 |
| PROJECT HOPE OF EASTERN CT | $50,000 |
| CARD HOME FOR THE AGED | $30,000 |
| WAIM | $30,000 |
| CT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDA | $30,000 |
| NATCHAUG HOSPITAL | $30,000 |
| SEXUAL ASSUALT CRISIS CENTER | $15,000 |
| WINDHAM REGIONAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
None of its grants could be placed against low income need for this view.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WHWINDHAM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $705k · revenue +453% · 30% of their budget
- CSCOVENANT SOUP KITCHEN INC8× · 2018–2025 · $225k · revenue +92%
- NHNatchaug Hospital Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $205k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- ECECSU CENTER FOR COMMUNITYone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, Inc., (VNS) a nonprofit health care provider, finds its mission in the provision of quality home health and hospice services to individuals, families and the communities it serves. VNS is committed…
The mission of Windham Community Memorial Hospital is to offer comprehensive services in an environment where innovation and teaching are integral to care; where we are proud to serve patients and one another; where meeting the challenge…
To improve the health and healing of the people and communities we serve.
The Hospital of Central Connecticut is dedicated to fostering, sustaining and improving the health status of the people in the communities we serve.
The mission of the agency is to provide and safeguard quality home health care to all persons in need, especially the indigent and medically underserved population. The agency strongly believes that appropriate health care is a fundamental…
Provide Health and Supportive Services to terminally ill individuals at their home or in a medical facility in Southeastern Connecticut.
Hartford HealthCare's mission is to improve the health and healing of the people and communities it serves.
The mission of Hartford Catholic Worker is to practice the works of mercy. We do this through our work with children and families in our neighborhood, helping to make sure the hungry are fed and helping secure housing for the homeless.
To provide and promote wellness and independence to ensure optimal quality of life for the people we serve.
CHR's mission is to provide treatment, support, rehabilitation, prevention, and education by a well-trained and dedicated staff of professionals who are committed to recovery. Notably, CHR was the first nonprofit in CT to meet all the…
The mission of Martin House, Inc. is to provide a nurturing community where individuals of limited income who have been alone, alienated, fearful, and dispossessed can develop healthy relationships, new dignity, and a renewed life. Our…
Harbor Care's mission is to provide vital services, including housing and healthcare to all in our communities needing assistance. Our vision is one where everyone gets to live safe, stable, and healthy lives, filled with purpose, respect…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 14 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.
- Who funds WINDHAM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HORIZONS INC ↗
- Who funds HOLY FAMILY HOME AND SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds COVENANT SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Natchaug Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds THE CARD HOME FOR THE AGED INC ↗
- Who funds WINDHAM REGIONAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOPE OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT ↗
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: Ossen Family Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Project Hope of Eastern Connecticut: 100% of income from government
- Windham Regional Community Council Inc: 76% of income from government
- Holy Family Home and Shelter Inc: 47% of income from government
- Horizons Inc: 39% of income from government
- Natchaug Hospital Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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