New York · Private foundation
The 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.
- $435k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Johnson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 8 | $435k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $349k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $255k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $385k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $420k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $348k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $301k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $339k | 63% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine University | $717,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Priory of St Benedict Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 19% |
| City of Philadelphia Trustee Administering Wills Eye Hospital | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Film Institute | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Association to Benefit Children | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iwo Jima Association of America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine University | $717,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Priory of St Benedict Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 19% |
| City of Philadelphia Trustee Administering Wills Eye Hospital | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Film Institute | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bigs & Littles NYC Mentoring Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Association to Benefit Children | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iwo Jima Association of America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Board of Rabbis Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Gardiner Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ps 150 Parent Teacher Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fountain House Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary's Place by the Sea Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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.
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How this is measured
About The Johnson Foundation
- How much does The Johnson Foundation give?
- The Johnson Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $435,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Johnson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Education (25%), Health (16%).
- Who are The Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pepperdine University ($718k), Priory of St Benedict Inc ($22k), City of Philadelphia Trustee Administering Wills Eye Hospital ($20k).
- Does The Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 Johnson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Johnson Foundation based?
- The Johnson Foundation is based in NY.
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