North Carolina · Private foundation
The Johnson Foundation Inc
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.
- $218k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Johnson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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 | 7 | $218k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $170k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $300k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $400k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Tower Green Inc | $400,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Shelter Guardians Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Salisbury Academy | $150,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nazareth Children's Home Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Piedmont Players Theatre Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salisbury Symphony Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| THE Center for Disordered Eating dba Carolina Resource Center for Eating | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Tower Green Inc | $400,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Shelter Guardians Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Salisbury Academy | $150,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nazareth Children's Home Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Piedmont Players Theatre Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salisbury Symphony Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| THE Center for Disordered Eating dba Carolina Resource Center for Eating | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Marlie Dru Sullivan Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($191k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Johnson Foundation Inc 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: Foundation for the Carolinas · Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc · The Wallace Family Foundation Inc · The Hurley-Trammell Foundation · Brady Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Johnson Foundation Inc
- How much does The Johnson Foundation Inc give?
- The Johnson Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $218,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Johnson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (34%), Animals (21%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Johnson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bell Tower Green Inc ($400k), Shelter Guardians Inc ($250k), Salisbury Academy ($150k).
- Does The Johnson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Johnson Foundation Inc 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 Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc, The Wallace Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Johnson Foundation Inc based?
- The Johnson Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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