Illinois · Private foundation
The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $319k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $105k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 29 | $319k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $106k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $25k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $30k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $25k | 4% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $29k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballet Quad Cities | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| First Baptist Church | $51,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Living Lands & Waters | $48,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Youthhope | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Putnam Museum and Science Center | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Animal Aid Humane Society Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Figge Art Museum | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Playcrafters Inc Dba Playcrafters Barn Theatre | $16,000 | 8 | 6% |
| River Bend Food Reservoir | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballet Quad Cities | $100,000 | 1 | 14% |
| First Baptist Church | $51,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Living Lands & Waters | $48,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Youthhope | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Putnam Museum and Science Center | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Animal Aid Humane Society Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Figge Art Museum | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Playcrafters Inc Dba Playcrafters Barn Theatre | $16,000 | 8 | 6% |
| River Bend Food Reservoir | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Moline Foundation | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Rock Island | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Iowa Public Radio Inc | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Winning Wheels Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Two Rivers YMCA Inc | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $7,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Quad-City Music Guild | $6,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Rock Island County Historical Society | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Arrowhead Ranch Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Moline | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($196k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Johnson-Watkins Family 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: Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Quad Cities Community Foundation · Moline Foundation · The Rock Island Community Foundation · Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Grant & Virginia Brissman Foundation Nfp · Modern Woodmen of America · Harold R Bechtel Charitable Trust · Rauch Family Foundation I Inc · Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation · Joyce and Tony Singh Family Foundation · Hubbell-Waterman Fndn
How this is measured
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About The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $319,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Human Services (14%), Environment (10%).
- Who are The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ballet Quad Cities ($100k), First Baptist Church ($51k), Living Lands & Waters ($48k).
- Does The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Johnson-Watkins Family 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-Watkins Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation, Quad Cities Community Foundation, Moline Foundation.
- Where is The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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