· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k24 grants · $94k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BALLET QUAD CITIES | $100,000 |
| MARRIAGE & FAMILY COUNSELING | $50,000 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH | $50,000 |
| LIVING LANDS & WATERS | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| FIGGE ART MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| QUAD CITY ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER | $5,000 |
| PLAY CRAFTERS | $5,000 |
| PUTNAM MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS OF THE QUAD CITIES AREA | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| QC BOTANICAL CENTER | $5,000 |
| GENESIS GUILD THEATER | $5,000 |
| THE MOLINE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| RIVER BEND FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LLLIVING LANDS & WATERS8× · 2017–2024 · $48k · revenue +62%
- YYOUTHHOPE8× · 2017–2024 · $17k · revenue +112%
SMILE TRAIN INC8× · 2017–2024 · $17k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- CYCARMICHAEL YOUTH FAMone grant, 2023 · $5k
- AYARROWHEAD YOUTH & FAMILYSone grant, 2022 · $1k
- COCITY OF MOLINEone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
Inspire artists, audiences, and our greater southern wisconsin community to celabrate the art of theatre.
The mission of heartlands conservancy is to empower and colaborate with the people of southern illinois to advance and protect the health of our distinctive communities and nationally significant natural and cultural resources.
To assist members in the development of their careers and to support lasting parks and recreation systems.
PROVIDE & PRESERVE FAMILY FUN IN THE IOWA GREAT LAKES AREA through the operation of its historical amusement park, excursion boat, and maritime museum.
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra's mission as a professional orchestra is to utilize the universal expression of music to create profound, inspiring, and personal connections between the people and communities of Chicagos Southland.
The Organization's mission is to excite, engage and serve communities within the Iowa Great Lakes Region through our collections, exhibitions, performances, and educational programs; a non-profit center connecting generations of people…
Promotion of and presentation of dramatic arts
The Western Illinois Museums mission is to nurture our local history and culture. We draw from a collection and archives that reflect the life of west central Illinois to present public programs. In 2024 the Museum presented 73 public…
Promote awareness of and appreciation for the area's history and diverse culture, and encourage people of all ages to discover, understand and celebrate the area's heritage and boundless future.
To excite, engage & educate constituents through the presentation of collections, exhibitions, and programming; to form mutually beneficial partnerships that will enhance the role of the arts within the community.
The grpm exists to be a living monument of artifacts, ideas and stories told through exhibitions, events, and educational programming designed to inspire, motivate and celebrate our human bond. we enrich the lives of our community through…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 40 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 BALLET QUAD CITIES ↗
- Who funds LIVING LANDS & WATERS ↗
- Who funds YOUTHHOPE ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds PUTNAM MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL AID HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FIGGE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PLAYCRAFTERS INC DBA PLAYCRAFTERS BARN THEATRE ↗
- Who funds RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR ↗
- Who funds MOLINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCK ISLAND ↗
- Who funds IOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds WINNING WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds Two Rivers YMCA Inc ↗
- Who funds QUAD-CITY MUSIC GUILD ↗
- Who funds ROCK ISLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Arrowhead Ranch Inc ↗
- Who funds QUAD CITIES GOLF CLASSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Johnson-Watkins Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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