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The Joseph and Judith H Johnson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$68kCommunity Improvement$40kHousing & Shelter$14kFood & Nutrition$10kArts & Culture$8kHealth$7kInternational$6kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$514k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOUNDAT$10,000
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE$3,500
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,500
RED RABBIT ENTERPRISES$2,000
PBS FOUNDATION$2,000
ST MARYS COMMUNITY SERVICES$1,500
STOCKTON FOOD BANK$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
STOCKTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$700
MARY GRAHAM CHILDREN'S SHELTER$500
Individual grant recipient$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK: $500 → 12%UPLIFT ALL FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%UPLIFT ALL FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%UPLIFT ALL FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%UPLIFT ALL FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%SHOWERED WITH LOVE: $500 → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
VA
AZ
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$146k · 17 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$146k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+12%

Still filing today

71%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CM
    Claremont McKenna College
    9× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +89%
  • University of South Florida Foundation Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +49%
  • RR
    Red Rabbit Enterprises
    3× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUND
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • U
    USF
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • AA
    ASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +11%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
5
The Asia Foundation

The asia foundation (taf) is an international nonprofit organization working to solve the toughest social and economic challenges in asia and the pacific. (continued on schedule o)

International
6
Mission Asset Fund

To help people become visible, active, and successful in their financial lives.

Community Improvement
7
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
8
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
9
Seattle International Foundation

Seattle international foundation (sif) champions equity and rule of law in central america through good governance and a robust civil society. sif works with other donors to the region to increase philanthropy and to promote collaboration,…

Philanthropy
10
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Our vision is to reimagine everyday giving to help charities. our mission is to enable the world's leading online platforms to create opportunities for everyday charitable giving. in doing so, we ensure our programs are trustworthy,…

Philanthropy
11
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
12
Seattle Foundation

Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grand Circle Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STOCKTON IMPACT CORPS: $39,500 · OtherSTOCKTON IMPACT CORPSClaremont McKenna College: $31,500 · OtherClaremont McKenna CollegeUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUND: $5,000 · OtherUSF: $5,000 · OtherSTOCKTON FOOD BANK: $4,000 · Other+13 more: $18,700 · Other+13 moreUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of Sou…MUJERES DE MAIZ OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,260 · EducationMUJERES DE MAIZ O…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalCREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 · InternationalRed Rabbit Enterprises: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterGOSPEL CENTER RESCUE MISSION INC: $4,500 · Housing & ShelterSTOCKTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $4,250 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureST MARY'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE UPLIFT ALL FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Human ServicesShowered With Love: $500 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK: $500 · Human Services
Other$103,700Education$26,260International$11,000Housing & Shelter$10,500Arts & Culture$6,250Food & Nutrition$5,000Human Services$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTOCKTON IMPACT CORPS: $39,500 over 8y, 22% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $31,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUJERES DE MAIZ OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,260 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRed Rabbit Enterprises: $6,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOSPEL CENTER RESCUE MISSION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTOCKTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $4,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UPLIFT ALL FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $2,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShowered With Love: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 STOCKTON IMPACT CORPS ↗
  • Who funds Claremont McKenna College ↗
  • Who funds University of South Florida Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUJERES DE MAIZ OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Red Rabbit Enterprises ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GOSPEL CENTER RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds STOCKTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UPLIFT ALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PBS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LITERARY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Showered With Love ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗

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.

The Cortopassi Family FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cortopassi Family Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Joseph and Judith H Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph and Judith H Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Joseph and Judith H Johnson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Joseph and Judith H Johnson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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