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The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family 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.

$628k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 54
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationInternationalAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving12$628k58%
FY20248$234k50%
FY202312$678k50%
FY202218$1.1M39%
FY202121$848k43%
FY202022$601k41%
FY201846$628k30%
FY201754$609kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.9MReligion$1.7MHuman Services$470kHealth$255kPublic Safety & Disaster$106kPhilanthropy$87kAnimals$67kYouth Development$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$1,650,00070%
Minnesota Hillel$1,600,000425%
Temple Israel$100,0001n/a
Odd Man Inn Animal Refuge$65,00025%
Milwaukee Police Foundation Inc$54,0001n/a
Sholom Foundation$51,00023%
Saint Paul Police Foundation$50,00018%
Courage Coalition$50,0001n/a
E4e Relief LLC$50,00010%
Longleaf Animal Sanctuary$30,0001n/a
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All grantees of The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$1,650,00070%
Minnesota Hillel$1,600,000425%
Temple Israel$100,0001n/a
Odd Man Inn Animal Refuge$65,00025%
Milwaukee Police Foundation Inc$54,0001n/a
Sholom Foundation$51,00023%
Saint Paul Police Foundation$50,00018%
Courage Coalition$50,0001n/a
E4e Relief LLC$50,00010%
Longleaf Animal Sanctuary$30,0001n/a
The Breast Cancer Charities of America$25,00010%
Neighborhood House$20,00010%
Sha Arim Inc$20,00022%
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation$20,00025%
University of Dubuque$18,00020%
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas$15,00020%
Augustana University Association$15,00040%
Luther College$15,00020%
Bethel University$12,00020%
St Catherine University$12,00020%
Feeding America$12,00020%
Northern Michigan University$12,0002n/a
Simpson College$11,50020%
University of Jamestown$10,00020%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$10,00010%
The Cookie Cart$10,00010%
CHABAD STUDENT CENTER AT UofM$10,00011%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$10,00010%
Variety-The Childrens Charity of the United States$10,00024%
The Bridge for Youth$10,00010%
Gustavus Adolphus College$10,00020%
Children's Theatre Company and School$10,00010%
Boys Club of Napa Inc Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley$10,00020%
University of St Thomas$7,50040%
Concordia College Corporation$7,50020%
Six Points Theater$7,00031%
Second Harvest Heartland$5,67520%
The Sanneh Foundation$5,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,00010%
Kansas City Art Institute$5,00030%
Operation Gratitude Inc$5,00010%
Grand Canyon University$3,7502n/a
Yeshiva of Minneapolis$3,0002n/a
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library$3,00010%
Survivor Mitzvah Project$2,80020%
Teamwomenmn$2,50011%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$2,5001n/a
Textile Center of Minnesota$2,50010%
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota$2,50010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$2,00080%
Harold and Mickey Smith Jewish Academy$1,80010%
Torah Academy of Minneapolis$1,5002n/a
College of Saint Benedict$1,25010%
Cornell College$1,25010%
Pabs Packs$1,00010%
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$1,00010%
The Israel Project$1,00010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,00010%
Jewish Family Service of St Paul$1,00010%
Rebuilding Together - Twin Cities$1,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
Child Loss Foundation$50010%
Midwest Special Services Inc$50010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$50010%
Tubman$38510%
Hunters Harvest$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $1,650,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Hillel: $1,600,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetOdd Man Inn Animal Refuge: $65,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetSholom Foundation: $51,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSaint Paul Police Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetE4e Relief LLC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Charities of America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood House: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSha Arim Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMinnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetUniversity of Dubuque: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAugustana University Association: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLuther College: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBethel University: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Catherine University: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSimpson College: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Jamestown: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cookie Cart: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHABAD STUDENT CENTER AT UofM: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVariety-The Childrens Charity of the United States: $10,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetThe Bridge for Youth: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGustavus Adolphus College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys Club of Napa Inc Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConcordia College Corporation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSix Points Theater: $7,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $5,675 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sanneh Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City Art Institute: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Gratitude Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSurvivor Mitzvah Project: $2,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTeamwomenmn: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTextile Center of Minnesota: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHarold and Mickey Smith Jewish Academy: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Saint Benedict: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell College: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPabs Packs: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Israel Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.

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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 Minneapolis FoundationMN31.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mike & Linda Fiterman Family Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Marshall & Elaine Siegel Foundation · Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Otto Bremer Trust · Roger and Myra Greenberg Family Foundation · Daniel Spiegel Family Foundation co Paul Swanson · The Rum Fund

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.

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About The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation

How much does The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation give?
The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $628,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Religion (36%), Human Services (10%).
Who are The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Minnesota Foundation ($1.6M), Minnesota Hillel ($1.6M), Temple Israel ($100k).
Does The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family 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 Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mike & Linda Fiterman Family Foundation.
Where is The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation based?
The Lynn and Gloria Johnson Family Foundation is based in MN.

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 114 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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