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The Weldon H Johnson Family Foundation at a glance

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The Weldon H Johnson Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$390k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$196k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$385kArts & Culture$105kMembership Benefit$104kReligion$100kYouth Development$30kHuman Services$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kRecreation & Sports$755Other$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $755
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $389k
$104,310
Median grant
1
States reached
$858k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEE SCOTT ACADEMY$195,651
AUBURN UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION$104,310
AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$89,369
TIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION$755
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%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

IL
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
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.

23%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166k · 4 repeat orgs$563k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$166k
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+86%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $390k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $105k · revenue +51%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA GREG JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP
    3× · 2018–2021 · $40k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • TT
    THE TUSKEGEE NEXT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +86%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
Auburn Alumni Association

The auburn alumni association is dedicated to enhancing the engagement and connnection of all auburn university alumni and friends.

Education
2
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
3
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation

To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…

Education
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
Auburn Foundation
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6
University of Florida Alumni Association Inc

The mission of the university of florida alumni association, inc. ("association") is to exclusively support and enhance the mission of the university of florida ("university") of pursuing "excellence in education and research and shaping a…

Education
7
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
8
Augusta University Research Institute Inc

Augusta university research institute, inc. (the "institute") was incorporated under the laws of the state of georgia as a nonprofit corporation on july 31, 1980. the institute qualified as a tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3)…

Education
9
Arkansas State University System Foundation Inc

The primary purpose of the arkansas state university system foundation, inc. (the foundation) is to receive, solicit, accept and hold, administer, invest and disburse any and every kind of property for such education, scientific, literary,…

Education
10
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University

The asu foundation for a new american university is a private, nonprofit organization that raises and manages private contributions to support the work of arizona state university.

Education
11
Lsu Foundation

The lsu foundation cultivates and invests in philanthropic partnerships to support and advance lsu's academic priorities.

Education
12
University Athletic Association Inc

Provide a championship experience with integrity on and off the field for student-athletes and the gator nation.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tigers Unlimited Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

10 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. 10 of the 18 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEE SCOTT ACADEMY INC: $195,651 · OtherLEE SCOTT ACADEMY INCAUBURN UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $104,310 · OtherAUBURN UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONST MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH: $100,340 · OtherST MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCHUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA GREG JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP: $39,677 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA GREG JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIPUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $19,981 · Other+3 more: $20,500 · OtherROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $105,269 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUF…AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $89,369 · EducationAUBURN UNIVER…THE TUSKEGEE NEXT FOUNDATION: $30,215 · Youth DevelopmentJunior League of Auburn-Opelika Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 · Human ServicesTIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $755 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $500 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 · ReligionUnited Cajun Navy: $500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$500,459Arts & Culture$105,269Education$89,369Youth Development$30,215Human Services$1,500Philanthropy$1,255Religion$500Public Safety & Disaster$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEE SCOTT ACADEMY INC: $195,651 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $105,269 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $89,369 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TUSKEGEE NEXT FOUNDATION: $30,215 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetJunior League of Auburn-Opelika Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTIGERS UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $755 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Cajun Navy: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Weldon H Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Weldon H Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Weldon 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 18 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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