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The Willard Tc Johnson Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Willard Tc Johnson Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$11MEnvironment$7.2MEducation$3.9MRecreation & Sports$2.7MArts & Culture$2.0MYouth Development$208kFood & Nutrition$110kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $350k
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.8M
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC$1,160,000
GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE$1,000,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$500,000
PRINCETON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$300,000
DEERFIELD ACADEMY$300,000
10000 BRAINS NEURO AI INC$250,000
CENTER AT 353$250,000
THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE$100,000
BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC$100,000
THE PEREGRINE FUND$50,000
THE RWJ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
OTHRONATIONS$50,000
PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK$10,000
PLACE OF HOPE$10,000
ST PETERS ORPHANAGE$10,000
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 (FY22–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ARM IN ARM: $10k → 11%TRINITY COUNSELING SERVICES: $500k → 11%TRINITY COUNSELING SERVICE: $370k → 11%CENTER AT 353: $250k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $10k → 11%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

ID
MT
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 16 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
15

Total granted

$24M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+36%

Still filing today

94%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TJ
    The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $4.2M · revenue +81% · 65% of their budget
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +76%
  • SA
    SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $255k · revenue 0%
  • NY
    NEW YORK JETS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $244k · revenue +75%
  • GO
    GREAT OAKS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +123%
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
3
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

Rockefeller philanthropy advisors aims to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world

Philanthropy
4
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
5
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
6
The Princeton Festival a Nj Non-Profit Corporation

To enrich the communities we serve through a multi-dimensional, world-class performing arts summer festival. We create programs that excite, inform, inspire, and invite discovery and engagement as we aspire to become a nationally…

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7
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
8
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
9
Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc

Caramoor's mission is to enrich the lives of audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality, mentor young professional musicians, and engage children through interactive educational experiences that…

Arts & Culture
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
Princeton Ballet Society

Princeton ballet society's mission is to nurture a lifelong love of dance and lift the collective spirit through excellent, relevant, and accessible artistic and educational programs, with a focus on classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Success Academy Charter Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development 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

31 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. 31 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
19/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN NEW JERSEY: $6,084,136 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN NEW JERS…THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC: $750,000 · OtherTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC+16 more: $1,526,368 · Other+16 moreLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $5,610,000 · HealthLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE …10000 BRAINS NEURO AI INC: $250,000 · Health+2 more: $150,000 · HealthThe Johnson Center for Child Health & Development Inc: $4,200,000 · Public Safety & DisasterThe Johnson Cente…SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $2,000,000 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY…MIDDLESEX COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $900,000 · EducationMIDDLESEX COLLE…TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $600,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF DEE…Princeton-Blairstown Center Inc: $187,550 · EducationCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,338,350 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL P…GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & CulturePrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $300,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $255,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC MORVEN INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $86,318 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER AT 353 INC: $1,120,000 · Human Services+2 more: $30,000 · Human Services
Other$8,360,504Health$6,010,000Public Safety & Disaster$4,200,000Education$3,687,550Recreation & Sports$2,338,350Arts & Culture$1,781,318Human Services$1,150,000

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 budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $5,610,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetThe Johnson Center for Child Health & Development Inc: $4,200,000 over 7y, 65% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,338,350 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER AT 353 INC: $1,120,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetMIDDLESEX COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $900,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC: $750,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY: $600,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $255,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget10000 BRAINS NEURO AI INC: $250,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetNEW YORK JETS FOUNDATION INC: $243,868 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREAT OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPrinceton-Blairstown Center Inc: $187,550 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RWJ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHISTORIC MORVEN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $86,318 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetORTHONATIONS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUrban Youth Impact Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWYORKREP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PETERS ORPHANAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetARM IN ARM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Bristol-Myers Squibb …Princeton Area Commun…Curtis W McGraw Found…The Robert Wood Johns…Citizens Philanthropi…Investors Foundation …The Frank J Ryan and …George H and Estelle …The Provident Bank Fo…Oceanfirst FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…Community Foundation …
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation IncNJ27.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey

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 Willard Tc Johnson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Willard Tc Johnson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Arm in Arm Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Watershed Institute Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Grounds for Sculpture Inc: 1% of income from government
  • St Peters Orphanage Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of New Jersey Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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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.

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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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