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Tracy and Greg Johnson Foundation Inc at a glance

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Tracy and Greg Johnson Foundation Inc

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$2.4MHousing & Shelter$1.2MRecreation & Sports$515kPhilanthropy$497kArts & Culture$491kCommunity Improvement$300kHealth$264kReligion$123kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $813k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 94% of reported assets are held in Of Franklin Resources Inc Ben.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN$300,000
GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND$130,000
ASCENSION ST VINCENT FOUNDATION$108,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$100,000
THE KELSEY$100,000
US OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FDN$75,000
HIGHER GROUND SUN VALLEY$50,000
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER ED$50,000
ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY$50,000
UCSF BENIOFF CHILDRENS HOSPITALS FOUNDATION$50,000
ACCESS UNLIMITED INC$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WESTERN FOUNDATION$50,000
SAN MATEO POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE$25,000
SUN VALLEY SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL$25,000
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%PEDAL THECAUSE: $5k → 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
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
DC
GA
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.
$5.4M · 34 repeat orgs$678k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
15

Total granted

$5.4M
$380k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

82%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $298k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • GC
    GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $412k · revenue +88%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $350k · revenue +4%
  • US
    UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2025 · $225k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • HI
    HOOVER INSTITUTION
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
2
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
3
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
4
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
5
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
6
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
7
Ucsf Health Medical Foundation

See schedule othe mission of ucsf health medical foundation is threefold: 1) to establish, operate and maintain medical clinics for the provision of healthcare services in california; 2) to promote health by providing, coordinating,…

Health
8
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
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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11
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
12
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn; the most unlike its peers is Wender Weis Foundation for Children. 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

44 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. 44 of the 63 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
31/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $1,700,032 · EducationJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INCTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND ST…THE UNIV OF MONTANA-WESTERN FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Education+4 more: $133,500 · Education+4 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LELAND STA: $300,000 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LE…US OLYMPIC PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherUS OLYMPIC PARALYMPIC FOUND…ASCENSION ST VINCENT FOUNDATION: $108,000 · OtherASCENSION ST VINCENT FOUNDA…HOOVER INSTITUTION: $100,044 · OtherHOOVER INSTITUTIONFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: $100,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE I…Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER ED: $75,000 · OtherAccess Unlimited Inc: $65,000 · OtherPEDAL THE CAUSE TEAM KYLE: $55,000 · Other+29 more: $504,500 · Other+29 moreKELSEY: $1,200,000 · Housing & ShelterKELSEYGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $411,800 · PhilanthropyGIANTS CO…SAN FRANCISCO FIRST TEE: $75,000 · PhilanthropySAN FRANC…+3 more: $22,500 · PhilanthropySAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $350,000 · Arts & CultureSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET SUN VALLEY INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCarmel Ideas Foundation: $26,250 · Arts & CultureUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $225,000 · Recreation & SportsHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $65,000 · Recreation & SportsOCEAN EXPLORATION TRUST INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $17,500 · EnvironmentTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentHILLSBOROUGH BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EnvironmentMONTANA LAND RELIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentRUBY HABITAT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Environment
Education$2,133,532Other$1,557,544Housing & Shelter$1,200,000Philanthropy$509,300Arts & Culture$481,250Recreation & Sports$290,000Environment$148,000

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 budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $1,700,032 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetKELSEY: $1,200,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $411,800 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $350,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN EXPLORATION TRUST INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIV OF MONTANA-WESTERN FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FIRST TEE: $75,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $65,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAccess Unlimited Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $62,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Mateo Police Activities League Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetHRJ CHARITIES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetBALLET SUN VALLEY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCarmel Ideas Foundation: $26,250 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Community's Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSBOROUGH BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSILVER CREEK ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMONTANA LAND RELIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDillon Jaycees: $7,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUBY HABITAT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetShark Shootout Charities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LUKE'S WOOD RIVER FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALS CURE PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR PARTNERSHIP SYSTEMS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWENDER WEIS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING: $1,000 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.

Jenny Johnson Family …Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Ginn Family FoundationThe Bessemer Giving F…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Jenny Johnson Family Foundation IncNY20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jenny Johnson Family Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ginn Family Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Ocean Exploration Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Tracy and Greg Johnson Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Tracy and Greg Johnson Foundation Inc 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 63 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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