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Violet M Johnson Family Foundation at a glance

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Violet M 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.6MHealth$1.3MEducation$1.2MHuman Services$1.2MCrime & Legal$500kReligion$355kInternational$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $650k
$200,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FEEDING SAN DIEGO$400,000
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$250,000
CLEARWATER CAMP FOUNDATION$225,000
HOPE HOUSE COLORADO$205,000
SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION$200,000
RADY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$150,000
NOURISH MEALS ON WHEELS$126,000
CASA OF SAN MATEO COUNTY$100,000
BE THE GIFT INC$75,000
DONORSCHOOSE$20,000
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 (FY20–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Hope House Colorado: $350k → 7%Dress For Success Phoenix: $30k → 11%Hope House Colorado: $300k → 7%HOPE HOUSE COLORADO: $205k → 7%Hope House Colorado: $200k → 7%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
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
CO
AZ
AR
TX
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 12 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$6.8M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+24%

Still filing today

83%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CC
    Clearwater Camp Foundation Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +24% · 29% of their budget
  • HH
    HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +18%
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2025 · $750k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • VR
    VARIOUS RECIPIENTS
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M
  • BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue +24%
  • FB
    FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
3
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Honorhealth

Honorhealth's mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.

Health
6
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
7
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
8
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
9
Children's Hospital Colorado

To improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
10
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
11
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
12
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Humble Design 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS RECIPIENTS: $1,050,000 · OtherVARIOUS RECIPIENTSRady Children Hospital Foundation: $350,000 · OtherRady Children Hospital Found…FELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $150,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP BIBLE CHURCH OF N…SAMARITAN HOUSE: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherBE THE GIFT INCORPORATED: $205,000 · OtherBE THE GIFT INCORPORATEDRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $150,000 · OtherRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOU…+5 more: $195,000 · Other+5 moreClearwater Camp Foundation Inc: $1,565,000 · Recreation & SportsClearwater Camp Fou…NOURISH MEALS ON WHEELS: $776,000 · Food & NutritionNOURISH MEALS ON W…FEEDING SAN DIEGO: $700,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SAN DIEGONORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $750,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIV…BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITYFood For Thought Denver: $200,000 · EducationFood For Thought …DONORSCHOOSEORG: $125,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1,055,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF…+1 more: $30,000 · Human ServicesSCRIPPS HEALTH: $550,000 · HealthSCRIPPS H…Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $100,000 · HealthPhoenix C…BREAST CANCER SOLUTIONS: $50,000 · HealthBREAST CA…Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $50,000 · HealthChildren'…CASA of San Mateo County: $500,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,300,000Recreation & Sports$1,565,000Food & Nutrition$1,476,000Education$1,375,000Human Services$1,085,000Health$750,000Crime & Legal$500,000

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 budgetClearwater Camp Foundation Inc: $1,565,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1,055,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetNOURISH MEALS ON WHEELS: $776,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $750,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $700,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $550,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCASA of San Mateo County: $500,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBE THE GIFT INCORPORATED: $205,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetFood For Thought Denver: $200,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBREAST CANCER SOLUTIONS: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGRACEFULL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Violet M Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Violet M Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Violet M 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 26 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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