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Walter S Johnson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$588k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Youth Development$11MHuman Services$5.1MEducation$3.7MCrime & Legal$2.8MEmployment$1.2MHousing & Shelter$825kPhilanthropy$500kRecreation & Sports$490kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $162k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $3.7M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$75,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$132M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPECIAL PROJECT FUND DAF$588,000
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE IN EDUCATION$300,000
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PATHWAYS POOLED FUND$300,000
AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (FUND FOR EDUCATION SUCCESS)$250,000
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CA$225,000
IFOSTER$200,000
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$200,000
SCHOOL HOUSE CONNECTION$200,000
NEW WAYS TO WORK INC$200,000
JOHN BURTON ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH$170,000
MAKE IT HOME$150,000
CIVICORPS SCHOOLS$150,000
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE OF NV$150,000
FOSTER KINSHIP$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION$150,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%PRIDE INDUSTRIES: $160k → 6%ASPIRANET: $100k → 7%UNITY CARE GROUP: $150k → 8%ON THE MOVEVOICES: $300k → 9%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CA: $225k → 9%PARENTS BY CHOICE: $125k → 12%HUTTO RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 6%PRIDE INDUSTRIES: $120k → 6%ASPIRANET: $100k → 7%UNITY CARE GROUP: $50k → 8%ON THE MOVEVOICES: $200k → 9%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $150k → 9%PARENTS BY CHOICE: $100k → 12%THINK OF US: $100k → 14%THE PEARL GROUP: $10k → 12%ASPIRANET: $100k → 7%MAKE IT HOME: $150k → 8%ON THE MOVEVOICES: $200k → 9%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CA: $100k → 9%PARENTS BY CHOICE: $100k → 12%THINK OF US: $100k → 14%CHILDCARE RESOURCES: $10k → 12%ON THE MOVEVOICES: $100k → 9%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $40k → 9%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $10k → 12%EDDY HOUSE: $100k → 10%CHILD CARE LAW CENTER: $70k → 10%CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $10k → 12%THE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $200k → 9%CHILD CARE LAW CENTER: $70k → 10%THE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $100k → 9%FIRST FOCUS: $70k → 14%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $100k → 13%HELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $100k → 13%FOSTER KINSHIP: $150k → 13%CHILDREN NOW: $100k → 10%FOSTER KINSHIP: $150k → 13%CHILDREN NOW: $100k → 10%FOSTER KINSHIP: $100k → 13%CHILDREN NOW: $100k → 10%FIRST STAR INC: $100k → 14%FIRST STAR INC: $100k → 14%A HOME WITHIN: $100k → 10%A HOME WITHIN: $100k → 10%ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY: $75k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $250k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $150k → 10%FOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS: $100k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
WA
IL
NY
OR
NV
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$23M · 68 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +16% for the ones you funded once.

68 repeat relationships — 34 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

68
37

Total granted

$23M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+16%

Still filing today

78%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthCrime & LegalCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +244%
  • OT
    ON THE MOVE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $800k · revenue +14%
  • NW
    NEW WAYS TO WORK INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $800k · revenue ×12 · 68% of their budget

Funded once

  • University of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2021 · $280k · revenue +34%
  • EB
    EAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +6%
  • JB
    JOHN BURTON ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH - CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PATHWAYS POOLED FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $200k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
2
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal
5
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
6
Advokids

Protecting and promoting the right of every child in foster care in California to safety, security, and a permanent home. Teaching others how to advocate for safety, security, and permanency for children in foster care.

Unclassified
7
Child Advocates of Contra Costa County

The court appointed special advocates (casa) program recruits, trains, and supports volunteer advocates to support abused and neglected children during the court process, to help every child find a permanent home and complete their…

Civil Rights
8
Family Care Network Inc

The mission of the Family Care Network is to enhance the wellbeing of children, adults, and families in partnership with our community.

—
9
Family Violence Law Center

FVLC helps diverse communities in Alameda County heal from domestic violence and sexual assault, advocating for justice and healthy relationships. We provide survivor-centered legal and crisis intervention services, offer prevention for…

Crime & Legal
10
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network

To advance and advocate for an equitable early childhood support system for all California families by working at the intersection of research, programs, and policy in partnership with member Child Care Resource & Referral agencies (R&Rs)…

Human Services
11
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
12
East Bay Agency for Children

For more than 70 years, East Bay Agency for Children continues to improve the well-being of children, youth and families by reducing the impact of trauma and social inequalities.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest and the most unlike its peers is Parents By Choice Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Social ServicesLgbtq+ Community SupportPolicy Research and AdvocacySenior Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Christian Youth CampsSchool District FoundationsPregnancy Support ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsDomestic Violence ServicesMilitary Veterans SupportHealth Access Advocacy and …Youth Development CentersAnimal Rescue and ShelterEnvironmental Conservation …Youth Development ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Community FoundationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%1%<5yr15%12%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr17%28%20–35yr11%23%35–55yr13%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%1%<5yr15%9%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr11%17%35–55yr13%14%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/94
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,884

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

91 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 124 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/91
Grantees still filing
68/91
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SPECIAL PROJECT FUND DAF — $3,602,000 · OtherSPECIAL PROJECT FUND DAFBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION — $900,000 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNEW WAYS TO WORK INC — $800,000 · OtherNEW WAYS TO WORK INCAMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE IN EDUCATION — $720,000 · OtherAMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE IN EDUCATIONCALIFORNIA COLLEGE PATHWAYS - GREATER HORIZONS — $600,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO — $450,000 · OtherAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc — $500,000 · Other+57 more — $5,770,000 · Other+57 moreON THE MOVE — $800,000 · Human ServicesON THE MOVEiFoster Inc — $650,000 · Human ServicesiFoster IncLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — $515,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES O…BEYOND EMANCIPATION — $400,000 · Human ServicesBEYOND EMANCIPATIONFOSTER KINSHIP — $400,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER KINSHIPFOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS — $340,000 · Human ServicesPARENTS BY CHOICE INC — $325,000 · Human ServicesTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY — $300,000 · Human ServicesASPIRANET — $300,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN NOW — $300,000 · Human ServicesPRIDE Industries — $280,000 · Human Services+16 more — $1,820,000 · Human Services+16 moreFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES — $1,080,000 · EducationFOUNDATION F…UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION — $600,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…SCHOOLHOUSE CONNECTION — $400,000 · EducationSCHOOLHOUSE …University of Chicago — $280,000 · EducationUniversity o…TRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $225,000 · EducationTRUCKEE MEAD…Life Learning Academy — $200,000 · EducationLife Learnin…+7 more — $320,000 · Education+7 moreJohn Burton Advocates for Youth — $1,700,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE — $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE INC — $250,000 · Crime & LegalYOUTH LAW CENTER — $240,000 · Crime & LegalEAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC — $200,000 · Crime & LegalLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley — $200,000 · Crime & LegalWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc — $100,000 · Crime & LegalEAST BAY COMMUNITY LAW CENTER — $75,000 · Crime & LegalCALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION — $400,000 · Civil RightsLEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $300,000 · Civil Rights+1 more — $5,000 · Civil RightsCalifornia Alliance of Caregivers — $240,000 · HealthSide By Side — $200,000 · HealthYOUTH FORWARD — $100,000 · HealthOLIVE CREST — $75,000 · HealthKID IN THE CORNER — $30,000 · Health+4 more — $50,000 · Health
Other$13,342,000Human Services$6,430,000Education$3,105,000Youth Development$1,780,000Crime & Legal$1,065,000Civil Rights$705,000Health$695,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJohn Burton Advocates for Youth — $1,700,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES — $1,080,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetON THE MOVE — $800,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetNEW WAYS TO WORK INC — $800,000 over 4y, 68% of budgetiFoster Inc — $650,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION — $600,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — $515,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc — $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE — $400,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetBEYOND EMANCIPATION — $400,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetFOSTER KINSHIP — $400,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION — $400,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetSCHOOLHOUSE CONNECTION — $400,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — $350,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetFOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS — $340,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetPARENTS BY CHOICE INC — $325,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY — $300,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetASPIRANET — $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $300,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN NOW — $300,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPRIDE Industries — $280,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $280,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE INC — $250,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCalifornia Alliance of Caregivers — $240,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetYOUTH LAW CENTER — $240,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetNational Center for Youth Law — $225,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $225,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetJUMA VENTURES INC — $220,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSide By Side — $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFIRST STAR INC — $200,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetEAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC — $200,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley — $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust — $200,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHINK OF US — $200,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE UNITY CARE GROUP — $200,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetSOAR For Youth — $200,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetA HOME WITHIN INC — $200,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetLife Learning Academy — $200,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetContra Costa Interfaith Transitional Housing Inc — $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLegal Aid Association of California — $150,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMAKE IT HOME - BAY AREA — $150,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetChild Care Law Center — $140,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetBAY AREA LEGAL AID — $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH FORWARD — $100,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetEducational Results Partnership — $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSENECA FAMILY OF AGENCIES — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds John Burton Advocates for Youth ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds ON THE MOVE ↗
  • Who funds NEW WAYS TO WORK INC ↗
  • Who funds iFoster Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE RISE ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND EMANCIPATION ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER KINSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOLHOUSE CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds PARENTS BY CHOICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ASPIRANET ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN NOW ↗
  • Who funds PRIDE Industries ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds California Alliance of Caregivers ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds National Center for Youth Law ↗
  • Who funds TRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUMA VENTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds Side By Side ↗
  • Who funds FIRST STAR INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater HorizonsTipping Point Communi…Bernard E & Alba Witk…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Community InitiativesEast Bay Community Fo…The California Wellne…Conrad N Hilton Found…The San Francisco Fou…John Burton Advocates…The James Irvine Foun…Jewish Community Fede…
Greater HorizonsMO37.9× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Horizons · Tipping Point Community · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Community Initiatives · East Bay Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · John Burton Advocates for Youth · The James Irvine Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Walter S Johnson Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Corvallis Homeless Shelter Coalition — 11% of income from government
  • Guardians for New Futures Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Linn-Benton Community College Foundation — 0% of income from government
  • Pasco Education Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Educate Tomorrow Corp — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
37report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Walter S Johnson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Walter S Johnson 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 124 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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