Texas · Private foundation
Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $323k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $184,685
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $323k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $290k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $290k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $293k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $241k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $232k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $224k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $215k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newgate United Methodist Mission of Longview Inc | $249,516 | 9 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Foundation Inc | $57,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Longview Museum of Fine Arts | $38,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Presbyterian Camps at Gilmont Inc | $30,300 | 4 | 1% |
| Longview 2020 Forum | $27,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Womens Center of East Texas Inc | $24,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Longview United Way Inc | $24,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Preservation Longview | $20,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Martin House Childrens Advocacy Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Troop 201 Alumni Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newgate United Methodist Mission of Longview Inc | $249,516 | 9 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Foundation Inc | $57,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Longview Museum of Fine Arts | $38,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Presbyterian Camps at Gilmont Inc | $30,300 | 4 | 1% |
| Longview 2020 Forum | $27,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Womens Center of East Texas Inc | $24,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Longview United Way Inc | $24,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Preservation Longview | $20,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Martin House Childrens Advocacy Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Troop 201 Alumni Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Longview Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Arts Longview | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| East Texas Literacy Council | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Northeast Texas Habitat for Humanity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gregg County Historical Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| East Texas Orphan Care Network Inc Dba the Fostering Collective | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| East Texas Baptist University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Rosa May Griffin Foundation · The Crain Foundation · East Texas Communities Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Patsy B Hollandsworth Family Foundation · Greater Longview United Way Inc · Eastman Credit Union · Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation with peer funders
About Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation
- How much does Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation give?
- Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $323,010 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (76%), Arts & Culture (4%), Housing & Shelter (3%).
- Who are Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Newgate United Methodist Mission of Longview Inc ($250k), Good Shepherd Foundation Inc ($58k), Longview Museum of Fine Arts ($39k).
- Does Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rosa May Griffin Foundation, The Crain Foundation, East Texas Communities Foundation.
- Where is Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation based?
- Wece B and Martha a Johnson Foundation is based in TX.
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