Michigan · Private foundation
William and Janet Johnston 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.
- $184k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 12 | $184k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $170k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $159k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $161k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $172k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $133k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $155k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $168,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lacasa | $161,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Michigan Inc | $134,000 | 8 | 23% |
| Mercy High School | $119,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Schoolcraft College | $78,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $6,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Bridging the Gap for the Elderly | $2,400 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $168,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lacasa | $161,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Michigan Inc | $134,000 | 8 | 23% |
| Mercy High School | $119,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Schoolcraft College | $78,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $6,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Bridging the Gap for the Elderly | $2,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Make A Difference Rescue Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($463k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
Compare William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation with peer funders
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About William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation
- How much does William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation give?
- William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $184,305 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Human Services (33%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Semper Fi & America's Fund ($168k), Lacasa ($161k), Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc ($140k).
- Does William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation based?
- William and Janet Johnston Family Foundation is based in MI.
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