Illinois · Private foundation
William R 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.
- $268k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations William R Johnson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 29 | $268k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $283k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $248k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $231k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $175k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $122k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $116k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $128k | 5% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Did Foundation | $141,876 | 9 | 2% |
| Carmel Catholic High School | $90,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Joseph School | $84,500 | 7 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Academy | $83,500 | 9 | n/a |
| The Night Ministry | $77,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Fraternite Notre Dame Inc | $75,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Loyola Academy | $62,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Franciscan Outreach | $59,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Illinois Fire Safety Alliance | $58,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Omni Youth Services Incorporated | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Did Foundation | $141,876 | 9 | 2% |
| Carmel Catholic High School | $90,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Joseph School | $84,500 | 7 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Academy | $83,500 | 9 | n/a |
| The Night Ministry | $77,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Fraternite Notre Dame Inc | $75,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Loyola Academy | $62,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Franciscan Outreach | $59,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Illinois Fire Safety Alliance | $58,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Omni Youth Services Incorporated | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Toby Keith Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Wheeling Helping Hands | $30,285 | 6 | n/a |
| Nicasa Nfp | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Elca Outreach Center | $10,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Hunger Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cool Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Code Platoon Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Helping Paw Project Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Live 4 Lali Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Canines 4 Comfort | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Maristella | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Operation Helo Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharing Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Craftsman Cafe | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Skokie Police Benevolent Fund | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Y-Not Project Ltd | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lupus Research Alliance Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($678k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William R Johnson 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
Compare William R Johnson Family Foundation with peer funders
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About William R Johnson Family Foundation
- How much does William R Johnson Family Foundation give?
- William R Johnson Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $267,602 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William R Johnson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Education (22%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are William R Johnson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Danny Did Foundation ($142k), Carmel Catholic High School ($90k), St Joseph School ($85k).
- Does William R Johnson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William R Johnson 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 R Johnson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Motorola Solutions Foundation, Baxter International Foundation.
- Where is William R Johnson Family Foundation based?
- William R Johnson Family Foundation is based in IL.
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