Tennessee · Private foundation
Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,985,535
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $6.5M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $6.3M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $7.5M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $8.5M | 42% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $7.6M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $2.3M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $1.8M | 67% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $3.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the Bible | $26,421,818 | 7 | 16% |
| Brentwood Baptist Church | $8,192,333 | 7 | n/a |
| Engage Your Destiny | $2,200,000 | 4 | 30% |
| Hope Smiles | $1,314,017 | 8 | 31% |
| South Dakota State University | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Brett Boyer Foundation Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 18% |
| Leaven Inc | $547,215 | 6 | n/a |
| NRA Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 4 | 0% |
| E3 Partners Ministry | $425,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the Bible | $26,421,818 | 7 | 16% |
| Brentwood Baptist Church | $8,192,333 | 7 | n/a |
| Engage Your Destiny | $2,200,000 | 4 | 30% |
| Hope Smiles | $1,314,017 | 8 | 31% |
| South Dakota State University | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Brett Boyer Foundation Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 18% |
| Leaven Inc | $547,215 | 6 | n/a |
| NRA Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 4 | 0% |
| E3 Partners Ministry | $425,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Modern Widows Club Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 14% |
| The Blexit Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rolling Hills Community Church Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Seed Company Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpha Clinics | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Faithfully Restored | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| West Nashville Dream Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| People Loving Nashville | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rocketown of Middle Tennessee | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Williamson County Child Advocacy Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Sheriffs Association | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Franklin Firefighters Association | $270 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: Adair Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Nashville Predators Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Greater Horizons · Christian Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation
- How much does Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation give?
- Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $6,507,770 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (86%), Human Services (4%), Health (3%).
- Who are Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Museum of the Bible ($26M), Brentwood Baptist Church ($8.2M), Engage Your Destiny ($2.2M).
- Does Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Willis and Reba Johnson's 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 Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Adair Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation based?
- Willis and Reba Johnson's Foundation is based in TN.
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