California · Nonprofit
MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC
MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,114 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($41,914). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2019
- $168k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $90k
- Net assets
- $0
What Magic Johnson Foundation Inc does
Mission
To develop programs and support community-based organizations that address the educational, health and social needs of ethnically diverse, urban communities.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Program
Community empowerment centers (cecs):established in 2001 magic johnson foundation community empowerment centers (cecs) are the brick and mortar aspect of programming for mjf. Originally created as a solution to bridging the digital divide cecs now function as comprehensive one stop service centers that address the educational and empowerment needs of the entire family. In addition to technology hardware and software, cecs also provide access to programs that include literacy (reading, financial & health), entrepreneurship, workforce development and mentoring. Mjf currently has 11 fully equipped state of the art technology centers (8 in urban markets and 3 in the rural communities of south carolina. Our cecs are moving from the dependencies of place-based program and are leveraging web based programs and content to meet people where they are. Mjf is committed to harnessing the power of technology to educate and empower. To date we have served over 250,000 unduplicated users and awarded over $6 million dollars in hardware and software to community-based organizations.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $356k to $0 (−100%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $13k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
58% of MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $38k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC?
- MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,114 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($41,914). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $90,114 in grants to MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $41,914 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing