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Edward C Johnson Fund

Name: Edward C Johnson Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

103
grants reported: $64.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $250,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

land preservation acquisition endowment building construction care property

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

22 grants matching “acquisition” · $6.0M

$1.5M
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$400,000
Great Works Regional Land Trust · Ogunquit, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$350,000
Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$200,000
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust · Conway, NH · 2024
Land / building acquisition
$200,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Land / building acquisition
$170,000
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust · Bath, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$150,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Essex County Greenbelt Association · Essex, MA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$1.3M
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$300,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$200,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$175,000
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$110,000
Stowe Land Trust · Stowe, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangeley, ME · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust · Conway, NH · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Stowe Land Trust · Stowe, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Maine Mountain Collaborative · Portland, ME · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$50,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Camp Beech Cliff4 grants · $5.8M
Mass General Brigham Incorporated3 grants · $5.2M
San Francisco Zen Center1 grant · $5.0M
Massachusetts Audubon Society3 grants · $4.6M
Tinker Island Foundation4 grants · $4.3M
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest Or Natural Beauty4 grants · $3.3M
Mount Desert Island Hospital1 grant · $3.0M
American Academy of Arts and Sciences1 grant · $2.5M
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations2 grants · $2.5M
Harbor House Community Service Center1 grant · $2.5M

Giving over time

$26.5M

2022

$22.0M

2023

$16.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

$5.0M
Camp Beech Cliff · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
Endowment
$5.0M
San Francisco Zen Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Endowment
$3.0M
Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
Campaign / fundraising
$2.5M
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Land for preservation
$2.5M
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Endowment
$2.5M
Harbor House Community Service Center · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2022
Endowment
$2.5M
Mass General Brigham Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2022
Endowment
$2.5M
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest Or Natural Beauty · 2022
Endowment
$2.4M
Mass General Brigham Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2023
Endowment
$2.2M
Tinker Island Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating/annual support
$1.5M
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$1.5M
Revolutionary Spaces · Boston, MA · 2024
Operations support
$1.5M
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
New construction
$1.5M
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Endowment
$1.3M
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023
Land for preservation
$1.3M
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$1.0M
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Endowment
$1.0M
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Discovery research (science)
$1.0M
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
Property care; buildings; renovation
$1.0M
Tinker Island Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating / annual support
$1.0M
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations · Ellsworth, ME · 2022
Endowment
$827,500
Tinker Island Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating / annual support
$750,000
Land Trust Alliance Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
Program development / evaluation
$650,000
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Endowment
$600,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Land for preservation
$575,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Program development / evaluation
$570,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
Construction
$500,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Construction
$500,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Program development / evaluation
$500,000
Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2024
Data collection & storage
$500,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program development / evaluation
$500,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2024
Property care; buildings; construction
$500,000
Kestrel Land Trust · Amherst, MA · 2023
Land for preservation
$500,000
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve · Seal Harbor, ME · 2023
Campaign / fundraising
$495,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Program development / evaluation
$475,000
Louisburg Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Operating
$460,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Construction
$400,000
Great Works Regional Land Trust · Ogunquit, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$400,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program development / evaluation
$400,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Land for preservation
$350,000
Island Heritage Trust · Deer Isle, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$345,070
Mass General Brigham Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2023
Endowment
$300,000
Connecticut River Conservancy · Greenfield, MA · 2024
New construction
$300,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
Property care; buildings; construction
$300,000
Nantucket Atheneum · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Endowment
$300,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Land for preservation
$300,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$287,500
Louisburg Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating/annual support
$278,200
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest Or Natural Beauty · 2024
Endowment
$250,500
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest Or Natural Beauty · 2023
Endowment
$250,000
Camp Beech Cliff · Mount Desert, ME · 2024
Endowment
$250,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Durham, NC · 2024
General operating / annual support
$250,000
Neponset River Watershed Association · Canton, MA · 2024
Planning
$250,000
World Ocean School · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating / annual support
$250,000
Barnstable Land Trust · West Barnstable, MA · 2023
Land for preservation
$250,000
Camp Beech Cliff · Mount Desert, ME · 2023
Operating support
$250,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating / annual support
$250,000
Camp Beech Cliff · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
Endowment
$250,000
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Property care; buildings; renovation
$250,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Durham, NC · 2022
General operating/annual support
$250,000
Tinker Island Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating/annual support
$225,000
Manomet · Manomet, MA · 2023
Data collection & storage
$224,000
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest Or Natural Beauty · 2022
Endowment
$200,000
Nashua River Watershed Association · Groton, MA · 2024
Construction
$200,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Land / building acquisition
$200,000
Old North Foundation of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Technology & equipment
$200,000
Stowe Land Trust · Stowe, VT · 2024
Operations support
$200,000
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust · Conway, NH · 2024
Land / building acquisition
$200,000
Midcoast Conservancy · Edgecomb, ME · 2023
Land for preservation
$200,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$200,000
Royal River Conservation Trust · Yarmouth, ME · 2023
Land for preservation
$200,000
Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Installations (arts & culture)
$200,000
Island Housing Trust · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
New construction
$175,000
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$170,000
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust · Bath, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$150,000
Coastal Mountains Land Trust · Camden, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$150,000
Frenchman Bay Conservancy · Hancock, ME · 2024
Planning
$150,000
Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections · Dover, MA · 2024
Property care; buildings; historic preservation
$125,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
R&d / innovation / pilots
$110,000
Stowe Land Trust · Stowe, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Property care; buildings; renovation
$100,000
Essex County Greenbelt Association · Essex, MA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Installations (arts & culture)
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Acquisition for preservation
$100,000
Maine Mountain Collaborative · Portland, ME · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangeley, ME · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Stowe Land Trust · Stowe, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust · Conway, NH · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$100,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Land for preservation
$95,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
Land for preservation
$90,000
Esplanade Association · Boston, MA · 2023
Strategic planning
$85,000
Opacum Land Trust · Brimfield, MA · 2023
Land for preservation
$63,000
Georges River Land Trust · Rockland, ME · 2023
Land for preservation
$50,000
Blue Hill Heritage Trust · Blue Hill, ME · 2023
Land for preservation
$50,000
Essex County Greenbelt Association · Essex, MA · 2023
Land for preservation
$50,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Land / building acquisition
$40,000
Blue Hill Heritage Trust · Blue Hill, ME · 2023
Land for preservation

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