Funding search · EIN 856607033 · Nashville, TN

Milton and Denice Johnson Family

Name: Milton and Denice Johnson Family grants, 2022–2025
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.

213
grants reported: $7.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

capital campaign community mobile endowment metropolitan mnps nashville

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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.

Top recipients

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

Woodmont Christian Church5 grants · $3.1M
Pencil4 grants · $520,000
Harding Academy2 grants · $500,000
Abe'S Garden4 grants · $400,000
Second Harvest Food Bank4 grants · $325,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee6 grants · $185,000
On the Avenue Foundation3 grants · $150,000
Teach for America3 grants · $150,000
United for Hope4 grants · $140,000
Creativets1 grant · $125,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.4M

2024

$3.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 213 grants.

$2.5M
Woodmont Christian Church · Nashville, TN · 2025
Capital campaign
$250,000
Pencil · Nashville, TN · 2025
Reimagining community spaces in mnps
$250,000
Pencil · Nashville, TN · 2024
Reimagining community spaces in mnps
$250,000
Harding Academy · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capital campaign
$250,000
Harding Academy · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$175,000
Woodmont Christian Church · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$175,000
Woodmont Christian Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$150,000
Woodmont Christian Church · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$150,000
Woodmont Christian Church · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$125,000
Creativets · Nashville, TN · 2025
Capital campaign
$100,000
Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2025
Capital campaign
$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2025
Support for the mobile program and operations
$100,000
Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital campaign
$100,000
Family and Children'S Services · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital support
$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for the mobile program and operations
$100,000
Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capital campaign
$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2023
1/2 for operational support, 1/2 for mobile program
$100,000
Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$100,000
Nashville Rescue Mission · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$50,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$50,000
On the Avenue Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$50,000
Teach for America · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Operational support
$50,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Metropolitan nashville police support fund
$50,000
On the Avenue Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Teach for America · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
American Cancer Society - Tn · Nashville, TN · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Metropolitan nashville police support fund
$50,000
On the Avenue Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$50,000
Teach for America · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Operational support
$50,000
Tennessee Golf Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2023
Warner park golf course improvements
$50,000
American Cancer Society - Tn · Nashville, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$50,000
Tennessee Golf Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$40,000
United for Hope · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$40,000
United for Hope · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$40,000
United for Hope · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$30,000
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$30,000
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Centennial Park Conservancy · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Communities in Schools of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Musicians On Call · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Nashville Symphony · Nasvhille, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Oz Arts · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Transformation Life Center · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$25,000
Adoption Project · Eagleville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Communities in Schools of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Greenways for Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Musicians On Call · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support in honor of 25th anniversary
$25,000
Nashville Symphony · Nasvhille, TN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Scholarship endowment
$25,000
Transformation Life Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Adoption Project · Eagleville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Greenways for Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Make a Wish Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Matching gift for compete for purpose
$25,000
Musicians On Call · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Nashville Symphony · Nasvhille, TN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scholarship endowment
$25,000
Transformation Life Center · Hermitage, TN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Greenways for Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Musicians On Call · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Nashville Symphony · Nasvhille, TN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Transformation Life Center · Hermitage, TN · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
United for Hope · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$15,000
Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Interfaith Dental · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$15,000
Interfaith Dental · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$15,000
Interfaith Dental · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational support
$10,000
Alive Hospice · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
American Red Cross of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Greenways for Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Jobs for Tennessee Graduates · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Make a Wish Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
March of Dimes Middle Tn Chapter · Hermitage, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Nashville Food Project · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Oasis Center · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Pencil · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Siloam Health · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Thistle Farms · Nashville, TN · 2025
Operational support
$10,000
Alive Hospice · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
American Red Cross of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
$10,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Voices for a safer tennessee community education fund
$10,000
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support

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