Funding search · EIN 954438839 · Los Angeles, CA

Carl W Johnson Foundation

Name: Carl W Johnson Foundation 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.

50
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $22,500
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

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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.

New Directions3 grants · $220,000
California State University Long Beach3 grants · $150,000
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank3 grants · $125,000
The Painted Turtle3 grants · $100,000
Friends of the Observatory3 grants · $90,000
University of California at Berkeley School of Engineering2 grants · $80,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles Foundation3 grants · $80,000
Canine Companions for Independence3 grants · $75,000
City of Hope3 grants · $75,000
Chrysalis3 grants · $65,000

Giving over time

$365,000

2022

$405,000

2023

$520,000

2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
New Directions · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$60,000
New Directions · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$60,000
New Directions · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$50,000
California State University Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Canine Companions for Independence · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Chrysalis · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · E St Street, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
The Painted Turtle · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General
$50,000
California State University Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · E St Street, CA · 2023
General
$50,000
California State University Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2022
General
$40,000
University of California at Berkeley School of Engineering · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General
$40,000
University of California at Berkeley School of Engineering · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General
$30,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$30,000
Friends of the Observatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$30,000
Friends of the Observatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$30,000
Friends of the Observatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
City of Hope · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$25,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
City of Hope · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
The Painted Turtle · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
City of Hope · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$25,000
The Painted Turtle · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General
$20,000
Hollenbeck Palms · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$20,000
Hollenbeck Palms · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Hearing Health Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Generalgeneralgeneral
$15,000
The Achievable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2024
General
$15,000
Canine Companions for Independence · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
The Achievable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
The Achievable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
General
$12,500
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$12,500
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Los Angeles Habilitation House · Long Beach, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Hearing Health Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Generalgeneralgeneral
$10,000
Los Angeles Habilitation House · Long Beach, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Canine Companions for Independence · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Hearing Health Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Generalgeneralgeneral
$10,000
Hollenbeck Palms · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Los Angeles Habilitation House · Long Beach, CA · 2022
General
$7,500
Chrysalis · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$7,500
Chrysalis · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Seal Beach Swim Club · Seal Beach, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Taking the Reins · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Seal Beach Swim Club · Seal Beach, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Taking the Reins · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Seal Beach Swim Club · Seal Beach, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Taking the Reins · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General

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