Funding search · EIN 161578180 · Buffalo, NY
Edwin M Johnston Jr Family Foundation
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
- $1.2M
- 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.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Road To Responsibility4 grants · $138,000
- Say Yes Buffalo1 grant · $72,000
- Ducks Unlimited3 grants · $55,000
- The Park School4 grants · $54,779
- The Trustees4 grants · $50,000
- Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy3 grants · $40,856
- Elmwood Franklin School2 grants · $38,500
- Nichols School1 grant · $37,000
- Bluffton Self Help3 grants · $35,000
- Gobike Buffalo3 grants · $33,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 103 grants.
- $72,000
Say Yes Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $50,000
Road To Responsibility · Marshfield, MA · 2022
Services for individuals with disabilities
- $37,000
Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Capital campaign
- $35,000
Road To Responsibility · Marshfield, MA · 2023
Services for individuals with disabilities
- $30,000
Partnership With Native Americans · Addison, TX · 2025
Charitable
- $30,000
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2025
To save endangered wildlife and protects
- $30,000
Road To Responsibility · Marshfield, MA · 2024
Services for individuals with disabilities
- $25,000
The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2024
Arts & environmental conservation
- $25,000
Charter School Applied Technologies · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Education
- $25,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
- $25,000
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Capital campaign
- $25,000
The Bison Children'S Scholarship Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Scholarships - capital campaign
- $23,000
Road To Responsibility · Marshfield, MA · 2025
Services for individuals with disabilities
- $21,500
Gobike Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Education and advocacy for rebuilding streets and infrastructure to support community health, etc.
- $20,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Preserve and protect clean water
- $20,000
The Park School · Snyder, NY · 2022
Education
- $19,779
The Park School · Snyder, NY · 2025
Education
- $15,856
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Preservation of buffalo olmsted parks
- $15,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton · Bluffton, SC · 2025
To enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens
- $15,000
The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism · Newton, MA · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
The Salvation Army · West Nyack, NY · 2025
To preach the gospel of jesus christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination
- $15,000
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Wright Tavern Legacy Trust · Concord, MA · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Spca of Erie County · Tonawanda, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $13,500
Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Capital campaign
- $13,000
Buffalo Seminary · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $13,000
Unicef USA Impact Fund for Children · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $13,000
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Preservation of buffalo olmsted parks
- $12,000
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Preservation of buffalo olmsted parks
- $10,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
To end alzheimer's and all other dementia
- $10,000
Art for All · Kenmore, WA · 2025
To empower people with disabilities
- $10,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable
- $10,000
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod · Yarmouthport, MA · 2025
Charitable
- $10,000
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2025
Charitable
- $10,000
The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2025
Arts & environmental conservation
- $10,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Cotuit Center for the Arts · Cotuit, MA · 2024
Artistic developement
- $10,000
Gobike Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Education and advocacy for rebuilding streets and infrastructure to support community health, etc.
- $10,000
Nativity Miguel School · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Education
- $10,000
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Tabor Academy · Marion, MA · 2024
Education
- $10,000
The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism · Newton, MA · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
The Park School · Snyder, NY · 2024
Education
- $10,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Girls Education Collaborative · East Aurora, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Dignity in Asylum · Concord, MA · 2022
Housing and support for asylum seekers and refugees
- $10,000
Save the Manatee · Maitland, FL · 2022
Animal rights
- $10,000
The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2022
Arts & environmental conservation
- $10,000
Whales & Dolphins Conservation · Plymouth, MA · 2022
Animal rights
- $9,000
Whales & Dolphins Conservation · Plymouth, MA · 2024
Animal rights
- $9,000
Whales & Dolphins Conservation · Plymouth, MA · 2023
Animal rights
- $8,000
The Buddy Dog Humane Society · Sudbury, MA · 2023
Animal welfare
- $7,500
Cotuit Center for the Arts · Cotuit, MA · 2025
Artistic developement
- $7,025
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Charitable
- $7,000
Oars · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
- $7,000
Open Table Concord · Concord, MA · 2022
Charitable
- $7,000
The Buddy Dog Humane Society · Sudbury, MA · 2022
Animal welfare
- $6,000
Oars · Concord, MA · 2023
Charitable
- $6,000
Westminister Presbyterian Church · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Capital fund
- $5,000
Eat Bay Food Pantry · Bristol, RI · 2025
To engage, educate and empower the east bay in creating a hunger-free community
- $5,000
Nativity Miguel School · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Education
- $5,000
Rosies Place · Boston, MA · 2025
To help poor and homeless women
- $5,000
Buffalo City Mission · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Support for the homeless and the poor
- $5,000
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Preserve and protect clean water
- $5,000
Dignity in Asylum · Concord, MA · 2024
Housing and support for asylum seekers and refugees
- $5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod · Yarmouthport, MA · 2024
Charitable
- $5,000
Oars · Concord, MA · 2024
Charitable
- $5,000
Spca of Erie County · Tonawanda, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $5,000
The Buddy Dog Humane Society · Sudbury, MA · 2024
Animal welfare
- $5,000
Dignity in Asylum · Concord, MA · 2023
Housing and support for asylum seekers and refugees
- $5,000
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Tabor Academy · Marion, MA · 2023
Education
- $5,000
The Park School · Snyder, NY · 2023
Education
- $5,000
The Trustees · Boston, MA · 2023
Arts & environmental conservation
- $5,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Education
- $5,000
Charter School Applied Technologies · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Education
- $5,000
Hospice Buffalo · Cheektowaga, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Enviromental protection
- $5,000
The Concord Childrens Center · Concord, MA · 2022
Education
- $5,000
Tommy'S Place Foundation · Quincy, MA · 2022
Human services
- $4,999
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $4,999
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $4,000
Downeast Salmon Federation · Columbia Falls, ME · 2025
To conserve and restore wild sea-run fish and their habitats in downeast maine
- $4,000
Whales & Dolphins Conservation · Plymouth, MA · 2025
Animal rights
- $4,000
Tommy'S Place Foundation · Quincy, MA · 2023
Human services
- $3,500
Nativity Miguel School · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Education
- $3,000
Tommy'S Place Foundation · Quincy, MA · 2025
Human services
- $3,000
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod · Yarmouthport, MA · 2022
Charitable
- $2,500
Aspca Cape Cod · Boston, MA · 2025
To protect animals
- $2,500
Maine Natural History Observatory · Gouldsboro, ME · 2025
Natural history observation
- $2,500
Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission · Niagara Falls, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $2,500
Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Charitable
- $2,000
Young Life · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable
- $2,000
Ocean Voyages Institute · Sausalito, CA · 2022
Enviromental protection
- $2,000
Sadie Nash Leadership Project · New York, NY · 2022
Education
- $1,500
City Squash · Bronx, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $1,500
Gobike Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Education and advocacy for rebuilding streets and infrastructure to support community health, etc.
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