Funding search · EIN 626401641 · Cleveland, TN

George R Johnson Family Foundation

Name: George R Johnson Family Foundation 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.

276
grants reported: $6.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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

children advocate campaign capital training educational imagination library

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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.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Ocoee Region4 grants · $700,000
Ymca7 grants · $540,000
Tri-State Exhibition Center3 grants · $280,500
Lee University2 grants · $250,000
The Caring Place4 grants · $230,000
Tennessee Wesleyan University4 grants · $225,000
University of Chattanooga Foundatio2 grants · $200,000
Holston Home for Children2 grants · $150,000
On Point4 grants · $120,000
Lift Youth Center4 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$1.7M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.7M

2024

$1.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 276 grants.

$180,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$180,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Program support
$180,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2022
Program support
$160,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2023
Program support
$150,000
Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Camp ocoee capital campaign
$150,000
Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Camp ocoee capital campaign
$150,000
Lee University · Cleveland, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$135,500
Tri-State Exhibition Center · McDonald, TN · 2023
Program support
$130,000
The Caring Place · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Program support
$125,000
Tri-State Exhibition Center · McDonald, TN · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Lee University · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$100,000
Museum Center at 5ive Points · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$100,000
University of Chattanooga Foundatio · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program support
$100,000
Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Camp ocoee capital campaign
$100,000
University of Chattanooga Foundatio · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Camp Ocoee - Ymca · Ocoee, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$100,000
Siskin Hospital for Rehabilitation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$90,000
Bradleycleveland Public Edu Fdtn · Cleveland, TN · 2022
Tango flight program
$75,000
Holston Home for Children · Greeneville, TN · 2025
Program support
$75,000
Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2025
Capital campaign
$75,000
Holston Home for Children · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Program support
$55,000
Tri-County Center · Athens, TN · 2025
Program support
$50,000
Chambliss Center for Children · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program support
$50,000
Life Bridges · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$50,000
Partnership for Familieschildren · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program support
$50,000
Lift Youth Center · Fort Oglethorpe, GA · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2024
Capital campaign
$50,000
Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Tennessee Wesleyan University · Athens, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$40,000
The Caring Place · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$40,000
United Way of Greater Chatt · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program support
$37,000
Family Resource Agency · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Harbor safe house
$35,213
Bradley Healthcare & Rehab Center · Cleveland, TN · 2022
Program support
$35,000
Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Ycap program
$35,000
Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Ycap program
$35,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tn Valley · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Program support
$35,000
Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Ycap program
$35,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Loudon Cnty · Lenoir City, TN · 2022
Program support
$35,000
Ymca · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Ycap program
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$30,000
Loudon County Habitat for Humanity · Lenoir City, TN · 2025
Program support
$30,000
On Point · Hixson, TN · 2025
Graduation coaching program
$30,000
The Hope Center · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cha · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program support
$30,000
On Point · Hixson, TN · 2024
Graduation coaching program
$30,000
The Hope Center · Athens, TN · 2024
Program support
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland · Cleveland, TN · 2023
Program support
$30,000
On Point · Hixson, TN · 2023
Graduation coaching program
$30,000
The Caring Place · Cleveland, TN · 2023
Program support
$30,000
Bethel Bible Village · Hixson, TN · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Chambliss Center for Children · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Child Advocacy Center McMinn · Athens, TN · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity of Chatt · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Loudon County Habitat for Humanity · Lenoir City, TN · 2022
Program support
$30,000
On Point · Hixson, TN · 2022
Graduation coaching program
$30,000
The Caring Place · Cleveland, TN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
American Red Cross · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Cleveland State Comm College Fdtn · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Houston Musuem of Decorative Arts · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Scenic City Clay Arts · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program support
$25,000
American Red Cross · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Bradley Healthcare & Rehab Center · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Chattanooga State Community Coll · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Signal Centers · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program support
$25,000
American Red Cross · Cleveland, TN · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Bethel Bible Village · Hixson, TN · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Signal Centers · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Athens Area Council for the Arts · Athens, TN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Chattanooga State Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2022
Scholarship program
$25,000
Spca of Bradley County · Cleveland, TN · 2022
Capital campaign
$25,000
University of Tennessee Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Scholarship program
$23,200
Family Resource Agency · Cleveland, TN · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Bethel Bible Village · Hixson, TN · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tn Valley · Knoxville, TN · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Casa Corridor of East Tennessee · Athens, TN · 2025
Advocate training program
$20,000
City Fields · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$20,000
House of Refuge · Chattanooga, TN · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2025
Howard hs internship program
$20,000
Tri-State Exhibition Center · McDonald, TN · 2025
Program support
$20,000
United Way of the Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Bethel Bible Village · Hixson, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tn Valley · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Casa Corridor of East Tennessee · Athens, TN · 2024
Advocate training program
$20,000
City Fields · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Coolidge Nat'L Medal of Honor Cente · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
House of Refuge · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Lift Youth Center · Ringgold, GA · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2024
Howard hs internship program
$20,000
Loudon County Education Fdtn · Loudon, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Meigs Decatur Friends of the Librar · Decatur, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
United Way of Greater Chatt · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
United Way of the Ocoee Region · Cleveland, TN · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Casa Corridor of East Tennessee · Athens, TN · 2023
Advocate training program
$20,000
Chambliss Center for Children · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program support
$20,000
City Fields · Cleveland, TN · 2023
Program support
$20,000
City of Fort Oglethorpe · Fort Oglethorpe, GA · 2023
Program support
$20,000
House of Refuge · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Lift Youth Center · Ringgold, GA · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Lookout Mountain Conservancy · Lookout Mountain, TN · 2023
Howard hs internship program
$20,000
United Way of Greater Chatt · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Program support

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