Funding search · EIN 311542859 · Milwaukee, WI

Johnson Family Foundation

Name: Johnson Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

114
grants reported: $4.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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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.

Break Through Cincinnati4 grants · $215,000
Camp Starfish4 grants · $210,000
Boston Area Gleaners4 grants · $200,000
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach -4 grants · $200,000
Missionsafe a New Beginning4 grants · $200,000
Families 1st Parenting Programs4 grants · $200,000
Lovin Spoonfuls3 grants · $180,000
Leadership Brainery3 grants · $175,000
Next One Up Foundation4 grants · $170,000
Welcome Project3 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2021

$1.1M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 114 grants.

$100,000
Leadership Brainery · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Partners for Youth With Disabiities · Somerville, MA · 2024
General operating
$78,000
Camp Starfish · Stow, MA · 2022
General operating
$75,000
New Beginnings Reentry Services · Roxbury, MA · 2021
General operating
$60,000
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach - · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$60,000
Spoonfuls · Newton, MA · 2024
General operating
$60,000
Lovin Spoonfuls · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating
$60,000
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach - · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating
$60,000
Lovin Spoonfuls · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating
$60,000
Lovin Spoonfuls · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating
$55,000
Break Through Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating
$55,000
Break Through Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating
$55,000
Break Through Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating
$55,000
El Education · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$53,500
Camp Starfish · Stow, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Boston Area Gleaners · Waltham, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Families 1st Parenting Programs · Watertown, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Innovators for Purpose · Acton, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
May We Help · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Missionsafe a New Beginning · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Next One Up Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General operating
$50,000
The Welcome Project · Somerville, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Uncornered · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Boston Area Gleaners · Waltham, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
College Bound Dorchester · Dorchester, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Families 1st Parenting Programs · Watertown, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Innovators for Purpose · Acton, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Leadership Brainery · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Missionsafe a New Beginning · Roxbury, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Partners for Youth With Disabiities · Somerville, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Welcome Project · Somerville, MA · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Boston Area Gleaners · Waltham, MA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
College Bound Dorchester · Dorchester, MA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Families 1st Parenting Programs · Watertown, MA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Missionsafe a New Beginning · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Welcome Project · Somerville, MA · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Boston Area Gleaners · Waltham, MA · 2021
General operating
$50,000
Break Through Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
General operating
$50,000
College Bound Dorchester · Dorchester, MA · 2021
General operating
$50,000
El Education · New York, NY · 2021
General operating
$50,000
Families 1st Parenting Programs · Watertown, MA · 2021
General operating
$50,000
Missionsafe a New Beginning · Roxbury, MA · 2021
General operating
$50,000
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2021
General operating
$50,000
Welcome Project · Somerville, MA · 2021
General operating
$48,500
Camp Starfish · Stow, MA · 2023
General operating
$40,000
Next One Up Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General operating
$40,000
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach - · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating
$40,000
Next One Up Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General operating
$40,000
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach - · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating
$40,000
Next One Up Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2021
General operating
$39,600
Hamilton Living Water Ministry · Hamilton, OH · 2023
General operating
$35,000
The Loop Lab · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating
$30,000
Critical Exposure · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General operating
$30,000
Envisioning Access · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating
$30,000
Critical Exposure · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating
$30,000
Helping Hands · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating
$30,000
Critical Exposure · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$30,000
Helping Hands · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating
$30,000
Partners for Youth With Disabilities · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating
$30,000
Camp Starfish · Stow, MA · 2021
General operating
$30,000
Critical Exposure · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating
$30,000
Helping Hands · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating
$25,800
Hamilton Living Water Ministry · Hamilton, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Arts for Learning Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Crayons To Computers · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Haley House · Boston, MA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Household Goods · Acton, MA · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Inner City Youth Opportunities · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
New Life Furniture · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General operating
$25,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Crayons To Computers · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Haley House · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Household Goods · Acton, MA · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Inner City Youth Opportunities · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
May-We-Help · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
New Life Furniture · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
The Loop Lab · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General operating
$25,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Young Audiences of Massachusettes · Somerville, MA · 2023
General operating
$25,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Crayons To Computers · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Haley House · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Hamilton Living Water Ministry · Hamilton, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Household Goods · Acton, MA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Innovators for Purpose · Acton, MA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Leadership Brainery · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
May-We-Help · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
New Life Furniture · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
The Loop Lab · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Young Audiences of Massachusettes · Somerville, MA · 2022
General operating
$25,000
A Wider Circle · Bethesda, MD · 2021
General operating
$25,000
Crayons To Computers · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
General operating
$25,000
Haley House · Boston, MA · 2021
General operating

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