Funding search · EIN 367092273 · Racine, WI

Johnson 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.

142
grants reported
$8.9M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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

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  • Prairie School3 grants · $3.7M
  • The Prairie School2 grants · $1.8M
  • The Exuma Foundation4 grants · $605,000
  • The Johnson Foundation1 grant · $350,000
  • Racine Zoo1 grant · $300,000
  • Journey To Living Free1 grant · $300,000
  • Lake Owen Association1 grant · $200,000
  • Cornell University4 grants · $200,000
  • Journey To Living Free3 grants · $140,000
  • Exuma Foundation1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.9M
2022
$1.5M
2023
$2.0M
2024
$3.5M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 142 grants.

  • $1.5M

    The Prairie School · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1.3M

    Prairie School · Racine, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1.2M

    Prairie School · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1.2M

    Prairie School · Racine, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $400,000

    The Exuma Foundation · Mayfield Heights, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $350,000

    The Johnson Foundation · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $350,000

    The Prairie School · Racine, WI · 2025

    Scholarship fund

  • $300,000

    Journey To Living Free · Racine, WI · 2025

    Program support

  • $300,000

    Racine Zoo · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Lake Owen Association · Cable, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    The Exuma Foundation · Mayfield Heights, OH · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Habitat for Humanity of Racine & Kenosha Counties · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Exuma Foundation · Mayfield Heights, OH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $70,677

    First Presbyterian Church · Racine, WI · 2025

    Organ project

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Lake Owen Association · Cable, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Journey To Living Free · Racine, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Exuma Foundation · Mayfield Heights, OH · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Forest Lodge Library · Cable, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Journey To Living Free · Racine, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $49,000

    Town of Cable · Cable, WI · 2025

    Cable forward

  • $40,000

    Journey To Living Free · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    Leahs Hopes and Dreams Organization · Mooresville, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation · Center City, MN · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Racine County Food Bank · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Carthage College · Kenosha, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Cable Natural History Museum · Cable, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Katie Flowers Endowment · Cable, WI · 2025

    Forest lodge public library

  • $25,000

    Racine Zoological Society · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Volunteer Center of Racine · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha · Kenosha, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Minnesota Wild Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Racine County Project Emergency · Racine, WI · 2025

    Racine county food bank

  • $20,000

    River Bend Nature Center · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Catterpillar Ministries · Huntersville, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Leah'S Hopes & Dreams · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $16,500

    Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    International School of Brooklyn · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    The Union Mission Ministries · Norfolk, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    Coco'S Heart Dog Rescue · Somerset, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    International School of Brooklyn · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    After the Races · Elkton, MD · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Caledonia Police Department · Caledonia, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Filmakers Collaborative · Melrose, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Kind Campaign · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Racine County Pony Club · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Southern Appalchian Highlands Conservancy · Asheville, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Minnesota Wild Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Minnesota Wild Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Union Mission Ministries · Norfolk, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    The Union Mission Ministries · Norfolk, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Minnesota Wild Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,500

    Susan G Komen - Tidewater · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    After the Races · Elkton, MD · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Blue Ridge Conservancy · Boone, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Childrens Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated · Wallingford, CT · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Cocos Heart Dog Rescue · Somerset, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Meals On Wheels of Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    React19 · Oconomowoc, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Huntington · Huntington, WV · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Exuma Foundation · Mayfield Heights, WI · 2025

    Projectors

  • $5,000

    Caledonia Fire Department · Caledonia, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation · Wallingford, CT · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Risevb · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Safe Haven of Racine · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Womens Resource Center · Racine, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Dav Charitable Service Trust · Erlanger, KY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Wounded Warrior Project · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Disabled American Veterans · Cold Springs, KY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Meals On Wheels · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Lees Friends · Norfolk, VA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,750

    Hospitality Center · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,750

    Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin · Racine, WI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,500

    Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Cable Fire Department · Cable, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Children'S Hospital of the King'S Daughters · Norfolk, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Drummond Fire & Rescue · Dummond, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Grand View Fire Department · Grand View, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Namakagon Volunteer Fire Dept · Cable, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.