Funding search · EIN 852022674 · Northbrook, IL

Russell Johnson Foundation

Name: Russell 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.

52
grants reported: $320,750
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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

icompete role youth abused animal education rescue women

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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.

Partners for Our Communities6 grants · $60,000
Shalva3 grants · $30,000
Excel Beyond 2113 grants · $30,000
Ywca of Evanston3 grants · $28,000
Planned Parenthood3 grants · $26,000
Sarah'S Circle3 grants · $22,500
Distinctive Schools3 grants · $17,500
Canine Therapy Corp3 grants · $15,000
Apna Ghar3 grants · $15,000
The Harbour3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$105,000

2022

$105,000

2023

$110,750

2024

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Excel Beyond 211 · Palatine, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Partners for Our Communities · Palatine, IL · 2024
Icompete youth program
$10,000
Partners for Our Communities · Palatine, IL · 2024
Role program
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Excel Beyond 211 · Palatine, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Partners for Our Communities · Palatine, IL · 2023
Role program
$10,000
Partners for Our Communities · Palatine, IL · 2023
Icompete youth program
$10,000
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Ywca of Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Excel Beyond 211 · Palatine, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Partners for Our Communities · Palatine, IL · 2022
Role program
$10,000
Partners for Our Communities · Palatine, IL · 2022
Icompete youth program
$10,000
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Ywca of Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2022
General
$8,000
Ywca of Evanston · Evanston, IL · 2024
General
$8,000
Planned Parenthood · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
General
$8,000
Planned Parenthood · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
General
$7,500
Sarah'S Circle · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$7,500
Jewish Child and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
For abused women and education
$7,500
Sarah'S Circle · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$7,500
Distinctive Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$7,500
Sarah'S Circle · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Apna Ghar · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Canine Therapy Corp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Distinctive Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Northwest Comm Hosp Womens Center · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Redrover · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Animal rescue
$5,000
The Harbour · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Apna Ghar · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Canine Therapy Corp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Distinctive Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Northwest Comm Hosp Womens Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
The Harbour · Park Ridge, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Apna Ghar · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Canine Therapy Corp · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Jcfs · Chicago, IL · 2022
For abused women and education
$5,000
Nch Woman Care Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
The Harbour · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
General
$2,500
Live4lali · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
General
$2,500
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Live4lali · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$2,500
Live4lali · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Anti Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Paws · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Anti Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Paws · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Anti-Cruelty Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Paws · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$750
All Fur Love · Freehold, NJ · 2024
Animal rescue

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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.