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Joe & Nan Johnson Family Foundation

Wichita Falls, TX · EIN 20-2784844. Reported 75 grants totalling $2,494,405 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$2,494,405granted, 2021-2024
58organizations funded
17%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Joe & Nan Johnson Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,800 and $20,000; the smallest was $667 and the largest $990,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
24 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
19 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
9 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Schwab Charitable Fbo Johnson Family Charitable DafSan Francisco, CA$992,245212024
United Regional FoundationWichita Falls, TX$146,380442024
Pam & Jerry Johnson Daf - Community FoundationWichita Falls, TX$110,800112023
Edward Jones Charitable Gift Fund - Renaissance Charitable FoundationSt Louis, MO$110,120112022
Ralston Family Charitable Daf - Charles SchwabSan Francisco, CA$100,300112023
Schwab Charitable Fbo Ralston Family Charitable FundSan Francisco, CA$100,107112022
Edward Jones Fbo Rex & Nancy Isom DafIndianapolis, IN$100,000112024
Renaissance Charitable Foundation - Edward JonesSt Louis, MO$100,000112023
Schwab Charitable Fbo Ralston Family Charitable DafSan Francisco, CA$100,000112024
Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation Fbo Pam & Jerry Johnson DafWichita Falls, TX$100,000112024
Grace ChurchWichita Falls, TX$76,667222022
First Christian ChurchWichita Falls, TX$65,144332024
Hospice of Wichita FallsWichita Falls, TX$45,380432024
Texas Tech FoundationLubbock, TX$42,380112021
Hands to Hands Community FundWichita Falls, TX$40,500332023
Wichita Falls Area Community Fdn Fbo Pam and Jerry Johnson DafWichita Falls, TX$38,520112022
Young LifeWichita Falls, TX$22,667222022
Food Bank Wichia Falls AreaWichita Falls, TX$21,000222022
Fort Worth Country Day SchoolFort Worth, TX$20,000222022
Project Back to SchoolWichita Falls, TX$20,000222023
CASA of the South PlainsLubbock, TX$10,000112021
Idalou Volunteer Fire DepartmentIdalou, TX$10,000112021
North Texas Rehabilatation CenterWichita Falls, TX$7,500222022
Texas Tech Alumni AssociationLubbock, TX$6,500112021
Agriculture Heritage MuseumLubbock, TX$5,000112021
Community Health Center of LubbockLubbock, TX$5,000112021
Dallas CASADallas, TX$5,000112021
Faith Mission and Faith RefugeWichita Falls, TX$5,000112022
Fellowship of Christian Athletes South PlainsLubbock, TX$5,000112021
Idalou Cemetery FundIdalou, TX$5,000112021
Idalou United Methodist ChurchIdalou, TX$5,000112022
St Jude's Research HospitalMemphis, TX$5,000112022
Texas Future Farmers of America FoundationAustin, TX$5,000112021
Texas Girls & Boys RanchLubbock, TX$5,000112021
Texas Tech Fbo Isom Therapeutic Riding FundLubbock, TX$5,000112022
UMC FoundationLubbock, TX$5,000112021
West Texas Football ClassicsLubbock, TX$5,000112022
Wichita Falls Area Community FoundationWichita Falls, TX$3,500112021
Band of BarrowsFort Worth, TX$3,000112021
Bowman Volunteer Fire DepartmentWichita Falls, TX$3,000112022
The Gary Patterson FoundationFort Worth, TX$3,000112021
Wichita Falls Area Community Fdn - Fbo Times Charities FundWichita Falls, TX$3,000112022
Northwest Texas Council Boys Scouts of AmericaWichita Falls, TX$2,800112022
Northwest Texas CouncilWichita Falls, TX$2,661112021
Case MananaFort Worth, TX$2,500112021
K-LoveOmaha, NE$2,500112021
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for ChildrenDallas, TX$2,500112021
The Chapel on the CampusBaton Rouge, LA$2,500112021
True North RetreatsDallas, TX$2,500112022
Grand Slam Club OvisBirmingham, AL$1,900112021
Arts Council Wichita Falls AreaWichita Falls, TX$1,167112021
Als Foundation Austin ChapterAustin, TX$1,000112021
Humane Society of Wichita CountyWichita Falls, TX$1,000112021
Make-a-Wish Foundation North TexasFort Worth, TX$1,000112021
Tarrant Area Food BankFort Worth, TX$1,000112021
The Big GoodDallas, TX$1,000112021
Wild Sheep FoundationBozeman, MT$1,000112021
K-LifeFort Worth, TX$667112021

10 of 58 (17%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 17%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Education
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Religion
2 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202139$362,617$5,000
202221$444,299$5,000
20236$353,600$60,000
20249$1,333,889$25,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 52% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$1.3M
Texas
$884K
Missouri
$210K
Indiana
$100K
Louisiana
$2K
Nebraska
$2K
Alabama
$2K
Montana
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust10 shared recipientsWichita Falls Area Community9 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund9 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Joe & Nan Johnson Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 9125, Wichita Falls, TX, 76308. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 20-2784844 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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