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Rc Johnson JR Foundation Inc

Lubbock, TX · EIN 75-2954057. Reported 48 grants totalling $913,168 to 32 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$913,168granted, 2021-2024
32organizations funded
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,337,809assets, latest filing

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. Rc Johnson JR Foundation Inc 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,840 and $25,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $60,056. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
3 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
17 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
12 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 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
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge LubbockLubbock, TX$123,201442024
Texas Tech FoundationLubbock, TX$102,500442024
Freedom in JesusLevelland, TX$90,000222022
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$85,000442024
UMC Childrens Miracle NetworkLubbock, TX$68,075222024
Malta FarmsSlaton, TX$50,653112021
Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX$50,000112022
CASA of the South PlainsLubbock, TX$40,000112021
Spirit of BoldnessLubbock, TX$40,000222024
Ballet LubbockLubbock, TX$30,000222023
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesLubbock, TX$29,730112023
Americas Mighty WarriorsSurprise, AZ$25,000112023
Children's Home of LubbockLubbock, TX$23,000222022
Community Partners of LubbockLubbock, TX$20,000112022
Heart Support IncAustin, TX$17,980222024
A Place to Call HomeWolfforth, TX$16,880112024
Reese's PurposeLubbock, TX$15,000112024
Adopta PlatoonRio Hondo, TX$14,800112021
Pet-a-Bulls Inc Mare IsraelSanta Fe, NM$10,000112023
South Plains Food BankLubbock, TX$10,000112024
South Plains SweetheartsHelotes, TX$9,550112023
Lubbock ImpactLubbock, TX$7,840112024
Santa Fe United FcSanta Fe, NM$5,695112021
Presbyterian Children's Homes and SAustin, TX$5,000112024
San Juan Mountain AdventuresSilverton, CO$5,000112024
Saving Grace Pitbull RescueLubbock, TX$5,000112021
Woodrow Fire DepartmentLubbock, TX$5,000112024
Lubbock Women's ClubLubbock, TX$3,415112023
Ducks UnlimitedMemphis, TN$2,420112024
Covenant FoundationLubbock, TX$1,050112021
Childrens Miracle NetworkLubbock, TX$1,040222022
Lcms Pirate PantryLubbock, TX$339112024

10 of 32 (31%) 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 50%, 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 20 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
6 grants
Education
4 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Public & Societal Benefit
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202112$229,788$14,900
20229$229,095$20,000
202312$229,415$15,250
202415$224,870$10,000

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. 85% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$780K
North Carolina
$85K
Arizona
$25K
New Mexico
$16K
Colorado
$5K
Tennessee
$2K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. 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 Texas.
  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 Rc Johnson JR Foundation Inc'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: 2529 86TH St 100, Lubbock, TX, 79423. 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 75-2954057 · 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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