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The George F and Marion D Johnson

Terre Haute, IN · EIN 95-4130468. Reported 83 grants totalling $182,598 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$182,598granted, 2021-2024
47organizations funded
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,160,372assets, 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. The George F and Marion D Johnson 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $270 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
19 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
53 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
2 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
Friends of the Arboretum IncTerre Haute, IN$17,200442024
Catholic Charities of Terre HauteTerre Haute, IN$17,000442024
Vigo County Education FoundationTerre Haute, IN$17,000442024
Juvenille Diabetes Research FundNew York, NY$13,000332023
Friends of Rae ParkTerre Haute, IN$10,000112024
Indiana State University FoundationTerre Haute, IN$7,000332023
Mount Pleasant ChurchTerre Haute, IN$7,000442024
Horizon HealthParis, IL$6,000222024
The Shrine of Our Lady of PompeiiChicago, IL$6,000222022
CandlesTerre Haute, IN$5,500332023
Riley Childrens FoundationIndianapolis, IN$5,000112024
Unhcr UkraineWashingotn, DC$5,000112022
Riley Children FoundationIndianapolis, IN$4,500222022
Americares FoundationStamford, CT$4,000112023
IdrfNorth Bethesda, MD$4,000112024
St BenedictsTerre Haute, IN$4,000222022
Th Humane SocietyTerre Haute, IN$4,000222022
Compassion InternationalColorado Springs, CO$3,408442024
Wabash Valley Habitat for HumanityTerre Haute, IN$3,000222022
The Light House MissionTerre Haute, IN$2,750222022
Hamilton County Sheriff's ChaplaincyNoblesville, IN$2,740442024
Harpeth ConservancyBrentwood, TN$2,500112021
Vigo County History CenterTerre Haute, IN$2,500112023
St Joseph University ParishTerre Haute, IN$2,300222024
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$2,000222024
St Benedicts ChurchTerre Haute, IN$2,000112024
The Lighthouse Mission IncTerre Haute, IN$2,000112024
The Shrine for Our Lady PompeiiChicago, IL$2,000112024
Wabash Valley Community FoundationTerre Haute, IN$2,000112023
Horizon HouseIndianapolis, IN$1,500112021
Little Red Door Cancer AgencyIndianapolis, IN$1,500112021
St Jude Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN$1,500222022
Kids Wish NetworkPalm Harbor, FL$1,000112022
March of DimesArlington, VA$1,000112022
Maryland Community ChurchTerre Haute, IN$1,000112024
National GeographicWashingotn, DC$1,000112023
Purdue University ExtensionLafayette, IN$1,000112021
Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$1,000112024
St Judes Childrens Research HospitalMemphis, TN$1,000112024
Terre Haute Boys & Girls ClubTerre Haute, IN$1,000112021
WfyiIndianapolis, IN$1,000222024
Zorah ShrineTerre Haute, IN$1,000112024
Big Brothers & Big SistersTerre Haute, IN$700222022
14TH and Chestnut Community CenterTerre Haute, IN$500112021
Broad Street United Methodist ChurchColumbus, OH$500112023
Smile TrainNew York, NY$500112021
Swope Art MuseumTerre Haute, IN$500112022

21 of 47 (45%) 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 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

International Affairs
5 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Science & Technology
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Education
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202125$34,506$1,000
202222$48,926$2,000
202316$35,950$2,000
202420$63,216$2,000

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. 70% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Indiana
$127K
New York
$16K
Illinois
$14K
District of Columbia
$6K
Tennessee
$5K
Connecticut
$4K
Maryland
$4K
Colorado
$3K

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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 $1,500. 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 Indiana.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The George F and Marion D Johnson'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: 48 Avalon Drive, Terre Haute, IN, 47802. 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 95-4130468 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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