Johnson Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, and no way of becoming preselected is stated, so a cold application is not an option.
- Its grants go to a wide mix of recipients, including educational, social-service, church, cultural, health and volunteer fire service organisations, and the filings show grants mainly in Wisconsin, though no geographic focus is stated.
- Half of its 100 grants to organisations across its recent filings were $5,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $1,000 and $71,000, so a modest request fits its typical giving; that band is typical, not a limit, since its largest grant was about $1,450,000.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 64% of its grant dollars in its latest filing going to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so an existing connection is likely to matter more than anything else.
- No timing or deadlines are stated, so there is nothing to plan around.
Overview
Johnson Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Racine, WI.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Most reported grant purposes are unrestricted. Recipients include educational organisations, social-service and food-support organisations, churches, cultural institutions, health charities, environmental and animal-welfare groups, and volunteer fire services. Stated purposes also include a scholarship fund, programme support, support connected to a public library, and fire-service support. This record shows a wide range of charitable recipients rather than a stated specialist funding field; most purposes are not restricted beyond being reported as unrestricted in the grant records.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Wisconsin.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; no method for becoming preselected is stated.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 64% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2025 filings, half of its 100 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 63% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 64% of grant dollars went to organisations Johnson Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 14% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 47 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Prairie School · Unrestricted$1,467,5002025 tax year
- Exuma Foundation · Unrestricted$400,0002025 tax year
- Johnson Foundation · Unrestricted$350,0002025 tax year
- Prairie School · Scholarship fund$350,0002025 tax year
- Journey to Living Free · Program support$300,0002025 tax year
- Habitat for Humanity of Racine and Kenosha Counties · Unrestricted$100,0002025 tax year
- First Presbyterian Church · Organ project$70,6772025 tax year
- Cornell University · Unrestricted$50,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Winifred J Marquart — President
- H Fisk Johnson — Trustee
- Helen P Johnson-Leipold — Trustee
- S Curtis Johnson — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,040,441 | $1,919,500 | $40,857,556 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,587,143 | $1,461,500 | $58,035,377 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $3,692,885 | $3,223,677 | $67,555,092 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Racine, WI