C and a Johnson Family Foundation
Palm Beach, FL · EIN 47-4003028. Reported 352 grants totalling $20.7M to 151 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. C and a 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $2,623,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turning Point USA | Lemont, IL | $3,010,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic | Scottsdale, AZ | $2,623,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stetson University | Deland, FL | $1,905,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frost School of Music | Coral Gables, FL | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bradley Impact Fund Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of Pb | West Palm Beach, FL | $908,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healing Hands International Inc | Nashville, TN | $530,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Made in the Streets | Brentwood, TN | $425,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Redwood Church | Redwood City, CA | $400,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| New England Animal Sanctuary Inc | Buxton, ME | $325,000 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Scala Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $275,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Idea Foundation Inc | Janesville, WI | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Archbishop Riordan High School | San Francisco, CA | $215,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County | Palm Beach, FL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Church of Christ in Eastwood El Paso Tx | El Paso, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kelsey | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Medical Ambassadors International | Salida, CA | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Judicial Watch Inc | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Thorne Ecological Institute | Boulder, CO | $160,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Eastside College Prep | East Palo Alto, CA | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach Symphony | Palm Beach, FL | $150,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | Arlington, VA | $140,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Street Life Ministries | Redwood City, CA | $117,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Peninsula Bible Church | Palo Alto, CA | $114,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| First Resort | San Jose, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Vision | Federal Way, WA | $107,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Basic Fund | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buckley Institute | New Haven, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Common Sense Society | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Edward M Kennedy Inst for US Senate Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Entitlements How Inc | Lexington, KY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Golden Gate Park Golf Development Fdtn | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inner-City Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mory's Preservation Inc | New Haven, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| State Policy Network | Arlington, VA | $80,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Free to Choose Network | Erie, PA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Dorothy's Rest Association | Camp Meeker, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| West Bay Opera | Alameda, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Freedom Foundation | Davis, CA | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| City Team Ministries | San Jose, CA | $62,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Federation for Childrengrowthfnd | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Legacy Foundation | Charles Town, WV | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cornerstone Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Church of Christ in Eastwood | El Paso, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | Owasso, OK | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of American Revolution West Pt | West Point, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Glenbrook Underground | Carson City, NV | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc | Nantucket, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Life Moves | Menlo Park, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pebble Beach Company Foundation | Pebble Beach, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Redeemer Lutheran Church and School | Redwood City, CA | $44,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Egan Maritime Institute | Nantucket, MA | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Foundation for Teaching Economics | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Humane Studies | Arlington, VA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospitals Fdtn | San Francisco, CA | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wycliff Bible Translators | Orlando, FL | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | Sacr Mento, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Snow Foundation | Clayton, MO | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| William F Buckley JR Program at Yale | New Haven, CT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Rescue Coalition Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $31,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alliance to Protect Nantuckets Sound Inc | Hyannis, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Council of Trustees and Alumni | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | Sherman Oaks, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eisenhower Foundation | Abilene, KS | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Financial Womens Association Sf Scholarship Fund | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fresh Lifelines for Youth | Milpitas, CA | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Home for Aged | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Semper Fi & Americas Fund | Oceanside, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Street Life Ministried | Redwood City, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Scholarleaders International | Lake Forest, IL | $26,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Carmel Ideas Foundation | Carmel, CA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doughboy Foundation | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Giant Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Justice Mission | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Archive Center | Sleepy Hollow, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Fdtn | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Save the Redwoods League | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town Hall Theater Inc | Middlebury, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ukraine House DC Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators | Orlando, FL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lumind Research Down Syndrom Foundation | Marlborough, MA | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Association of Scholars | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Right to Work Legal Defense Fdtn | Springfield, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Macular Degeneration Association | Washington, DC | $16,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Help One Child Mission to Children Atrisk | Los Altos, CA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Foundation for Liberty &americangreatness | Tarpon Springs, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Olympic Club Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thorne Ecological Institude | Boulder, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc | Hyannis, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance to Protect Natuckets Sound Inc | Hyannis, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Federation for Children Growth Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bath&tennis Historic Bldgpreservationfdtn | Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Medflight | Bedford, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cal Poly Athletics | Obispo, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capital Research Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cumberland College - UC | Williamsburg, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franklin News Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Goldwater Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc | Provo, UT | $10,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute of World Politics | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc | South Lake Tahoe, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Association of Scholars | Springfield, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Fallen Officer Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pacific Research Institute | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prager University Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young America's Foundation | Reston, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manhattan Institute Policy Research Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Archdiocese of San Francisco Dcs | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bath & Tennis Historic Building Preservation Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation for Nantucket | Nantucket, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranchers Inc | Boys Ranch, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope for Depression Research Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lrondog K9 International | Mcdonough, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vmts Education Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jimmy Lee Scholarship Fund | Purchase, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Ashbrook Center | Ashland, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mara Elephant Project | Pueblo, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Research Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Daily Caller News Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | San Rafael, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc | Tampa, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| White Heron Theatre Company | Nantucket, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Tampa, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SPCA | Milford, NH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
71 of 151 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 57%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mayo Clinic
CHARITABLE SUPPORT 100,000 SHARES OF BEN DISTRIBUTED TO MAYO CLINIC ON 9/19/2023.BOOK VALUE OF $1,053 BASED ON HISTORICAL COST.FMV OF $2,623,500 BASED ON MARKET PRICE ON CONTRIBUTION. - Institute for Humane Studies
CHARITABLE SUPPORTCHARITABLE SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 182 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 90 | $8,260,600 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 81 | $3,922,350 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 74 | $5,670,250 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $1,236,000 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 55 | $1,567,000 | $17,000 |
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
26% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- 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.
- 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 C and a Johnson Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1220 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL, 33480. 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.
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