Jenny Johnson Family Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 83-2779810. Reported 199 grants totalling $7,773,019 to 123 recipients across tax years 2020-2025. 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. Jenny Johnson Family 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $275,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journey to Lead | Annapolis, MD | $1,270,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ceter | New York, NY | $775,672 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Milken Institute | Washington, DC | $600,048 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Creative Coalition | New York, NY | $340,000 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Historic New Orleans Collection | New Orleans, LA | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Milken Institute | Santa Monica, CA | $225,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Franklin Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Montana Western Foundation | Dillon, MT | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Etheridge Foundation | Encino, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pedal the Cause | Saint Louis, MO | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Food Basket Hilo | Hilo, HI | $115,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Addiction Education Society | San Mateo, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alliance of Women Directors | Valley Village, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jmt Conservancy | Menlo Park, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jmt Wilderness Conservancy | Truckee, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Project 9 | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $95,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative | Randolph, NJ | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fixins Charities | Sacramento, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Hope Academy | Sacramento, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Bafta USA | Newton Highlands, MA | $67,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Economic Club of Nyc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Economic Club of New York | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Portola Valley Schools Foundation | Portola Valley, CA | $59,500 | 7 | 6 | 2025 |
| Caf America | Alexandria, VA | $50,007 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bjk Leadership Initiative | Randolph, NJ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lifemoves | Santa Clara, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southwestern Montana Family YMCA | Dillon, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catalyst Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nyu | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Orleans Culinary Academy | New Orleans, LA | $31,209 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| BABY2BABY | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Health Council | Palo Alto, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crystal Springs Uplands School | Hillsborough, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fwsf Scholarship Fund | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Mateo Police Activities League | San Mateo, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| UC Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wender Weis Foundation for Children | Palo Alto, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tree Planted | Shelburne, VT | $28,440 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barnes-Jewish Foundation | St Louis, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Big Island Hawaii | Hilo, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Champions of the Community Inc | Columbus, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Health Council | Palo Alto, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleavland Clinic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conference Board | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dreams 33 Foundation | Woodside, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Notre-Dame | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guatamala Sana Children's Project | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guatemala Sana Children's Project | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guatemala Sana Childrens Project Inc | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council | Hilo, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawaiian Community Foundation | Hilo, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Japanese American National Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lucille Packard Children's Hospital | Palo Alto, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montana YMCA | Dillon, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mskcc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Forest Foundation | Missoula, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New England Animal Sanctuary | Buxton, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Orleans Culiinary & Hospitality Institute | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nocca Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Long Beach Public Library Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Women's League Child Development Center Inc | Hartford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ocean Habitats Inc | Micanopy, FL | $21,600 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Classical Theater of Harlem | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Council for Economic Education | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Girls With Impact | Greenwich, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Junipero Serra High School | San Mateo, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Atlas Network | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bizworld | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cabin Creek Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carolands Foundation | Hillsborough, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Four Winds Camp | Deer Harbor, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Beaverhead County Fair | Dillon, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of City Park | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Who Invest | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillsborough Schools Foundation | Hillsborough, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hilo Medical Center Foundation | Hilo, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jumpstart | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peninsula Bridge | San Mateo, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Mateo Police Activities | San Mateo, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shake-a-Leg Miami | Coconut Grove, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Hewitt School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tpf Turkiye Earthquake Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsyvania | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Dorothy's Rest Episcopal Retreat | Camp Meeker, CA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dillon Jaycees | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pirates Alley Faulkner Society Inc | New Orleans, LA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| AIDS Lifecyce Ride | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Big Island | Hilo, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Big Island Hilo | Hilo, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawaii Island United Way | Hilo, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Msk Giving for Bike Team | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Hawaii Heritage Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pan Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Little Club Scholarship Foundation | Delray Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $4,043 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lyman Museum and Mission House | Hilo, HI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cinequest | San Jose, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Dillon Jaycees | Dillon, MT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Montana Jaycees | Sidney, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alzheimer's New Jersey | Denville, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Honokaa Heritage Center | Honokaa, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Door Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pacific Tsunami Museum | Hilo, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Road Runner | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
34 of 123 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 6 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 33%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Caf America
RENIA SOFIA SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT & GALA - New York University
THE TSOA NEW GRADUATE ACTING SCHOLARSHIP FUND - Mskcc
SOCIETY OF MSK SPRING BALL - Addiction Education Society
4TH ANNUAL CHUCK JOHNSON MEMORIAL GOLF - BABY2BABY
BLOOMBERG BRACKETS FOR A CAUSE - Junipero Serra High School
DAPHNE & RAOUL MELENDEZ PLEDGE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 108 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 32 | $1,110,000 | $22,000 |
| 2021 | 43 | $1,239,461 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $1,134,331 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $1,628,220 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $1,248,500 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 22 | $1,412,507 | $25,000 |
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 California. 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 $25,000. 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 California.
- 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 Jenny Johnson Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2020-2025). 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: Co Ftci - One Madison Ave Ste 200, New York, NY, 10010. 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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