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C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise

Boonville, IN · EIN 35-1834676. Reported 143 grants totalling $1,829,114 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,829,114granted, 2021-2024
59organizations funded
79%of grantees funded again the next year
$10.5Massets, 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. C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $4 and the largest $115,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
16 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
60 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
43 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
14 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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
Point Man International MinistriesNewburgh, IN$215,000332023
Bread of Life Ministry IncLynnville, IN$170,000442024
Mission First IncNewburgh, IN$125,000222024
Warrick County MuseumBoonville, IN$125,000442024
Youth FirstEvansville, IN$125,000442024
Studio BeeBoonville, IN$85,000442024
University of EvansvilleEvansville, IN$69,312442024
Hemenway Memorial Pres ChurchBoonville, IN$65,000442024
Indiana UniversityBloomington, IN$64,107442024
Town of DaleDale, IN$60,000222023
Evansville Rescue MissionEvansville, IN$55,000442024
University of Southern IndianaEvansville, IN$54,111442024
Santa Claus Campground CorpSanta Claus, IN$44,000332023
Hope CentralBoonville, IN$35,000442024
Warrick County School CorporationBoonville, IN$35,000222024
Jd SheffEvansville, IN$34,000332023
Town of NewburghNewburgh, IN$30,000442024
United Methodist Youth HomeEvansville, IN$30,000442024
Boonville Now IncBoonville, IN$27,582442024
Friends of Warrick County CASABoonville, IN$25,000442024
Spencer County CASARockport, IN$25,000442024
Veterans OverwatchEvansville, IN$25,000112024
Warrick Co Community FoundationBoonville, IN$24,000442024
Evansville Assoc for the BlindEvansville, IN$20,000442024
Isaiah 117 HouseElizabeth, TN$20,000222024
Kappa Kappa KappaBoonville, IN$20,000442024
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenEvansville, IN$20,000442024
The Way of RockportRockport, IN$20,000442024
Boonville JR League BaseballBoonville, IN$16,000222023
The Town of GrandviewGrandview, IN$15,000112024
Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, KY$12,500222024
Holly's House IncEvansville, IN$10,000222024
Chemo Buddies IncEvansville, IN$8,000222024
Dale Presbyterian ChurchDale, IN$8,000222024
Hoosier State Press AssocIndianapolis, IN$8,000222022
Spencer County 4-H Clubs IncChrisney, IN$7,500222024
Warrick County 4-H Clubs IncBoonville, IN$7,500222024
Albion Fellows Bacon CenterEvansville, IN$5,000112024
Aurora IncEvansville, IN$5,000112022
Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN$5,000112024
Boonville Bike Club IncBoonville, IN$5,000112021
Chandler Cumberland Pres ChurchChandler, IN$5,000112023
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL$5,000112021
Evansville Wartime MuseumEvansville, IN$5,000112021
Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboro, KY$5,000112022
Murray State UniversityMurray, KY$5,000112021
Newburgh Senior CenterNewburgh, IN$5,000112023
North Spencer Comm Action CenterDale, IN$5,000112021
Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, TX$5,000112022
Trotter HouseJasper, IN$5,000112024
Vincennes UniversityVincennes, IN$5,000112022
National Newspaper Assoc FoundationArlington, VA$4,000442024
Vanderburgh County School CorpEvansville, IN$3,557112024
Boonville Fire DepartmentBoonville, IN$3,000112023
Eckerd CollegeSt Petersburg, FL$2,500112022
Ivy TechEvansviile, IN$2,500112024
Millikin UniversityDecatur, IL$2,500112023
Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO$1,389112023
Peoples Bancshares Pass ThruBoonville, IN$56442024

37 of 59 (63%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
19 grants
Human Services
11 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Civil Rights
4 grants
Religion
4 grants
Mental Health
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202133$447,409$6,000
202233$422,010$5,000
202339$463,416$10,000
202438$496,279$5,000

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. 97% 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
$1.8M
Kentucky
$22K
Tennessee
$20K
Illinois
$8K
Texas
$5K
Virginia
$4K
Florida
$2K
Missouri
$1K

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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.

Community Foundation Alliance Inc17 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc17 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund15 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program12 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 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 C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise'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: P O Box 791, Boonville, IN, 47601. 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 35-1834676 · 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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