Irving S Johnson and Alwyn N Johnson F
Indianapolis, IN · EIN 35-2017579. Reported 199 grants totalling $951,500 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Irving S Johnson and Alwyn N Johnson F 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 $4,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $20,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episcopal Relief and Development | Merrilfield, VA | $52,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $40,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | Sanibel, FL | $20,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heart to Heart International | Lenexa, KS | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Abuse Counseling & Treatment Center | Ft Myers, FL | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Ess | Wichita, KS | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feeding South Florida | Pembroke Park, FL | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Book | Washington, DC | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Fund for Women | San Francisco, CA | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Boulder, CO | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Horizon House | Indianapolis, IN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indiana Youth Group Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Island Health and Wellness Foundation | Deer Isle, ME | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jameson Camp | Indianapolis, IN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| John Boner Neighborhood Center | Indianapolis, IN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Native American Heritage Association | Rapid City, SD | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health | Frederick, MD | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Mary Child Care Center | Indianapolis, IN | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Treehouse (orthodox Christian Ministries Inc) | Wichita, KS | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earthwide Surgical Foundation | Henderson, TX | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Desert Cry Wildlife Inc | Queen Creek, AZ | $17,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Central Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries | Stonington, ME | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Ambulance Corps | Deer Isle, ME | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mental Health Providers of Western Queens | Woodside, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Happy Hollow Childrens Camp | Indianapolis, IN | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners for Peace | Bangor, ME | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Home Inc | Orland, ME | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indiana University Foundation | Bloomington, IN | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opera House Arts | Stonington, ME | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Society of St Andrew | Big Island, VA | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Great Plains Transportation Museum | Wichita, KS | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stand for the Silent | Perkins, OK | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| John P Crain House Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Naral Foundation | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Louisville Foundation | Louisville, KY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wild Canine Rescue | Springfield, IL | $11,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arc of Benton Co | Corvallis, OR | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Little Red Door Cancer Center | Indianapolis, IN | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Waycross Episcopal Camp & Conference Center | Morgantown, IN | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Deer Islestonington High School | Deer Isle, ME | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | New York, NY | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Student Conservation Association | Charlestown, NH | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dayspring Center | Indianapolis, IN | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Home Inc | Des Moines, IA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Deer Isle Stonington High School | Deer Isle, ME | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Julian Center | Indianapolis, IN | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Abortion Federation | Annapolis Junction, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Rd Door Cancer Agency | Indianapolis, IN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ny Abortion Access Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Regional Advisory Council of Benton County | Indianapolis, IN | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Action Against Hunger-USA | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church World Service | Elkhart, IN | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Hospice and Palliative Care | Ft Myers, FL | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Center for Farmworker Health | Buda, TX | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society of St Anne | Olathe, KS | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Accion International | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
52 of 66 (79%) 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 87%, 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 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.
- Indiana University Foundation
School of Science at IUPUI - University of Louisville Foundation
Gail Huecker Scholarship Fund - Deer Isle Stonington High School
Scholarships in Science and or Health Care - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
HOPP Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 121 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | $169,000 | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 53 | $234,000 | $4,500 |
| 2023 | 47 | $240,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $308,500 | $6,000 |
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. 25% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Irving S Johnson and Alwyn N Johnson F'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: 6141 N Sherman Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46220. 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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