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C and A Johnson Family Foundation

Accepts applications Palm Beach, Florida · EIN 474003028

C and A Johnson Family Foundation is a private foundation in Palm Beach, Florida. In tax year 2025 it gave $1.6 million in 55 grants; the typical grant was $17,000 and the largest $150,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $1.2 million the year before.

30% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$5.7 million74$137 million
2024$1.2 million52$101 million
2025$1.6 million55$122 million

How to apply

ContactCharles B Johnson Trustee
1120 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Phone or email(650) 312-3056
What to submitGrant requests should be made in writing to the address above.
RestrictionsAll gifts are made pursuant to trust instruments and in the discretion of the trustee.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What C and A Johnson Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 18 states, the most to California.

StateGrantsAmount
California23$609,000
Tennessee2$220,000
Massachusetts5$138,000
District of Columbia7$106,000
Connecticut1$100,000
New York1$100,000
New Jersey1$55,000
Texas1$50,000
Virginia3$35,000
Kansas1$25,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 55 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Healing Hands International Inc
Nashville, TN
Charitable support$150,000
Medical Ambassadors International
Salida, CA
Charitable support$150,000
Buckley Institute
New Haven, CT
Charitable support$100,000
Inner-City Scholarship Fund
New York, NY
Charitable support$100,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA
Charitable support$100,000
Redwood Church
Redwood City, CA
Charitable support$80,000
Made in the Streets
Brentwood, TN
Charitable support$70,000
Scala Foundation
Princeton, NJ
Charitable support$55,000
Church of Christ in Eastwood El Paso TX
El Paso, TX
Charitable support$50,000
Archbishop Riordan High School
San Francisco, CA
Charitable support$30,000
Eastside College Prep
East Palo Alto, CA
Charitable support$30,000
Common Sense Society
Washington, DC
Charitable support$25,000
Eisenhower Foundation
Abilene, KS
Charitable support$25,000
Free to Choose Network
Erie, PA
Charitable support$25,000
Freedom Foundation
Davis, CA
Charitable support$25,000
Giants Community Fund
San Francisco, CA
Charitable support$25,000
Independent Institute
Oakland Ca, CA
Charitable support$25,000
Judicial Watch Inc
Washington, DC
Charitable support$25,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC
Charitable support$25,000
New England Animal Sanctuary Inc
Buxton, ME
Charitable support$25,000
Pacific Legal Foundation
Sacramento, CA
Charitable support$25,000
Peninsula Bible Church
Palo Alto, CA
Charitable support$25,000
St Dorothy's Rest Association
Camp Meeker, CA
Charitable support$25,000
St Dorothy's Rest Association
Camp Meeker, CA
Charitable support$25,000
St Dorothy's Rest Association
Camp Meeker, CA
Charitable support$25,000
Street Life Ministries
Redwood City, CA
Charitable support$25,000
World Vision
Federal Way, WA
Charitable support$25,000
Egan Maritime Institute
Nantucket, MA
Charitable support$17,000
Olympic Club Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Charitable support$15,000
San Francisco Italian Athletic Club FDTN
San Francisco, CA
Charitable support$15,000
State Policy Network
Arlington, VA
Charitable support$15,000
State Policy Network
Arlington, VA
Charitable support$15,000
Thorne Ecological Institute
Boulder, CO
Charitable support$15,000
Redwood Church
Redwood City, CA
Charitable support$11,000
Alliance to Protect Nantuckets Sound Inc
Hyannis, MA
Charitable support$10,000
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Washington, DC
Charitable support$10,000
City Team Ministries
San Jose, CA
Charitable support$10,000
David Horowitz Freedom Center
Washington, DC
Charitable support$10,000
Goldwater Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Charitable support$10,000
Semper Fi & Americas Fund
Oceanside, CA
Charitable support$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does C and A Johnson Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does C and A Johnson Family Foundation give?

$1.6 million in tax year 2025, across 55 grants, with a typical grant of $17,000.

Who runs C and A Johnson Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Charles B Johnson (Treasurer & Chairman / Director), Ann L Johnson (President / Director), Phil Scatena (Secretary) and Greg Johnson (Officer).

What does C and A Johnson Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly international, faith communities and education.

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