Well Told Grants

Foundations / Illinois

Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust

Accepts applications Decatur, Illinois · EIN 363467018

Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust is a private foundation in Decatur, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $82,500 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $3,750 and the largest $19,000. 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 $27,500 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$60,5008$1.1 million
2024$27,50011$1.1 million
2025$82,50014$1.1 million

How to apply

ContactFirst Mid Wealth Management
455 N Main Street, Decatur, IL 62523
Phone or email(217) 429-8714
What to submitApplication supplied by trustee
DeadlinesDetermined on an annual basis
RestrictionsRestricted to residents of kankakee county, Illinois under the age of 22

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois8$59,000
Tennessee2$8,000
Indiana2$7,500
Ohio1$5,500
Connecticut1$2,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
Scholarships$19,000
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Scholarships$13,500
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL
Scholarships$11,000
Belmont University
Nasville, TN
Scholarships$5,500
Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL
Scholarships$5,500
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
Scholarships$5,500
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Scholarships$5,000
Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN
Scholarships$2,500
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL
Scholarships$2,500
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
Scholarships$2,500
Governors State University
University Park, IL
Scholarships$2,500
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee, IL
Scholarships$2,500
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Scholarships$2,500
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Scholarships$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Determined on an annual basis.

How much does Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust give?

$82,500 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $3,750.

Who runs Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists First Mid Wealth Management (Trustee).

What does Ethan Allen Johnson & Caroline Johnson Educational Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

Similar foundations in Illinois