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The James M Johnston Trust for Char & Educ

Accepts applications Chevy Chase, Maryland · EIN 237019796

The James M Johnston Trust for Char & Educ is a private foundation in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In tax year 2024 it gave $4.2 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $4.2 million and the largest $4.2 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $3.9 million the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$3.9 million1$89.6 million
2024$4.2 million1$93.6 million

How to apply

ContactThe Trust See Federal Footnote
2 Wisconsin Circle Suite 870, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone or email(301) 907-0135
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsSee federal footnote to part xiv

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kentucky.

StateGrantsAmount
Kentucky1$4.2 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
See Schedule Attached
Pippa Passes, KY
See schedule attached$4.2 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The James M Johnston Trust for Char & Educ accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See federal footnote to part xiv.

How much does The James M Johnston Trust for Char & Educ give?

$4.2 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $4.2 million.

Who runs The James M Johnston Trust for Char & Educ?

Its 2024 filing lists W Dunbar Gram (Trustee), Helen Pate (Trustee), Theo T Hayes (Trustee) and Tracy Pate (Trustee).

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