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Wece B and Martha A Johnson Foundation

Accepts applications Longview, Texas · EIN 752659420

Wece B and Martha A Johnson Foundation is a private foundation in Longview, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $323,010 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $184,685. 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 $290,000 the year before.

11% of its 2025 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$290,1008$6.6 million
2024$290,00014$6.8 million
2025$323,01011$7.1 million

How to apply

ContactJennifer Slade
PO Box 4019, Longview, TX 75606-4019
Phone or email(903) 758-5949, johnsonfoundation1@gmail.com
What to submitApplication form attached as PDF file.
DeadlinesMarch 15 and September 15 annually
RestrictionsAs determined by the Grant Committee and approved by the Board.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Wece B and Martha A Johnson Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas11$323,010

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
First United Methodist Church
Longview, TX
Capital improvements$184,685
Newgate Mission
Longview, TX
Capital improvements$65,780
Asbury House
Longview, TX
Capital improvements$25,045
Presbyterian Camps at Gilmont
Gilmer, TX
Operations$10,000
Individual
TX
Capital improvement$10,000
Hiway 80 Rescu Mission
Longview, TX
Capital funding$10,000
Womens Center of East Texas
Longview, TX
Capital funding$9,500
Longview 2020 Forum
Longview, TX
Operations$3,000
Individual
TX
Operations$2,500
The Salvation Army
Longview, TX
General operations$1,500
Greater Longview United Way
Longview, TX
Operations$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Wece B and Martha A Johnson Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 15 and September 15 annually.

How much does Wece B and Martha A Johnson Foundation give?

$323,010 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Wece B and Martha A Johnson Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists See Schedule I Attached (Directors).

What does Wece B and Martha A Johnson Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and human services.

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