Johnson Charitable Gift Fund

Analysis

Johnson Charitable Gift Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Cincinnati, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund reported income of $58.9m and spending of $41.1m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $47.8m to $58.9m (+23%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust ($58.9m), Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc ($59.0m) and The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc ($58.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $327.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $327.3m.