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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 56-6034758

The Johnson Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Salisbury, NC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $218,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $218,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,104,288

  • Tax year 2024

    $170,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,404,771

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,908,784

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,468,925

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,107,528

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,823,681

  • Tax year 2019

    $300,400

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,598,890

  • Tax year 2018

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,667,763

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Michigan Law SchoolAnn Arbor, MI

    Charitable use

    $100,000
  2. Salisbury AcademySalisbury, NC

    Charitable use

    $50,000
  3. Partners in LearningSalisbury, NC

    Charitable use

    $20,000
  4. Regroup WNCCharlotte, NC

    Charitable use

    $20,000
  5. Novant FoundationWinston Salem, NC

    Charitable use

    $15,000
  6. Nazareth Child & Family ConnectionRockwell, NC

    Charitable use

    $10,000
  7. Marlie Dru Sullivan FoundationRock Hill, SC

    Charitable use

    $3,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services1 grant $10,00077% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,00023% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina5 grants $115,000
  2. Michigan1 grant $100,000
  3. South Carolina1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Judith H JohnsonPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Kathryn H JohnsonV. PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • F Joanne JohnsonTREASURER/SE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Arthur L Hattaway JrASST. SECRET Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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