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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 62-6314839

The Edith Carell Johnson Foundation

A private foundation in Nashville, TN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $113,000 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

    $113,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,008,299

  • Tax year 2024

    $57,700

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,064,453

  • Tax year 2023

    $73,178

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,062,208

  • Tax year 2022

    $715,750

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,116,254

  • Tax year 2021

    $316,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,729,163

  • Tax year 2020

    $439,333

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,789,079

  • Tax year 2019

    $459,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,229,479

  • Tax year 2018

    $183,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,607,249

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Community Foundation for NantucketNantucket, MA

    To further charitable purposes

    $100,000
  2. Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC

    To further charitable purposes

    $11,000
  3. Nantucket Yacht Club FoundationNantucket, MA

    To further charitable purposes

    $1,000
  4. The Land Trust for TennesseeNashville, TN

    To further charitable purposes

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $101,00089% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $11,00010% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts2 grants $101,000
  2. North Carolina1 grant $11,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Edith Carell JohnsonCHAIRMAN Hours 0Pay $0
  • David B JohnsonMEMBER OF BOARD Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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