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The Johnson Family Foundation (JFF) is a private family foundation (EIN 25-6357015) based in New York, Colorado (Telluride), and Vermont that funds work on environment, equality/social progress, education, and youth. The site describes JFF grantmaking, lists staff and leadership, and hosts a Johnson Justice Fellowship program. Tax and public disclosure documents are linked from the site.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations working on environment, social equality/justice, education, or youth programs with demonstrable programmatic impact and either a track record in those fields or a clear local/national partnership with the foundation’s priority places.
Good Fit
- • Programmatic alignment with environment, equality/social progress, education, or youth.
- • Established nonprofit with measurable outcomes and fiscal capacity for the requested grant size.
- • Existing relationship or warm introduction to a program officer or trustee, or prior participation in the Johnson Justice Fellowship.
- • Work based in or serving the foundation’s frequent states (historically including New York, Colorado, Vermont) or national initiatives that intersect those places.
Geography
Across the observed history the foundation funded organizations in many states (23 states reported in 2022–2023), but the most recent year’s giving was concentrated entirely in New York.
Recipient Variety
In 2022 and 2023 the foundation made well over 100 grants each year to many distinct recipients, indicating a broadly distributed recipient set despite the latest year showing a single large award.
New Applicants
The foundation’s filings and website show both historically substantial new-recipient activity and a public fellowship application route, but public statements indicate most general grants are by preselection, so direct entry for unfamiliar applicants is possible but not clearly open.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
