Johnson Family Foundation

The Johnson Family Foundation, with assets of $77 million, is a US nonprofit foundation providing grants to US-based organizations for environmental health, sexuality and local development issues. The foundation funds programs to improve the health of our environment; promote equality and social progress; and support education and youth. Grantmaking is place-based and, in environmental health and LGBT issues, national in scope.

History
Established on 1 December 1990 as The Thomas Phillips and Jane Moore Johnson Foundation. It was founded by Thomas Phillips Johnson, co-founder of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh's largest law firm and his wife, Jane Moore Johnson. While Mr. Johnson died in 2000, following his wife's death in 1998,, the foundation is now in its third generation of Johnson family involvement.

Since its inception JFF has awarded grants of nearly $30 million, including $3 million in 2010.

LGBT Issues
The foundation provides grants to US organizations that promote the mental health and well-being of LGBT people across the lifespan, empower queer youth and build the capacity of the movement for LGBT equality.

JFF has awarded more than $7 million in grants through the LGBT program since its inception.

Strategies

 * Mental Health
 * Invest in LGBT community centers and efforts that advance our understanding of mental health issues facing the community
 * Youth
 * Promote safe schools and queer youth empowerment, and support other interventions that measurably improve the lives of young people
 * Movement Building
 * Foster a strong and sustainable movement by investing in research and public education, funder collaborations and other projects with the potential for movement-wide impact

Environmental Health
The foundation provides grants to US organizations that reduce and eliminate toxic burdens in people, communities, and the natural and built environment, and to foster healthier, more sustainable lives and livelihoods.

JFF has awarded more than $6.3 million in grants through the environmental health program since its inception.

Strategies

 * Policy
 * Reform federal chemical policies to better protect the public’s health and promote safe and sustainable communities through the use of advocacy, media, public education, policy analysis and grassroots organizing
 * Science
 * Promote public understanding of environmental health science and green chemistry
 * Markets
 * Support adoption and implementation of sustainability policies and practices that uphold the highest level of safety based on the best available science
 * Movement Building
 * Foster a strong and sustainable environmental health movement by investing in capacity building and leadership in individuals and institutions

Sampling of past recipients

 * Center for American Progress
 * Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
 * Family Acceptance Project
 * Funders for LGBTQ Issues
 * Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
 * Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network)
 * Liberty Hill Foundation
 * Long Island GLBT Community Center
 * Movement Advancement Project
 * National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
 * Queer Youth Fund
 * Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
 * Williams Institute


 * Complete list

Funding / support
The Johnson Family Foundation is a privately funded family foundation and does not solicit donations. You can support their efforts by donating to former recipients of their grants.