Grants awarded
Who does Gesner-Johnson Foundation fund?
Gesner-Johnson Foundation has awarded $4.4 million across 120 grants to 93 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $39,500, with most between $20,000 and $50,000.
Total awarded
$4.4M
Typical grant
$40K
Grantees
93
Grants
120
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both Ends Believing INC
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$185K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| H Huntington Hospital-Pasadena Hosp Assn | $150K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $140K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $125K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Olive Crest
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$119K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Centered INC | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
Just in Time for Foster Youth
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$95K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
San Diego Rescue Mission INC
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$95K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Agros International
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$90K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | WA | |
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$85K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| S Solutions for Change | $83K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Divine Alternatives for Dads (dad) | $82K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Community Resource Center | $74K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$70K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $70K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$68K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking
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$66K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Five Acres - Boys & Girls Aid Society | $60K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| O Outdoor Outreach | $56K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
All Peoples Community Center
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$56K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $56K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Friends in Deed (the Fid Group) | $55K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W Walden Family Services | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Challenged Athletes Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Center for Community Solutions | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| V Volunteers of America INC | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Voices for Children | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Bridges of Hope | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Pasadena Senior Center
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| P Promise2kids | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Seattle School of Theology & Psychology | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hope Refuge INC | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| P Phoenix Dream Center Fdn | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y Your Neighbor to Love Coalition | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
A New Leaf Cottages INC
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | AZ | |
| U United Way of Pierce | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Mamas Kitchen
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$47K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $45K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
My Neighbor to Love Coalition
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$42K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| T Testimony Gospel Brand Ministries INC | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Girls Rising Above Child Exploitation (grace) | $39K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dads | $38K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $36K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Alliance for Hope International
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$35K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of Pasadena | $35K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cura Smiles INC | $34K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Our Arts Foundation | $32K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of Pierce County | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Seed House Project
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A Agros International | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | WA | |
| F Forever Kids | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
School on Wheels INC
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$22K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| R Rise Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego | $21K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Good Shepherd Center for | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Mana De North County San Diego | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| U Urban Hands | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WA | |
| D Divine Alternatives for Dads | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
The Brother Benno Foundation INC
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $19K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Young & Healthy
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$16K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| I Impact Latin America | $13K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$12K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WA | |
| C Community Resource Corporation | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S St Francis Center | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| M Montessori Community School | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Flintridge Center
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| S Steward Ag Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Tides Foundation
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| A A Sense of Home (asoh) | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Father McGivney Food Bank | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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