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Johnny Carson Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 20-5885752 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$26.6M
Grants reported
511
Typical grant
$20K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$1M

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: JOHNNY CARSON FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2024259$13.3M
2023252$13.3M

Where Johnny Carson Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

California$13.4MNebraska$11.5MNew York$512.5KIllinois$325KColorado$285K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

University of Nebraska Foundation

LINCOLN, NE

$4.5MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Carson center for emerging media arts - $2,000,000lied center building fund-$2,500,000cyfs program - $25,000husker pantry - $20,000

University of Nebraska Foundation

LINCOLN, NE

$4.5MTax year 2023

Grant purpose

Carson center for emerging media arts - $2,000,000lied center building fund-$2,500,000

Faith Regional Health Services Foundation

NORFOLK, NE

$500KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Varian trubeam radiotherapy system & vault

Faith Regional Health Services Foundation

NORFOLK, NE

$500KTax year 2023

Grant purpose

Varian trubeam radiotherapy system & vault

La Regional Food Bank

LOS ANGELES, CA

$405KTax year 2023

Grant purpose

Unrestricted support

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (511 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Johnny Carson Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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