Walter S. Johnson Foundation

A foundation founded in 1968 and devoted to disconnected young people from 14 to 26 across Northern California and Nevada, funding former foster and homeless youth toward successful adulthood through flexible grants and public private partnership

  • wsjf.org
  • Legacy
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Foundation and grantmaker
  • Read from public sources, Aug 2026

Financial profile

Walter S. Johnson Foundation · EIN 23-7003595 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$6,362,686$6,403,241$109,872,221Dec 2023
FY2022$7,811,314$7,288,254$109,912,776Dec 2022
FY2021$27,007,744$8,850,155$108,927,749Dec 2021
FY2020$2,930,044$6,209,108$90,770,160Dec 2020
FY2019$9,587,184$6,133,373$94,113,403Dec 2019
FY2015$11,004,678$6,926,750$93,692,465Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Walter S. Johnson Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs WSJF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A foundation founded in 1968 and devoted to disconnected young people from 14 to 26 across Northern California and Nevada, funding former foster and homeless youth toward successful adulthood through flexible grants and public private partnership

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Movement and The Republic.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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