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US nonprofit · EIN 770573195 · East Palo Alto, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 770573195) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990PF for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.2026 return IRS e-file (TEOS) 2026 release: 990PF for the year to 31 December 2025.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Franklin & Catherine Johnson Family Foundation's network

3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Franklin P Johnson JR ChairChairman2019
7 yrs
Franklin Lee JohnsonDirector2019
7 yrs
Leslie Johnson EversDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Catherine H JohnsonPresident/CEOsince 2019
Tarah Smith EvansExecutive Directorsince 2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Franklin P Johnson JrChairman1$0
Michael J MessemerPresident1$0
Tarah Smith EvansCEO1$0
Franklin Lee JohnsonDirector1$0
Leslie Johnson EversDirector1$0
Reid P JohnsonDirector1$0
Martin R JohnsonDirector1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Franklin & Catherine Johnson Family Foundation
EIN
770573195
Address
1950 University Ave Suite 230, East Palo Alto, CA, 94303-2250
State
California
Activity (NTEE)
T22 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2001
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsFranklin P Johnson JR
≥7years on the filingsFranklin Lee Johnson
≥7years on the filingsLeslie Johnson Evers

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$14k
Net assets or fund balances
$14k