About Us

Chandra and Jimmie Johnson launched the Jimmie Johnson Foundation in 2006. To date, more than $13.3 million has been contributed to various organizations and K-12 public schools.

The Foundation currently focuses on funding K-12 public education, primarily through the Jimmie Johnson Foundation Champions Grant program. Champions Grants are awarded to schools in North Carolina to help them address their most critical needs. Previously, Champions Grants were also awarded to schools located in in the Johnsons hometowns of El Cajon/San Diego, California and Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Recent programs include the Blue Bunny Helmet of Hope, which provided cash grants and national exposure for charities that support K-12 public education to be featured on Jimmie’s helmet during a NASCAR Cup Series race from 2008-2020; and Team Up For Technology, which provided one lucky K-12 public school in the United States a $48,000 technology makeover from 2011-2019.

The Foundation works with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses.

Past Foundation partnerships include working with San Diego Habitat for Humanity to construct four homes on Foundation Lane in El Cajon; building Jimmie Johnson’s Victory Lanes, a four lane bowling center for campers at Pattie and Kyle Petty’s Victory Junction in Randleman, N.C; and funding the construction of the Toddler Playroom at the Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte.