Georgia · Private foundation
Betty a & James B Williams Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $250k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Betty a & James B Williams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $245k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $270k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $330k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $265k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $288k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $290k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $283k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The McCallie School | $500,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Emory University | $190,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Emory University | $185,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| LaAmistad Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Back the Blue Atlanta Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 5% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Twin Lakes Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The McCallie School | $500,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Emory University | $190,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Emory University | $185,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| LaAmistad Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Back the Blue Atlanta Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 5% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Twin Lakes Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherd Center Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 29% |
| The Remedy Project | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centered for Life Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blueprint 58 Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Holy Innocents Episcopal School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Families and Communities Together Relief | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shepherd Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Betty a & James B Williams Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Betty a & James B Williams Foundation
- How much does Betty a & James B Williams Foundation give?
- Betty a & James B Williams Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Betty a & James B Williams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Religion (36%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Betty a & James B Williams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The McCallie School ($500k), Emory University ($190k), Emory University ($185k).
- Does Betty a & James B Williams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Betty a & James B Williams Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Betty a & James B Williams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Betty a & James B Williams Foundation based?
- Betty a & James B Williams Foundation is based in GA.
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