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Betty a & James B Williams Foundation at a glance

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Betty a & James B Williams Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.0MReligion$910kPhilanthropy$205kYouth Development$167kHealth$88kHuman Services$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kRecreation & Sports$25k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$100,000
BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA$50,000
THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL$50,000
EMORY WOODRUFF HEALTH SCIENCES$20,000
GA FAMILY CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP$10,000
BACK THE BLUE ATLANTA$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS$5,000
DUKE ALS CLINIC AT DUKE UNIV$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILIES COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: $5k → 8%THE REMEDY PROJECT INC: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 12 repeat orgs$218k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
10

Total granted

$2.3M
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+38%

Still filing today

67%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TM
    THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $500k · revenue +2%
  • EU
    Emory University
    2× · 2022–2023 · $185k · revenue +15%
  • LI
    LaAmistad Inc
    3× · 2018–2024 · $55k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • RG
    Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +46%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - ATLANTA
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
  • CH
    CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
2
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health
3
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
4
Fayetteville Academy

Fayetteville academy is an independent, college preparatory school (prek- 12) that encourages students to achieve their full potential by offering exceptional opportunities in academics, fine arts, and athletics. the academy emphasizes…

Education
5
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
6
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
7
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
8
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
9
Piedmont Hospital Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
10
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
11
The Medical Center Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
12
Richard Winn Academy

To provide a superior education for prekindergarten through twelfth grade students in a safe, well-disciplined and nurturing environment. this mission has remained constant throughout the 50 plus year history of the school. founders…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherd Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Back the Blue Atlanta Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $900,000 · OtherPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEMORY UNIVERSITY: $190,000 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITYUNITED WAY OF METRO ATLANTA: $125,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF METRO ATLANTAGA FAMILY CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP: $55,000 · Other+7 more: $102,500 · Other+7 moreTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $500,000 · EducationTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOLEmory University: $185,000 · EducationEmory UniversityRabun Gap-Nacoochee School: $50,000 · EducationRabun Gap-Nacoochee SchoolThe Westminster Schools Inc: $35,000 · EducationBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentLaAmistad Inc: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLUEPRINT 58 INC: $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBack the Blue Atlanta Inc: $40,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE REMEDY PROJECT: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER RELIEF: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$1,372,500Education$770,000Youth Development$186,500Philanthropy$105,000Public Safety & Disaster$40,000Recreation & Sports$25,000Human Services$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $500,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEmory University: $185,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $125,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLaAmistad Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetRabun Gap-Nacoochee School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBack the Blue Atlanta Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCENTERED FOR LIFE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBLUEPRINT 58 INC: $6,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds LaAmistad Inc ↗
  • Who funds Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School ↗
  • Who funds Back the Blue Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TWIN LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE REMEDY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CENTERED FOR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEPRINT 58 INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Betty a & James B Williams Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betty a & James B Williams Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Betty a & James B Williams Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Betty a & James B Williams Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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