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Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$122k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$47,400
Organizations funded a year
18 to 37
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

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

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

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InternationalEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$121k25%
FY202432$112k16%
FY202337$107k27%
FY202234$104k26%
FY202119$60k37%
FY201932$105k34%
FY201827$96k48%
FY201718$81kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$218kHuman Services$121kEnvironment$99kInternational$75kEducation$73kArts & Culture$62kHealth$29kRecreation & Sports$26kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Piedmont Land Conservancy$43,50080%
Blue Ridge Conservancy$36,40080%
The Foundation$28,00064%
Greensboro Children's Museum Inc$25,00050%
Elkin Valley Trails Association$24,50066%
Samaritan's Purse$23,14560%
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc$20,00011%
Friends of the Elkin Public Library$18,5008n/a
Guilford Education Alliance$16,00041%
Communities in Schools of Greater Greensboro Inc$15,00031%
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All grantees of Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Piedmont Land Conservancy$43,50080%
Blue Ridge Conservancy$36,40080%
The Foundation$28,00064%
Greensboro Children's Museum Inc$25,00050%
Elkin Valley Trails Association$24,50066%
Samaritan's Purse$23,14560%
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc$20,00011%
Friends of the Elkin Public Library$18,5008n/a
Guilford Education Alliance$16,00041%
Communities in Schools of Greater Greensboro Inc$15,00031%
Authoracare Collective$15,00030%
United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc$10,00020%
The Music Academy of North Carolina Inc$10,00021%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
North Carolina Baptist Men$10,0001n/a
Mayflower Hills Baptist Church$8,0003n/a
Search Ministries Inc$8,0008n/a
Cross Connection Inc$8,00050%
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation$8,00020%
Tri County Christian Crisis Ministr$7,00021%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$6,00010%
The Interactive Resource Center Inc$6,00030%
Greensboro Urban Ministry$6,00030%
Out of the Garden Project$5,00040%
Reach Out First Inc$5,00041%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$5,00010%
Fellowship Hall Inc$5,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$4,00030%
Gideons International$4,0002n/a
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation$3,00010%
Direct Relief$3,00020%
Heartcry Missionary Society Incorporated$3,0002n/a
WATERSHED NOW INC aka Watershed NOW aka Friends of Big Elkin Creek$3,000127%
Educational Information Corporation$2,25050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00020%
Shift Education$2,00010%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$2,00010%
Kakenya Center for Excellence$2,00010%
Heart to Heart International Inc$2,00010%
Shelterbox USA Inc$2,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$2,00010%
Guilford Technical Community College Foundation Inc$2,00020%
The Cloud Foundation$1,40030%
Colorado Horse Rescue$1,20030%
United Way of Greater Houston$1,00010%
Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Inc$1,00011%
Greensboro Housing Coalition Inc$1,00010%
Hire Heroes USA Inc$1,00010%
National Public Radio Inc$1,00010%
Blue Ridge Women's Center Inc$1,00010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$1,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00010%
Union Theological Seminary$1,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPiedmont Land Conservancy: $43,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBlue Ridge Conservancy: $36,400 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Foundation: $28,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetGreensboro Children's Museum Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetElkin Valley Trails Association: $24,500 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $23,145 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGuilford Education Alliance: $16,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Greater Greensboro Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAuthoracare Collective: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Greensboro Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Music Academy of North Carolina Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCross Connection Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBlue Ridge Parkway Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTri County Christian Crisis Ministr: $7,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPuppies Behind Bars Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Interactive Resource Center Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGreensboro Urban Ministry: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOut of the Garden Project: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetReach Out First Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship Hall Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Center of the Americas Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATERSHED NOW INC aka Watershed NOW aka Friends of Big Elkin Creek: $3,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetEducational Information Corporation: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShift Education: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKakenya Center for Excellence: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart to Heart International Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuilford Technical Community College Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cloud Foundation: $1,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetColorado Horse Rescue: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGreensboro Housing Coalition Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHire Heroes USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Women's Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Theological Seminary: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Lincoln Financial Foundation IncPA29.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Hillsdale Fund · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Hummel Family Fund Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Well-Spring Retirement Community Inc · The Joseph M Bryan Foundation · David and Claudia Babb Reich Family 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.

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About Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation

How much does Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation give?
Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $122,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Human Services (15%), Environment (12%).
Who are Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Piedmont Land Conservancy ($44k), Blue Ridge Conservancy ($36k), The Foundation ($28k).
Does Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc, Hillsdale Fund, Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc.
Where is Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation based?
Betty J and Robert P Williams Family Foundation is based in NC.

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 82 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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