South Carolina · Private foundation
Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $19k
- Granted FY2020
- 15
- Grants FY2020
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Spartanburg County Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $19k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Total assets, FY2020
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 40% of the organizations Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 15 | $19k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $25k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $9k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Garden Conservancy Inc | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc | $6,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Group of 100 Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Spartanburg Day School | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Spartanburg Methodist College | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Converse University | $3,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ School Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upstate Forever | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trees Coalition | $2,303 | 3 | n/a |
| Pardee Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Garden Conservancy Inc | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc | $6,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Group of 100 Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Spartanburg Day School | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Spartanburg Methodist College | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Converse University | $3,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ School Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upstate Forever | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trees Coalition | $2,303 | 3 | n/a |
| Pardee Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Noble Tree Foundation Org | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adult Learning Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Horticultural Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hejaz Shriners | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Total Ministries of Spartanburg County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Henderson County Rescue Squad | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation supplied at peak.
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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
Compare Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation with peer funders
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About Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation
- How much does Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation give?
- Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $18,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (39%), Education (27%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Garden Conservancy Inc ($15k), Spartanburg Community College Foundation Inc ($7k), Group of 100 Inc ($4k).
- Does Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Spartanburg County Foundation, J M Smith Foundation, Arkwright Foundation.
- Where is Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation based?
- Betty James and Walter S Montgomery Jr Foundation is based in SC.
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