Missouri · Private foundation
R&J Lewis Comm Betterment 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1000k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 16 | $46k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $41k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $44k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $43k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $42k | 13% |
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 Missouri Symphony | $41,600 | 8 | 2% |
| Salvation Army | $36,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Shelter Inc | $28,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Columbia Inc | $13,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Columbia Crime Stoppers Program Inc | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($230k), not named here.
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 R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation
- How much does R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation give?
- R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $45,670 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Missouri Symphony ($42k), Salvation Army ($36k), Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Shelter Inc ($28k).
- Does R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does R&J Lewis Comm Betterment 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 R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Veterans United Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation based?
- R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation is based in MO.
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