· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE MISSOURI SYMPHONY | $5,200 |
| COLUMBIA POLICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $5,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF | $4,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $4,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $4,000 |
| COYOTE HILL MANAGED AGENCY | $3,000 |
| HEART OF AMERICA CASA | $3,000 |
| COLUMBIA FUND FOR ACADEMIC | $3,000 |
| COLUMBIA CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW | $2,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBIA | $2,000 |
| COMPASSUS LIVING FOUNDATION INC | $2,000 |
| MARY LEE JOHNSON COMMUNITY | $1,770 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF COLUMBIA INC | $1,700 |
| PRESBYTERIAN CHILDRENS HOME & | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CPCOLUMBIA POLICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND9× · 2017–2025 · $45k
- TMTHE MISSOURI SYMPHONY8× · 2018–2025 · $42k · revenue -46%
- SASALVATION ARMY9× · 2017–2025 · $36k
Funded once
- HOHEART OF AMERICA CASAone grant, 2025 · $3k
- CHCOYOTE HILL MANAGED AGENCYone grant, 2025 · $3k
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBIAone grant, 2025 · $2k
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.
5 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. 5 of the 32 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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.
Open a dossier: Veterans United Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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