Funding search · EIN 431780147 · Columbia, MO

R&J Lewis Comm Betterment Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

60
grants reported
$174,370
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • The Missouri Symphony4 grants · $20,800
  • Columbia Police Scholarship Fund4 grants · $20,000
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities4 grants · $16,000
  • The Salvation Army4 grants · $16,000
  • Assistance League of4 grants · $16,000
  • Columbia Fund for Academic4 grants · $10,000
  • Columbia Crime Stoppers Program4 grants · $10,000
  • Coyote Hill Christian Childrens3 grants · $9,000
  • Rainbow House2 grants · $8,000
  • Meals On Wheels of Columbia4 grants · $6,800

Giving over time

$43,900
2022
$43,900
2023
$40,900
2024
$45,670
2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

  • $5,200

    The Missouri Symphony · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $5,200

    The Missouri Symphony · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $5,200

    The Missouri Symphony · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $5,200

    The Missouri Symphony · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $5,000

    Columbia Police Scholarship Fund · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $5,000

    Columbia Police Scholarship Fund · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $5,000

    Columbia Police Scholarship Fund · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $5,000

    Columbia Police Scholarship Fund · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $4,000

    Assistance League of · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $4,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $4,000

    The Salvation Army · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $4,000

    Assistance League of · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $4,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $4,000

    The Salvation Army · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $4,000

    Assistance League of · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $4,000

    Rainbow House · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $4,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $4,000

    The Salvation Army · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $4,000

    Assistance League of · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $4,000

    Rainbow House · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $4,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $4,000

    The Salvation Army · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $3,000

    Columbia Fund for Academic · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $3,000

    Coyote Hill Managed Agency · Harrisburg, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $3,000

    Heart of America Casa · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General support

  • $3,000

    Columbia Fund for Academic · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $3,000

    Coyote Hill Christian Childrens · Harrisburg, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $3,000

    Coyote Hill Christian Childrens · Harrisburg, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $3,000

    Coyote Hill Christian Childrens · Harrisburg, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $2,500

    Columbia Crime Stoppers Program · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $2,500

    Columbia Crime Stoppers Program · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $2,500

    Columbia Crime Stoppers Program · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $2,500

    Columbia Crime Stoppers Program · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $2,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $2,000

    Compassus Living Foundation · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General support

  • $2,000

    University of Missouri Law · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $2,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $2,000

    Hospice Compassus · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $2,000

    University of Missouri Law · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $2,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $2,000

    Columbia Fund for Academic · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $2,000

    Hospice Compassus · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $2,000

    The Ray Lewis Scholarship in Law and · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $2,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $2,000

    Columbia Fund for Academic · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $2,000

    Hospice Compassus · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $2,000

    The Ray Lewis Scholarship in Law and · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $1,770

    Mary Lee Johnson Community · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General support

  • $1,700

    Meals On Wheels of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $1,700

    Meals On Wheels of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $1,700

    Meals On Wheels of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $1,700

    Meals On Wheels of Columbia · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $1,500

    Presbyterian Childrens Home & · Austin, TX · 2025

    General use

  • $1,500

    Presbyterian Children'S Home · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $1,500

    Columbia Transitional Living · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $1,500

    Columbia Transitional Living · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General use

  • $1,000

    Show-Me Central Habitat for · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General use

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Columbia, MO · 2024

    General use

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Columbia, MO · 2023

    General use

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Columbia, MO · 2022

    General use

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.