About Betterworld Trust
The BetterWorld Trust concentrates relatively large, targeted gifts to a small number of repeat grantees focused on global health and education in Africa and domestic foster-youth services. Their giving emphasizes direct program impact—supporting remote healthcare delivery in Liberia, book distribution to African children, and capacity-building/grants for CASA and foster youth services. The foundation appears to use intermediaries and program-focused partners to reach beneficiaries rather than a highly diversified portfolio.
Focus Areas
Rural primary healthcare delivery in Liberia (Last Mile Health)Book collection, shipping and literacy support for children across Africa (Books for Africa)Support and capacity-building grants for CASA and services for foster youth in the U.S. (via Focusing Philanthropy)
Who They Fund
children (early childhood/home literacy)foster youth and at-risk youthseniors seeking independent living supportsresidents of remote Liberian communitieschildren in African countries receiving books
About Betterworld Trust
The Betterworld Trust’s largest recent gifts go to Last Mile Health, including $100,000 in 2024 and another $100,000 in 2023 to improve access to healthcare in remote communities in Liberia. That repeated commitment gives a clear view of the trust’s style: concentrated grants, often repeated over multiple years, aimed at defined program outcomes. Across the recent grants list, the foundation also pairs global work with local California giving, from literacy and youth services to food, arts, and senior support. The trust’s giving is not broadly dispersed. It tends to back a small set of organizations more than once, with Books for Africa receiving multiple awards for collecting, sorting, shipping, and distributing books to children across Africa, and Focusing Philanthropy receiving challenge and program grants for CASA services and foster youth education. Smaller gifts appear alongside those larger commitments, including support for a literacy program, nutrition services, and humanitarian relief. The pattern suggests a funder that favors targeted, program-specific support rather than a wide portfolio of one-time awards. Its stated program areas include child development, health and environment, and economic development, with additional attention to education, literacy, and youth development.
What Betterworld Trust Funds
In global health, The Betterworld Trust gave $100,000 in 2024 to Last Mile Health for improving access to healthcare in remote communities in Liberia, matching an identical grant in 2023. In education and literacy, it awarded $50,000 in 2025 to Books for Africa for collecting, sorting, shipping, and distributing books to children of Africa, after prior grants of $25,000 in 2023 and $20,000 in 2024 for the same work. The trust also funds youth services through intermediaries. Focusing Philanthropy received $25,000 in 2023 as a challenge grant for CASA, services, and education for foster youth, followed by another $25,000 in 2025 for grants supporting CASA and foster youth services. At the local level, the foundation gave $15,000 in 2025 to Boys & Girls Club of North County for a literacy program and $5,000 in 2023 to Words Alive for literacy programs.
How Betterworld Trust Gives
Typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $10,000 at the 75th percentile, which points to a cluster around $10,000 with a smaller number of larger awards. The recent record shows repeat funding across multiple years for several recipients, including the same organizations receiving grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The trust is a regular funder rather than a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its listed grantmaking modes are invitation-only, with unsolicited proposals not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$129K
Total Assets
$36K
Total Revenue
$30
Total Expenses
$147K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Regional5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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