Texas · Private foundation
Arlene E Phelps
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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $780k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Arlene E Phelps funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $35k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $34k | 11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Fire Department Inc | $26,700 | 9 | n/a |
| Camden Area Food Pantry Inc | $19,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Camden Library Association | $17,300 | 9 | n/a |
| Camden Rotary Club | $1,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Friends of Forest Park Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($243k), not named here.
About Arlene E Phelps
- How much does Arlene E Phelps give?
- Arlene E Phelps reported 10 grants totaling $35,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arlene E Phelps fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (20%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
- Who are Arlene E Phelps's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vienna Fire Department Inc ($27k), Camden Area Food Pantry Inc ($19k), Camden Library Association ($17k).
- Does Arlene E Phelps fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arlene E Phelps 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.
- Where is Arlene E Phelps based?
- Arlene E Phelps is based in TX.
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