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Charles H Phipps Foundation at a glance

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Charles H Phipps 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.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$433kFood & Nutrition$365kHuman Services$352kHousing & Shelter$320kCommunity Improvement$223kHealth$150kReligion$84kEmployment$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARITAS OF AUSTIN$50,000
NOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS INC$40,000
ST LOUISE HOUSE$35,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%TO BE LIKE ME: $15k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $15k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%ITS A SENSORY WORLD INC: $10k → 14%CAPITAL IDEA: $10k → 10%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%IT'S A SENSORY WORLD: $10k → 14%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $10k → 14%JONATHAN'S PLACE: $10k → 14%GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $20k → 14%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT: $12k → 14%GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $10k → 14%GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT: $10k → 14%ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 20 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
10

Total granted

$1.8M
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+13%

Still filing today

55%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionReligionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    CARITAS OF AUSTIN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $240k · revenue +43%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $210k · revenue +46%
  • Central Texas Food Bank Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +341%
  • TB
    TO BE LIKE ME
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue -5%
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.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Atx Helps

ATX Helps was created to fill gaps in the spectrum of services available to people in Austin who are experiencing homelessness.

Human Services
2
Special Abilities of North Texas Inc

To provide the highest quality care, training and support to adults with special needs, giving them opportunities to succeed in life.

Human Services
3
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
4
Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
5
HomeAid Austin Inc

Engage in building procted to provide emergency shelters, transitional housing, and permanent housing while offering job skills training and support to help residents move toward self-sufficiency.

Employment
6
Texas Low-Income Housing Information Service

Our mission is to support low-income Texans efforts to achieve the American dream of a decent, affordable home in a quality neighborhood. We believe that Texas critical low-income housing and community development needs can best be solved…

Housing & Shelter
7
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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8
Leadership Austin

Leadership austin connects and develops leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities.

Youth Development
9
Summerhouse Houston

Summerhouse Houston's supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their familites, and our community through employment, volunterism, and partnerships to foster a culture of belonging, choice and respect.

Human Services
10
Austin Special Chicago

To provide for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Education
11
Dallas Services

The mission of Dallas Services is to enable individuals with disabilities and other special needs to achieve their potential by fostering community inclusiveness and independence.

—
12
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Capital; the most unlike its peers is Rays of Light Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARITAS OF AUSTIN: $240,000 · OtherCARITAS OF AUSTINST LOUISE HOUSE: $155,000 · OtherST LOUISE HOUSENOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS INC: $110,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS INCVINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherVINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE STEWPOT: $70,000 · OtherTHE STEWPOTMISSIONARIES OF CHARITY INC: $54,000 · OtherMISSIONARIES OF CHARITY INC+8 more: $80,500 · Other+8 moreNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $207,500 · EducationNOTRE DAME OF DALLA…RISE SCHOOL OF DALLAS: $69,000 · EducationRISE SCHOOL OF DALL…Austin Community College Foundation: $61,000 · EducationAustin Community Co…Central Texas Food Bank Inc: $135,000 · Food & NutritionCentral Texa…MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC: $90,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHE…CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC: $210,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR …Its a Sensory World Inc: $65,000 · Human ServicesIts a Sens…GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $52,000 · Human ServicesGENESIS WO…THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE ASSOCI…KID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $20,000 · Human ServicesKID NET FO…TO BE LIKE ME: $15,000 · Human ServicesTO BE LIKE…Capital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesCapital In…MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $45,000 · ReligionRAYS OF LIGHT INC: $30,000 · ReligionVanderbilt University Medical Center: $50,000 · Health
Other$909,500Education$337,500Food & Nutrition$225,000Community Improvement$210,000Human Services$182,000Religion$75,000Health$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $240,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC: $210,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $207,500 over 6y, 16% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $135,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIts a Sensory World Inc: $65,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAustin Community College Foundation: $61,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $52,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetKID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTO BE LIKE ME: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCapital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLEYS HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budget
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.

  • Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds VINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC ↗
  • Who funds RISE SCHOOL OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds Its a Sensory World Inc ↗
  • Who funds Austin Community College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds RAYS OF LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ↗
  • Who funds KID NET FOUNDATION JONATHANS PLACE ↗
  • Who funds TO BE LIKE ME ↗
  • Who funds Capital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAES HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEYS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MISSION CAPITAL ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Moody FoundationAustin Community Foun…The Jordan Spieth Fam…United Way for Greate…St David's FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Shield-Ayres Foundati…Texas Women's Foundat…Shell USA Company Fou…Donald D Hammill Foun…The Rachael and Ben V…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX23.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Moody Foundation · Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Donald D Hammill Foundation · The Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Charles H Phipps Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles H Phipps Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Charles H Phipps Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Charles H Phipps Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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