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Fred L Phillips 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.

$81k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$139kEducation$25kHuman Services$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$21kReligion$10kPhilanthropy$5kAnimals$4kPublic Benefit$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $36k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BETTY AND LEONARD PHILLIPS DEAF ACTION CENTER OF LOUISIANA$35,795
LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$9,833
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION MISSISSIPPI$6,500
CHILDREN'S OF MISSISSIPPI$5,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$3,500
PAGOSA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT$2,500
PILOTS FOR PATIENTS$2,500
LSU HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION SHREVEPORT$2,500
GRAWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH$2,500
PHOENIX SOCIETY FOR BURN VICTIMS$2,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS$1,500
LOUISIANA STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION$1,000
THE ARC CADDO-BOSSIER$1,000
B'NAI ZION FOUNDATION$250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, 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.

area typical 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 14%PILOTS FOR PATIENTS: $3k → 24%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 14%PILOTS FOR PATIENTS: $2k → 24%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%THE ARC CADDO-BOSSIER: $1k → 22%THE ARC CADDO-BOSSIER: $1k → 22%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
IN
NJ
CO
DC
LA
MS
TX
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$201k · 16 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
10

Total granted

$201k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+10%

Still filing today

44%
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%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2023–2025 · $10k · revenue +22%
  • PF
    PILOTS FOR PATIENTS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue +43%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $4k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • AC
    AEROSPACE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -38%
  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • AS
    AUTISM SPEAKS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -32%
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
Lsu Health Sciences Building Foundation in Shreveport

All functions of the foundation are dedicated to supporting lsu health sciences center at shreveport.

Education
2
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
3
Lsu Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Faculty Group Practice

No board approved mission statement

Health
4
Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans

The mission of the foundation is to inspire donors to invest in the lsu health sciences center - new orleans ("hsc-no") and its future, to properly steward those contributions, and to help meet the ever evolving needs of the lsuhsc-no by…

Health
5
Ochsner Lsu Health System of North Louisiana

No board approved mission statement

Health
6
Healthcare Services of the Ozarks Inc

To provide high quality care and set the standards of excellence for those we serve.

Health
7
Louisiana State University School of Med in New Orleans Faculty Group Practice

The patient-centered healthcare team of the lsu healthcare network will provide the highest quality, comprehensive medical care with compassion and professionalism, while maintaining our commitment to academic excellence

Health
8
Arkansas Children's Hospital

We champion children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow.continued on schedule o.arkansas children's will fundamentally transform healthcare delivery for the children of arkansas and beyond. arkansas children's core values…

Health
9
Ochsner Health System

We serve, heal, lead, educate and innovate. ochsner will be a global medical and academic leader who will save and change lives. we will shape the future of healthcare through our integrated health system, fueled by the passion and…

—
10
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
11
Christus Health Foundation of Southeast Texas

Christus health foundation of southeast texas serves the philanthropic needs of christus health southeast texas by soliciting and distributing contributions in support of christus health southeast texas.

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12
Christus Foundation Shreveport-Bossier

The primary purpose of christus foundation shreveport-bossier is to promote philanthropy and charitable giving to provide resources to enhance the ability of christus health northern louisiana in its mission of extending the healing…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc Caddo-Bossier; the most unlike its peers is The Cross Lake Floatilla. 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

14 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. 14 of the 27 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BETTY AND LEONARD PHILLIPS DEAF ACTION CENTER OF LOUISIANA: $50,795 · OtherTHE BETTY AND LEONARD PHILLIPS DEAF ACTION CENTER OF LOUISIANALSU HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherLSU HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S OF MISSISSIPPI: $12,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S OF MISSISSIPPIMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION MISSISSIPPI: $9,750 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION MISSISSIPPIST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $7,500 · OtherB'NAI ZION FOUNDATION: $6,316 · OtherPHOENIX SOCIETY FOR BURN VICTIMS: $6,000 · Other+9 more: $24,500 · Other+9 moreLOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,666 · EducationLOUISIANA TE…AEROSPACE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $5,000 · EducationAEROSPACE CE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,500 · Human ServicesPILOTS FOR PATIENTS: $4,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARC CADDO-BOSSIER: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE CROSS LAKE FLOATILLA: $1,000 · Human ServicesLSU HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION IN SHREVEPORT: $7,500 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS: $4,000 · AnimalsAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,500 · HealthTexas Children's Hospital: $1,000 · Health
Other$167,361Education$24,666Human Services$17,000Philanthropy$12,500Animals$4,000Health$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,666 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLSU HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION IN SHREVEPORT: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAEROSPACE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPILOTS FOR PATIENTS: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ARC CADDO-BOSSIER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISIANA STATE FIREMENS ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CROSS LAKE FLOATILLA: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Willis-Knighton Medic…Community Foundation …Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Willis-Knighton Medical CenterLA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Willis-Knighton Medical Center · Community Foundation of North Louisiana · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Fred L Phillips Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred L Phillips Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fred L Phillips Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fred L Phillips 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 27 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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