California · Private foundation
Phelps Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,194,930
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,194,930
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $64k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 24% of the organizations Phelps Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $4.4M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $122k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $101k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $89k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napalearns (The Napa Valley Partnership for 21st Century Education) | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| If Given a Chance | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Collabria Care | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ole Health Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Napa County Land Trust | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run Napa & Solano Inc Dba Girls on the Run North Bay | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Helena Volunteer Fire Department | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Culinary Institute of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Helena Public Schools Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napalearns (The Napa Valley Partnership for 21st Century Education) | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| If Given a Chance | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Collabria Care | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ole Health Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Napa County Land Trust | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run Napa & Solano Inc Dba Girls on the Run North Bay | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Helena Volunteer Fire Department | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Culinary Institute of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Helena Public Schools Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of St Helena and Calistoga Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Napa Medical Research Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys Club of Napa Inc Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Phelps Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Napa Valley · Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation · McMinn Foundation · E Richard Jones Family Foundation Mr E Richard Jones · Napa Valley Vintners Healthy Community Fund · McNabb Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Npt Charitable Asset Trust · The Boeschen Family Foundation · The David Butler Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Phelps Foundation
- How much does Phelps Foundation give?
- Phelps Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $4,412,669 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Phelps Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Arts & Culture (20%), Education (1%).
- Who are Phelps Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Napalearns (The Napa Valley Partnership for 21st Century Education) ($40k), If Given a Chance ($30k), Collabria Care ($30k).
- Does Phelps Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phelps Foundation 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Phelps Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Napa Valley, Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation, McMinn Foundation.
- Where is Phelps Foundation based?
- Phelps Foundation is based in CA.
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