South Carolina · Private foundation
Phicas Foundation Trust
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.
- $174k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2024
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $33,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Phicas Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 33 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $136k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $163k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $139k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $119k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $95k | 21% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University | $162,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $38,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Books for Keeps Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hope Town United Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Sierra Club | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids on Point Inc | $12,000 | 7 | 0% |
| One-Eighty Place | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University | $162,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $38,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Books for Keeps Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hope Town United Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Sierra Club | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids on Point Inc | $12,000 | 7 | 0% |
| One-Eighty Place | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| EmergencyRV Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $6,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Arm in Arm | $6,250 | 5 | 6% |
| National Jewish Health | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Beautiful Places Alliance | $5,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Pure Theatre | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Green Heart Project Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Trident Urban League | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Footlight Players Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| East Cooper Community Outreach | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Chas County Library | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Coastal South Carolina | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($602k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Phicas Foundation Trust 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: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Pathfinder Foundation Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Phicas Foundation Trust
- How much does Phicas Foundation Trust give?
- Phicas Foundation Trust reported 35 grants totaling $174,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Phicas Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (41%), Education (27%), Health (7%).
- Who are Phicas Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wake Forest University ($162k), Lowcountry Land Trust Inc ($39k), Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($20k).
- Does Phicas Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phicas Foundation Trust 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 Phicas Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, The Joanna Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Phicas Foundation Trust based?
- Phicas Foundation Trust is based in SC.
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