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Phillips Family Foundation at a glance

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Phillips Family 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.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$78kHealth$35kRecreation & Sports$26kArts & Culture$25kEducation$25kHuman Services$24kReligion$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KILPATRICK$9,680
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$5,714
Individual grant recipient$4,000
WV WESLEYAN COLLEGE$3,500
JUNIOR VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT$2,800
KINGWOOD VOL FIRE DEPARTMEN$2,500
ALMOST HEAVEN BBQ BASH$2,500
THE CORTLAND FOUNDATION$2,500
CENTRAL WV FRIENDS OF NRA$2,400
GARRETT COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSN$1,960
UPSHUR COUNTY RECREATION COMPLEX$1,900
BELINGTON VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT$1,500
BROWNTON HELPING HANDS$1,500
WARRIOR IN THE FIELD LTD$1,500
DAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION$1,200
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 (FY23–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOSPICE OF GARRETT COUNTY: $500 → 15%DEDDRIDGE COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK: $250 → 20%RANDOLPH COUNTY FAIR: $2k → 17%RANDOLPH COUNTY FAIR: $500 → 17%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

IL
NY
PA
CA
WV
VA
MD
NC
GA
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154k · 22 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 37 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
67

Total granted

$154k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+0%
+4%

Still filing today

27%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • MH
    MOUNTAIN HOSPICE INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $15k · revenue +9%
  • RC
    RANDOLPH COUNTY FAIR CORPORATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +1%
  • DH
    DAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN'S HOME
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • RC
    REGER CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURC
    one grant, 2019 · $7k
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
Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc

To serve the needs of individuals suffering from life-limiting illness as well as to serve the individuals caring for them. to place emphasis on comfort and quality of life while fulfilling the physical, psychological, social and spiritual…

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2
Webster County Memorial Hospital

The mission of Webster County Memorial Hospital is to provide excellent, high quality care in a compassionate and cost-effective manner.

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3
West Virginia Farm Bureau Inc

To provide leadership, education, information, training and economic services for members and county farm bureaus to enhance the quality of farming in west virginia through the betterment of conditions of those engaged in agriculture, the…

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4
Wv Helping Hands
Human Services
5
Moorefield Volunteer Fire Company

Volunteer fire company providing fire protection and emergency rescue services to hardy county, wv

Public Safety & Disaster
6
West Virginia Rural Health Association Inc

The west virginia rural health association (wvrha) advocates for empowering all west virginians to advance their quality of life, their well-being, and their access to excellence in rural health care. our mission is to unite people,…

Health
7
West Virginia University Medical Corporation

To support the West Virginia University School of Medicine in the furtherance of its charitable, scientific, and educational purposes by serving as its faculty practice plan and providing a full range of business management services to its…

Health
8
Wirt County Health Services Association Inc

Provision of primary and preventive care services to the rural population of wirt, jackson, and wood counties in west virginia and the surrounding areas.

Health
9
West Virginia Farmers Market Association Inc

To strengthen the capacity of West Virginia farmers markets and positively impact the communities they serve by providing education, advocacy, and access to healthy, locally grown food.

Food & Nutrition
10
Heritage Farm Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Mountaineer Community Health Center

To provide primary medical care service in a rural community.

Health
12
West Va Farm Bureau Foundation Inc

Sponsor agricultural education programs for students and the general public.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Virginia University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tumble Time Gymnastics Boosters Club. 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

24 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. 24 of the 126 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $46,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $25,079 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONWEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN'S HOME: $12,991 · OtherALMOST HEAVEN BBQ BASH INC: $10,000 · OtherST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherKILPATRICK: $9,680 · Other+104 more: $169,846 · Other+104 moreMOUNTAIN HOSPICE INC: $15,000 · HealthWest Virginia University Hospitals Inc: $1,000 · Health+4 more: $1,050 · HealthWEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $3,500 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · EducationElkins High School Athletic Boosters Inc: $500 · EducationRANDOLPH COUNTY FAIR CORPORATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF GARRETT COUNTY INC: $500 · Human ServicesDODDRIDGE CO FAMILY RESOURCE: $250 · Human ServicesKINGWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $2,500 · Public Safety & DisasterDAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $2,300 · PhilanthropyINTERACT CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $1,800 · Arts & CultureFort New Salem Foundation Inc: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$283,896Health$17,050Education$7,500Human Services$3,250Public Safety & Disaster$2,500Philanthropy$2,300Arts & Culture$2,300

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 budgetMOUNTAIN HOSPICE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKINGWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRANDOLPH COUNTY FAIR CORPORATION: $2,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN STATE FOREST FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERACT CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $1,800 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetWest Virginia University Hospitals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTumble Time Gymnastics Boosters Club: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCURE JM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESTON COUNTY LIVESTOCK: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF GARRETT COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKWATER MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFort New Salem Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBARBOUR COUNTY SENIOR CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDODDRIDGE CO FAMILY RESOURCE: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY PURSUITS DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds MOUNTAIN HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds Barbour County Fair Assn Inc ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KINGWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds RANDOLPH COUNTY FAIR CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN STATE FOREST FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GARRETT COUNTY LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

Pallottine Foundation…Amazonsmile Foundation
Pallottine Foundation of Buckhannon West VirginiaWV13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pallottine Foundation of Buckhannon West Virginia · 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 Phillips Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phillips Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.

    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 126 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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