South Carolina · Private foundation
Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,529
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $105k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $31k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $34k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $40k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Center for Special Children | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sustainability Institute | $37,529 | 1 | n/a |
| Greer First Baptist Church | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lowcountry Orphan Relief | $16,544 | 1 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $14,300 | 4 | 0% |
| The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ashley River Baptist Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Museum of the Upstate Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Naomi Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Green Heart Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Center for Special Children | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sustainability Institute | $37,529 | 1 | n/a |
| Greer First Baptist Church | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lowcountry Orphan Relief | $16,544 | 1 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $14,300 | 4 | 0% |
| The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ashley River Baptist Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Museum of the Upstate Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Naomi Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Green Heart Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Daily Bread Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greer Community Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greer Relief and Resources Agency Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reedy River Baptist Church | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $1,878 | 1 | 0% |
| Limestone University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Greenville University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Upstatemidlands South Carolina Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee 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.
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How this is measured
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About Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee
- How much does Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee give?
- Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee reported 9 grants totaling $104,813 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), Religion (16%), Environment (16%).
- Who are Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Meyer Center for Special Children ($44k), Sustainability Institute ($38k), Greer First Baptist Church ($25k).
- Does Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, John I Smith Charities Inc, Central Carolina Community Foundation.
- Where is Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee based?
- Phillips Foundation Elizabeth G McKown Trustee is based in SC.
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