Virginia · Private foundation
Phos 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.
- $455k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Phos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 6 | $455k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $212k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $735k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.3M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.0M | 75% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $1.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the Bible | $1,200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Passages America Israel Inc | $1,175,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Trust for the National Mall | $1,000,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Spark the Journey | $250,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Alpha USA | $250,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Communio Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Evergreen Christian School | $115,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Communio | $77,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Upperville Colt & Horse Show Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society for Kingdom Living | $30,000 | 2 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of the Bible | $1,200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Passages America Israel Inc | $1,175,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Trust for the National Mall | $1,000,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Spark the Journey | $250,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Alpha USA | $250,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Communio Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Evergreen Christian School | $115,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Communio | $77,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Upperville Colt & Horse Show Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society for Kingdom Living | $30,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Beyond the Blue Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Meadowkirk Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Petersburg Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Phos 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: Donors Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Phos Foundation
- How much does Phos Foundation give?
- Phos Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $455,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Phos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Education (33%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Phos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Museum of the Bible ($1.2M), Passages America Israel Inc ($1.2M), Trust for the National Mall ($1.0M).
- Does Phos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phos 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 Phos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Phos Foundation based?
- Phos Foundation is based in VA.
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