Massachusetts · Private foundation
Richard J Phelps Charitable 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.
- $93k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 34
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 22 | $89k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $111k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $95k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $181k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $155k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University | $72,000 | 5 | 0% |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Public Broadcasting Service | $25,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yale University | $19,762 | 3 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Phillips Academy | $8,500 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($276k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard J Phelps Charitable 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: Eastern Bank Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation
- How much does Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation give?
- Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $93,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 34 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Education (37%), Health (7%).
- Who are Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Wake Forest University ($72k), John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated ($55k), Phillips Exeter Academy ($55k).
- Does Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard J Phelps Charitable 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 Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Ibm International Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation based?
- Richard J Phelps Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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