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Samuel L Phillips Family Foundation at a glance

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Samuel L Phillips Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$600k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$335k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.2MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$813kArts & Culture$236kFood & Nutrition$227kCrime & Legal$215kAnimals$60kCommunity Improvement$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $115k
  • $250k+1 grant · $335k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$335,400
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT$115,000
PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES$45,000
GREENLEE PRIMARY SCHOOL$27,000
BULADEAN COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
Individual grant recipient$21,000
MITCHELL COMMUNITY HEALTH$6,600
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$5,000
MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE$5,000
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC$5,000
MANNA FOOD BANK$5,000
LILY BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH$1,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$1,000
MT ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE: $5k → 16%MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE: $5k → 16%MITCHELL COUNTRY SHEPHERDS STAFF: $2k → 16%MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE: $1k → 16%MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE: $1k → 16%MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE: $1k → 16%MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE: $500 → 16%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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 32 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
26

Total granted

$4.4M
$843k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+74%

Still filing today

44%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $368k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WY
    WILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY
    5× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +121%
  • PL
    PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES
    7× · 2018–2025 · $260k · revenue +249%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $252k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • CS
    CROSSNORE SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2018 · $260k
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $121k · revenue +85%
  • AM
    ARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -15%
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
Weeks Medical Center

Weeks medical center's compassionate staff is committed to providing high quality and efficient health care services to ensure the well-being of our patients, families and communities.

Health
2
Mcnc

To provide advanced electronic and information technologies to the nc education community, public health, and government agencies and to benefit economic development in nc.

Science & Tech
3
North Carolina Medical Society

To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.

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4
Mount Nittany Health System

To provide management and administrative services to all mount nittany health susidiaries.

Health
5
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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6
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
7
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
8
Prisma Health

Inspire health. serve with compassion. be the difference.

Health
9
Musc Strategic Ventures

To promote and support the educational, medical, scientific, and research purposes of the medical university of south carolina "musc", and university medical associates of the medical university of south carolina "uma", including their…

Health
10
The Center for Rural Health Innovation

Improve healthcare in rural communities

Health
11
North Carolina Chamber

The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…

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12
Care Share Health Alliance Inc

Care share health alliance is a north carolina-based nonprofit organization advancing community health and wellbeing through systems change. guided by the mission of collaborating for health and a vision of communities that are healthy and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amy Wellness Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Camp Spring Creek Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 63 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FND: $563,700 · OtherMAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FNDIndividual grant recipient: $335,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAPPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $312,000 · OtherAPPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITYEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL &: $270,141 · OtherEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL &MARYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $265,000 · OtherMARYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGECROSSNORE SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $260,000 · OtherCROSSNORE SCHOOL INCORPORATEDMITCHELL COUNTY SCHOOLS: $126,571 · OtherEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY: $113,112 · OtherTOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL INC: $103,270 · Other+38 more: $727,089 · Other+38 moreWILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY: $1,035,000 · Youth DevelopmentWILLIAMS YMCA OF AVER…+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $490,000 · HealthCROSSNORE COM…DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $121,000 · HealthDUKE UNIVERSI…MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC: $30,000 · Health+3 more: $14,000 · HealthDUKE UNIVERSITY: $252,000 · EducationARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationCAMP SPRING CREEK INC: $18,900 · EducationRURAL EDUCATION PARTNERS OF MITCHELL COUNTY INC: $13,300 · EducationPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $260,000 · Crime & LegalPenland School Of Craft: $167,320 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMITCHELL COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $59,500 · Animals
Other$3,076,283Youth Development$1,045,000Health$655,000Education$334,200Crime & Legal$260,000Arts & Culture$172,320Animals$59,500

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 budgetWILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY: $1,035,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $490,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $260,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $252,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPenland School Of Craft: $167,320 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $121,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL INC: $103,270 over 2y, 24% of budgetMITCHELL COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $59,500 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetAppalachian Therapeutic Riding Cent: $53,800 over 2y, 35% of budgetSPRUCE PINE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $51,375 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $50,360 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSPRUCE PINE MAIN STREET INC: $36,200 over 1y, 61% of budgetMOUNTAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCAMP SPRING CREEK INC: $18,900 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE INC: $13,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRURAL EDUCATION PARTNERS OF MITCHELL COUNTY INC: $13,300 over 2y, 11% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER PARTNERS OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWAMY COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGo Global NC Council Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORS FEEDING NEIGHBORS FOOD MI: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMITCHELL COUNTY SHEPHERDS STAFF: $2,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,000 over 2y, 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 WILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Penland School Of Craft ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds TOE RIVER ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MITCHELL COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Appalachian Therapeutic Riding Cent ↗
  • Who funds SPRUCE PINE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SPRUCE PINE MAIN STREET INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds AMY WELLNESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP SPRING CREEK INC ↗
  • Who funds MITCHELL COUNTY SAFE PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds RURAL EDUCATION PARTNERS OF MITCHELL COUNTY 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.

The Community Foundat…Amy Wellness Foundati…Dogwood Health TrustManna Food Bank IncFoundation for the Ca…The Frank and Mary La…Owen Family Foundatio…The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationPaypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC39.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Amy Wellness Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · Manna Food Bank Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Frank and Mary Lamberson Foundation · Owen Family Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Samuel L Phillips Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Samuel L Phillips Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Samuel L Phillips Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Samuel L Phillips Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 63 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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