Texas · Private foundation
The Columbus Phipps Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 63
- Grants FY2025
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $193,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 63 to 69
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 18
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Columbus Phipps Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | 62 | $1.1M | 26% |
| FY2024 | 68 | $948k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 69 | $1.1M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 68 | $1.3M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 63 | $1.0M | 44% |
| FY2020 | 69 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Empire Community College | $890,775 | 5 | n/a |
| Dickenson County Public Schools | $308,239 | 6 | n/a |
| Liberty University Inc | $232,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | $230,500 | 6 | 0% |
| King University | $166,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southwest Virginia Community College (Swcc College) | $149,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Marys Health Wagon Inc | $102,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bluefield University | $60,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ferrum College | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Campbellsville University Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Empire Community College | $890,775 | 5 | n/a |
| Dickenson County Public Schools | $308,239 | 6 | n/a |
| Liberty University Inc | $232,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | $230,500 | 6 | 0% |
| King University | $166,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southwest Virginia Community College (Swcc College) | $149,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Marys Health Wagon Inc | $102,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bluefield University | $60,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ferrum College | $42,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Campbellsville University Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $28,500 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Pikeville | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Belhaven University | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lindsey Wilson University Inc | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mary Baldwin University | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Welch College | $19,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dickenson County Chamber of Commerce | $19,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Southern New Hampshire University | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Emory & Henry University | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Roanoke College | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Milligan University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dickenson County Food Bank | $15,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Georgetown University | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alice Lloyd College | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dickenson County Historical Society Inc | $13,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wytheville Community College | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Grand Canyon University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| James Madison University | $11,500 | 3 | n/a |
| American College of Education Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Appalachian School of Law | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shenandoah University | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clintwood Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Strayer University | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pioneer Art League of Dickenson County | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Northeast State Community College Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hollins University Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Walters State Community College Fin | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Maryville College | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tusculum University | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carson-Newman University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frontier Nursing University Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McClure River Kiwanis Club Incorporated | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Longwood University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast State Community College | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Logan University Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Wesleyan University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Christian University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 109 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Columbus Phipps Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Tua Blankenshipjustice Mem Sch Fnd Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Council of Independent Colleges · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · The United Company Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Hughes Memorial Home · Wellmont Health System · Thompson Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The Columbus Phipps Foundation
- How much does The Columbus Phipps Foundation give?
- The Columbus Phipps Foundation reported 63 grants totaling $1,064,867 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 69 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Columbus Phipps Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%), Health (2%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are The Columbus Phipps Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Mountain Empire Community College ($891k), Dickenson County Public Schools ($308k), Liberty University Inc ($233k).
- Does The Columbus Phipps Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Columbus Phipps Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Columbus Phipps Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tua Blankenshipjustice Mem Sch Fnd Xxx-Xx-Xxxx, Council of Independent Colleges, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- Where is The Columbus Phipps Foundation based?
- The Columbus Phipps Foundation is based in TX.
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