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THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC

THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100,300 to it, the largest being JANEY FUND CHARITABLE TRUST ($690,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.5M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$42M
4/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.3M) Expenses 100 ($4.4M) Net assets 100 ($42M)2018 Revenue 167 ($7.1M) Expenses 107 ($4.7M) Net assets 104 ($44M)2019 Revenue 129 ($5.5M) Expenses 110 ($4.9M) Net assets 106 ($45M)2020 Revenue 92 ($3.9M) Expenses 107 ($4.7M) Net assets 105 ($45M)2021 Revenue 195 ($8.3M) Expenses 165 ($7.3M) Net assets 108 ($46M)2022 Revenue 66 ($2.8M) Expenses 133 ($5.9M) Net assets 102 ($43M)2023 Revenue 135 ($5.8M) Expenses 142 ($6.3M) Net assets 101 ($43M)2024 Revenue 106 ($4.5M) Expenses 155 ($6.9M) Net assets 98 ($42M)
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Revenue (106)Expenses (155)Net assets (98)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $46M to $43M (−6%).

$43M
$44M
$45M
$45M
$46M
$43M
$43M
$42M
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Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Barbara W Iler

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

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02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $215k → $115k.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

63%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 53% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 2022 79% · 2023 64% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

70% of THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve5.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC?
THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100,300 to it, the largest being JANEY FUND CHARITABLE TRUST ($690,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,100,300 in grants to THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC?
JANEY FUND CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $690,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE STEPHEN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing