Phillips Charitable Foundation
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About Phillips Charitable Foundation
The Phillips Charitable Foundation concentrates on a small number of relatively large, institutional gifts that fund capital projects and program infrastructure. Their giving emphasizes health‑care adjacent housing and training (family lodging near hospitals and clinical simulation for nursing) alongside investments in teacher professional development and cultural/heritage institutions. Grants are often one-time capital or facility gifts, and they have repeated support for at least one hospital‑family housing organization.
Focus Areas
Hospital family lodging and patient support housing (e.g., Family House–style facilities)Military and veteran family lodging near medical centers (Fisher House projects)Clinical skills and nursing simulation training centersTeacher professional development programs (Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute / classroom support)Capital projects and facility/campus improvements for cultural institutions
Who They Fund
foster children and children in care (including medically fragile children)people with intellectual/developmental and physical disabilities
About Phillips Charitable Foundation
A defining thread in Phillips Charitable Foundation’s recent giving is capital support for places where families and patients stay close to care. The foundation gave $250,000 to Family House Inc. in Pittsburgh in 2023 and another $250,000 in 2024 for the Under One Roof campaign to build a new Family House, while also committing $150,000 to Friends of the Pittsburgh Fisher House for a capital campaign in Pittsburgh. That pattern sits alongside major support for clinical training: in 2024 it awarded $197,077 to UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside for a simulation training center for nursing development. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches education and culture through facility and program investments. In Williamsburg, it supported The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation with $200,000 for the Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute Center classroom, and it has backed projects that combine learning, access, and infrastructure rather than broad unrestricted giving. Across the recent grants list, the emphasis is on larger institutional awards, often tied to construction, renovation, equipment, or specialized program space. Recent gifts also show attention to housing, accessibility, and practical supports for vulnerable groups, including families in medical crisis, people with disabilities, foster children, veterans, and homeless individuals.
What Phillips Charitable Foundation Funds
Within healthcare-adjacent housing, the foundation has supported Family House Inc. twice at $250,000, both tied to capital work in Pittsburgh. It also backed Friends of the Pittsburgh Fisher House with $150,000 for a capital campaign, reinforcing a clear interest in lodging that helps families stay near treatment centers. Its education and training funding is equally concrete. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation received $200,000 for The Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute Center classroom, and UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside received $197,077 for a simulation training center for nursing development. Both grants point to facility-based investments that strengthen instruction and professional preparation. The foundation has also funded practical accessibility and service delivery. Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating received $94,000 for adaptive boating center furniture and technology, while Xavier Society for the Blind received $35,000 for books and Mass propers in Braille. Those awards show a pattern of supporting tools, equipment, and access infrastructure rather than only program operating costs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.5M
Total Assets
$25M
Total Revenue
$1.6M
Total Expenses
$1.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $46K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$46K
Geographic Reach
National10 states funded
About 31% of grants go to recipients in VA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Phillips Charitable Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Phillips Charitable Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 97 | $3.4M | 98.0% |
| 2 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | $90K |
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