Private foundation · Waltham, MA

Ellis L Phillips Foundation

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Typical grant size
$20K – $23K – $49K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
12
Repeat grantees
1
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Hardy G Watts
PRESIDENT
$36K
Cynthia Phillips
TREASURER
Kathryn Noel Phillips
VICE PRESIDE
Nicholas Zimmermann
DIRECTOR
Spencer Blasdale
DIRECTOR
Paula Edgar
DIRECTOR
Andrew P Parsegian
DIRECTOR
Martin Zimmermann
DIRECTOR
Sarah Prosser
DIRECTOR
Nicholas Zimmerman
DIRECTOR
Kristina Hess
DIRECTOR
David Lloyd Brown
DIRECTOR

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
5.4%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
26
Total grants awarded
$1.6M
Total amount
$62K
Average grant
$433K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$252K
9 grants
2023
$235K
11 grants
2022
$125K
1 grants
2021
$216K
1 grants
2020
$208K
2 grants
2019
$433K
1 grants
2018
$140K
1 grants

Top recipients

See Schedule B - Grants Paid
5 grants · MA
$1.1M
1 grant · MA · ✓ Exact match
$50K
Co-counsel Sijs
1 grant · NY
$50K
Art Yard Brooklyn
1 grant · MA
$45K
New Bedford Research & Robotics
1 grant · MA
$45K
1 grant · MA · ✓ Exact match
$40K
2 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$37K
1 grant · NY · ✓ Exact match
$35K
Anseye Pou Ayiti (apa) - Haiti
1 grant · MA
$35K
1 grant · IL · ✓ Exact match
$25K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Co-counsel Sijs
HUMAN SERVICES
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Art Yard Brooklyn
ART
MA · TY 2024
$45K
Ulster County Spca
HUMAN SERVICES
NY · TY 2024
$35K
Urban Growers Collective
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
IL · TY 2024
$25K
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network
HUMAN SERVICES
NY · TY 2024
$22K
Little Schoolhouse Childcare
EDUCATION
ME · TY 2024
$20K
Hildebrand Family Self-help Center
HUMAN SERVICES
MA · TY 2024
$20K
Making Music Matters
MUSIC
MA · TY 2024
$20K
Bunker Hill Monument Association
MUSIC
MA · TY 2024
$15K
New Bedford Research & Robotics
EDUCATION
MA · TY 2023
$45K
Rise Above Foundation
HUMAN SERVICES
MA · TY 2023
$40K
Anseye Pou Ayiti (apa) - Haiti
EDUCATION/HUMAN SERVICES
MA · TY 2023
$35K
Community Boat Building
EDUCATION
MA · TY 2023
$20K
National Police Accountability Proj
HUMAN SERVICES
WA · TY 2023
$20K
Boston Jazz Foundation
MUSIC
MA · TY 2023
$20K
Boston Collegiate Charter School
EDUCATION
MA · TY 2023
$20K
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network
HUMAN SERVICES
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Deerfield Academy
EDUCATION
MA · TY 2023
$15K
Processing Series
ARTS
MA · TY 2023
$5K
Darien Nature Center
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
CT · TY 2023
$750
See Schedule B - Grants Paid
SEE SCHEDULE B
MA · TY 2022
$125K
See Schedule B - Grants Paid
SEE SCHEDULE B
MA · TY 2021
$216K
See Schedule B - Grants Paid
SEE SCHEDULE B
MA · TY 2020
$158K
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
CHARITABLE
MA · TY 2020
$50K
See Schedule B - Grants Paid
SEE SCHEDULE B
MA · TY 2019
$433K
See Schedule B - Grants Paid
SEE SCHEDULE B
MA · TY 2018
$140K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.