Private foundation · Mt Pleasant, SC

Phicas Foundation Trust

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Typical grant size
$812 – $3K – $3K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
23
Repeat grantees
21
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Kent Griffin
TRUSTEE
Coleen Griffin
TRUSTEE

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

Payout rate · TY 2024
7.2%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
314
Total grants awarded
$1.1M
Total amount
$4K
Average grant
$33K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$174K
35 grants
2023
$140K
37 grants
2022
$165K
35 grants
2021
$142K
36 grants
2020
$123K
36 grants
2019
$98K
33 grants
2018
$99K
41 grants
2017
$100K
38 grants
2016
$67K
23 grants

Top recipients

9 grants · SC · ≈ likely match
$160K
9 grants · NC · ≈ likely match
$147K
Coastal Conservation League
9 grants · SC
$131K
9 grants · NC · ✓ Exact match
$75K
Deacon Club Wfu
9 grants · NC
$45K
9 grants · SC · ✓ Exact match
$40K
Planned Parenthood
9 grants · NY
$35K
Southern Environmental Law Center
8 grants · SC
$34K
Wake Forest Univeristy
3 grants · NC
$31K
Etv Endowment
9 grants · SC
$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

Wake Forest University
EDUCATION
NC · TY 2024
$33K
Charleston Waterkeepers
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2024
$25K
Coastal Conservation League
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2024
$25K
Kenan Flagler Business School
EDUCATION
NC · TY 2024
$10K
Lowcountry Land Trust
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2024
$8K
Planned Parenthood
COMMUNITY
NY · TY 2024
$8K
Deacon Club Wfu
OTHER
NC · TY 2024
$8K
Southern Environmental Law Center
ENVIROMENT
SC · TY 2024
$8K
Samaritans Purse
COMMUNITY
NC · TY 2024
$5K
Nature Conservancy
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$5K
ACLU Foundation
COMMUNITY
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Conservation Voters of Sc-education Fund
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2024
$3K
Communities in School
EDUCATION
SC · TY 2024
$3K
Sierra Club Foundation
ENVIRONMENT
CA · TY 2024
$3K
Etv Endowment
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$3K
Arm in Armevery Town
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$3K
National Parks Foundation
ENVIRONMENT
DC · TY 2024
$3K
Kids on Point
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$3K
Books for Keeps
EDUCATION
GA · TY 2024
$3K
Rvcampfirefamilyorg
ENVIRONMENT
CO · TY 2024
$3K
Southern Poverty Law Center
COMMUNITY
AL · TY 2024
$3K
One-eighty Place
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$2K
Musc Children's Hopstial
HEALTH
SC · TY 2024
$2K
Lowcountry Food Bank
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$2K
Green Heart Project
HEALTH
SC · TY 2024
$2K
National Jewish Health
HEALTH
CO · TY 2024
$2K
American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
HEALTH
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Susan G Komen Foundation
HEALTH
SC · TY 2024
$500
St Johns River Waterkeeper
ENVIRONMENT
FL · TY 2024
$500
Gaillard Center
ARTS & CULTURE
SC · TY 2024
$500
Pure Theater
ARTS & CULTURE
SC · TY 2024
$500
Footlight Players
ARTS & CULTURE
SC · TY 2024
$500
Coastal Community Foundation
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$500
League of Women Voters
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$500
Friends of the Charleston County Library
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2024
$500
Charleston Waterkeepers
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2023
$20K
Coastal Conservation League
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2023
$20K
Wake Forest University
EDUCATION
NC · TY 2023
$20K
Kenan Flagler Business School
EDUCATION
NC · TY 2023
$10K
Southern Environmental Law Center
ENVIROMENT
SC · TY 2023
$6K
Lowcountry Land Trust
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2023
$6K
Deacon Club Wfu
OTHER
NC · TY 2023
$6K
Planned Parenthood
COMMUNITY
NY · TY 2023
$5K
Nature Conservancy
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2023
$4K
Communities in School
EDUCATION
SC · TY 2023
$3K
Rvcampfirefamilyorg
ENVIRONMENT
CO · TY 2023
$3K
Sierra Club Foundation
ENVIRONMENT
CA · TY 2023
$3K
National Parks Foundation
ENVIRONMENT
DC · TY 2023
$3K
Etv Endowment
COMMUNITY
SC · TY 2023
$3K
Conservation Voters of Sc-education Fund
ENVIRONMENT
SC · TY 2023
$3K

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