Phoenix Benefit Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Nashville, TN EIN: 62-1855716

To benefit underserved youth in Middle Tennessee and develop members into leaders in their community and in business.

Phoenix Benefit Inc at a glance

In short: Phoenix Benefit Inc gave $74K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $12K), mostly in Tennessee. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$73,500
+5.1% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
6
Average grant
$12,250
Median grant
$10,250
Total assets
$539,985
+39.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Tennessee (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Phoenix Benefit Inc

Who Phoenix Benefit Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 6 recipients in 2025

Jonathans Path: $20KJonathans Path$20KJunior Achievement: $15KJunior Achievement$15KTurnip Green Creative Reuse: $11KTurnip Green Creative Reuse$11KMove Music City: $10KMove Music City$10KYouth Villages: $10KYouth Villages$10KBe About Change: $8KBe About Change$8K

The largest 2025 recipient was Jonathans Path ($20K). Together the top 6 received $74K.

Grant Size Distribution

30 grants across all recorded years

29<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 29 grants of 30 (97%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.

Cities

NashvilleFranklinNew YorkHermitageMount Juliet

How Phoenix Benefit Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−16%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K$200K7 grants2019 8 grants2020 8 grants2021 7 grants2022 9 grants2023 Total only2024 6 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $70K (2024) to $185K (2023). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $74K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Jonathans Path Franklin, TN—$20,000
Junior Achievement Nashville, TNTo advance mission$15,000
Turnip Green Creative Reuse Nashville, TN—$10,500
Move Music City Nashville, TN—$10,000
Youth Villages Nashville, TN—$10,000
Be About Change Nashville, TN—$8,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$539,985$300,080$145,960$73,5006$323
2024$385,865$284,214$115,187$69,901Total only$1,189
2023$216,838$296,193$244,080$184,7209$693
2022$164,725$224,211$137,059$87,4057$221
2021$77,573$167,191$181,162$117,3958$56
2020$112,759$174,642$162,330$103,2758$204
2019$137,083$164,444$147,643$83,4007$243

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Phoenix Benefit Inc

Based on IRS filings

Phoenix Benefit Inc is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Nashville, TN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $540K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $74K. Net investment income was $323.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Phoenix Benefit Inc is led by Sam High, President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 22 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Sam High

    President

    Director → President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Nock

    Director

    Vice President → President, 2022

    President → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Brophy

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greg Skloot

    Director

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    Vice President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carson West

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alex Nicholson

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chad Camp

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christian Cox

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cisco Carter

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dane Brunett

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dillon Eaks

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grant Altshuler

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jacob Delk

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nathan Frigge

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Kapla

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Renato Antun

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Ledet

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sam Oliver

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Travis Guerra

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Kloess

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Keenan

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kyle Pilcher

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (57)
  • Former: Cory Cain (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Pat O'Brien (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Warren Hawkins (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ben Chandler (2022–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Rohit Padmanabhan (2022–2024) — President
  • Former: Andrew Mitchell (2023–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Andrew Schaffer (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Chase Markham (2024) — Director
  • Former: Connor Pera (2024) — Director
  • Former: David Bess (2024) — Director
  • Former: Jake Morris (2024) — Director
  • Former: Jake Pence (2024) — Director
  • Former: Lee McClellan (2024) — Director
  • Former: Mason McSpadden (2024) — Director
  • Former: Max Adler (2024) — Director
  • Former: Michael Majors (2024) — Director
  • Former: Noah Wessel (2024) — Director
  • Former: Brandon Ernstes (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Daniel Ryan (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: John Boots (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Ben Khouri (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Michael Grenaway (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Fears (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: William Crenshaw (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Brandon Haskins (2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Evan Kramer (2023) — Director
  • Former: Jack Hudson (2023) — Director
  • Former: Josh Scales (2023) — Director
  • Former: Jovica Djurdjevic (2023) — Director
  • Former: Tim Sears (2023) — Director
  • Former: Whit Murray (2023) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Baird (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Lincoln Priest (2020–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Rob Graham (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Garrison Snell (2022) — Director
  • Former: Jonathan Leiter (2022) — Director
  • Former: Kris Kirby (2022) — Director
  • Former: Neil Parrish (2022) — Director
  • Former: Phillip Weinstein (2022) — Director
  • Former: David Pemberton (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Alex Haltom (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Clint Atkins (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Colin Montemarano (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Matt Brown (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Nick Streff (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Andrew H Digby (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Andrew Maxwell (2019) — Director
  • Former: Chris Morris (2019) — President
  • Former: Dave Hanson (2019) — Director
  • Former: David Scott Matthews (2019) — Director
  • Former: Erik James Byrum (2019) — Director
  • Former: Hampton Bourne (2019) — Director
  • Former: Hunter Reed (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jason Roberson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Nick Harb (2019) — Director
  • Former: Parker Prevost (2019) — Director
  • Former: Wade Nelson (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Phoenix Benefit Inc

How much does Phoenix Benefit Inc give each year?

Phoenix Benefit Inc gave $74K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $70K in grants paid.

What is Phoenix Benefit Inc's typical grant size?

Phoenix Benefit Inc's median grant in 2025 was $10,250, and its average grant was $12,250, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Phoenix Benefit Inc give grants?

Phoenix Benefit Inc gives mostly in Tennessee: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Nashville, TN (5 grants).

Who are Phoenix Benefit Inc's largest grantees?

Phoenix Benefit Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Jonathans Path ($20,000), Junior Achievement ($15,000) and Turnip Green Creative Reuse ($10,500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 62% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Phoenix Benefit Inc?

Phoenix Benefit Inc reported $540K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $300K.

What is Phoenix Benefit Inc?

Phoenix Benefit Inc is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Nashville, TN. It holds $540K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Phoenix Benefit Inc's EIN?

Phoenix Benefit Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 62-1855716. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 6, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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