Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust

Private foundation · Grantmaker Westwood, MA EIN: 32-6175794

Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust is a private foundation, based in Westwood, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $500K. Net investment income was $81K.

Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust at a glance

In short: Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust gave $500K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $500K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$500,000
-24.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$500,000
+51.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$500,000
Total assets
$1,683,042
+20.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Possibility Labs: $500KPossibility Labs$500K

The largest 2025 recipient was Possibility Labs ($500K).

Grant Size Distribution

7 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K3$250–500K3$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 7 (43%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

San Francisco

How Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 313% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $250K (2019) to $744K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $500K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Possibility Labs San Francisco, CAUnrestricted Donation$500,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$1,683,042$793,234$502,475$500,0001$500,000$81,183$159,564
2024$1,392,283$446,032$659,307$659,3072$659,307$75,158$158,694
2023$1,605,558$388,904$745,855$743,5462$743,546$79,700$162,932
2022$1,962,509$497,353$502,329$500,0001$500,000$245,024$178,867
2021$1,967,485$108,190$422,046$400,0001$400,000$105,786$190,359
2020$2,281,341$203,049$377,622$350,0001—$91,913$186,574
2019$2,455,914$439,920$267,923$250,0001—$169,017$172,847

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust reported a distributable amount of $160K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust is led by Drummond Pike, Trustee on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Drummond Pike

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Evelyn Pless (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jane Shapiro (2019–2022) — Trustee

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 Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust

How much does Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust give each year?

Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust gave $500K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $659K across 2 grants.

How large is Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust?

Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust reported $1.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $500K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $160K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

Where does Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust operate?

Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust has awarded grants in California.

What is Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust's EIN?

Phyllis Anthony Charitable Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 32-6175794. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 27, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 4, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 8, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)

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