Edwin Phillips Foundation Grant - Institution + Individual

Edwin Phillips Foundation Grant - Institution + Individual

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Edwin Phillips Foundation
Last Updated: February 13, 2026

Summary

The Edwin Phillips Foundation Grant supports children up to 21 years old with physical, health, or developmental challenges, particularly in Marshfield and Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The foundation aims to assist financially struggling families by providing funding for essential needs such as prosthetic devices and educational assistance. Grants are awarded for charitable purposes, emphasizing the importance of enabling children to remain in their homes. Applications are accepted four times a year, with specific eligibility requirements outlined.

Overview

NOTE: Applications are due: January 1st April 1stJuly 1stOctober 1st Edwin Phillips Foundation Grant - Institution + Individual Helping children with physical, health or developmental challenges. The Edwin Phillips Foundation is a charitable trust established under the will of Edwin Phillips. The Foundation’s overall focus is the needs of physically or mentally disabled children up to and including age 21 of families that are experiencing financial challenges. The primary, but not exclusive, focus is to enable such children to live in their homes. The Foundation Trustees are directed to benefit: first, physically or mentally disabled children residing in the Town of Marshfield, Massachusetts and second, to the extent funds are available, children residing in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Children up to and including 21 years of age who live in Marshfield, Massachusetts or Plymouth County, Massachusetts.The Foundation may fund proposals to: Individual recipients for prosthetic appliances, wheelchairs, beds or other forms of physical or educational assistance, provided there are no other funds, public or private available for the needs of such individuals, and Social services agencies serving the needs of handicapped children.Each grant made by the Foundation, however, must be made for a charitable purpose as described in sections 180(c) and 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.Only one proposal may be submitted at a time. If a grant is not awarded, applicants may apply one year after the decision on a previous proposal. Grants are normally made for one year only. When circumstance justify it, however, a commitment may be may for two or more years.

Ineligibility

The foundation does not make grants for pure research; research programs may only be supported if they are carried out as an integral part of a program receiving support from the Foundation.