The Jay And Rose Phillips Family
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota is a private family grantmaking foundation focused on helping people living in poverty attain economic stability in the seven-county Twin Cities area. Its stated funding priorities include employment, housing, education and transit, and the site lists application procedures, LOI guidance, and searchable grant records.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Minnesota-based (especially Twin Cities) nonprofit working on economic stability for people in poverty—employment, affordable housing, education, transit—or a local intermediary or special-purpose fund aligned with those place-based priorities.
Good Fit
- • Primary operations or a focused program in the seven-county Twin Cities area or elsewhere in Minnesota.
- • Work on employment, housing, education, transit, or direct services supporting economic stability.
- • Requests for general operating support or capacity-building rather than highly experimental pilots.
- • Local partnerships or endorsement from regional intermediaries (community foundations, funder collaboratives, advisory committees).
- • Clear demonstration of serving low-income Twin Cities communities or scholarship/education cohorts tied to the foundation’s programs.
Geography
Giving is strongly in-state: about 82% of dollars were awarded to Minnesota organizations, though the foundation made grants to recipients in 11 states in the observed year.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a large and diverse recipient set—120 grants to 105 distinct organizations—combined with repeated multi-year support to many returning grantees, indicating broad institutional variety for this foundation's size.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of new entrants exists (34 new recipients in 2024) and the website provides LOI/application guidance, but the foundation also states it funds only preselected applicants; this mix suggests occasional entry pathways rather than an open unsolicited process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
