Benjamin N Phillips Memorial Fund

The Benjamin N. Phillips Memorial Fund awards grants annually to a broad range of charitable organizations serving Clallam County. The fund is a legacy gift of Benjamin Phillips, a prominent Clallam County resident and business leader. Seattle Foundation partners closely with Olympic View Community Foundation (OVCF) to run the Phillips grant program.

Requests follow a two-step application process. The first step is submitting a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) on Seattle Foundation’s portal, describing your project and request. Letters of Inquiry are reviewed by Phillips’ Fund Staff and the OVCF Advisory Committee. Once LOIs are reviewed, approved applicants will be invited to submit a full grant application. The 2025 grant cycle is now closed. The 2026 cycle will open in early July.

Announcing 2025 Benjamin N. Phillips Memorial Fund Grant Recipients: 

• Clallam Mosaic $15,000
• Clallam Resilience Project $4,000
• Dungeness River Audubon Center $4,000
• Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic $21,000
• First Step Family Support Center $20,000
• Lutheran Community Services Northwest $20,000
• NatureBridge $4,000
• Peninsula College – Port Angeles $4,000
• Peninsula Pre-3 Cooperative $7,500
• Planned Parenthood of the Great NW and Hawaiian Islands $15,000
• Port Angeles Concerts on the Pier $4,000
• Port Angeles Food Bank $25,000
• Sequim Community Aid $20,000
• Sequim Education Foundation $4,000
• Sequim Food Bank $25,000
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul – St. Joseph Conference $20,000
• The Dungeness Crab Festival $2,500
• The Salvation Army Northwest Division $10,000
• Transformations by Olympic Angels $20,000