Elizabeth Carlock Phillips

Executive Director, Phillips Foundation

Elizabeth Carlock Phillips is a social entrepreneur and impact investor at the helm of Phillips Philanthropies, which includes the Phillips Foundation. Since 2013, she has led the Foundation’s implementation of Generational Grants, Original Programs, and Impact Investing, including a “Total Portfolio Activation” approach. Elizabeth serves as a Governor-appointed Trustee of UNC Greensboro and is on the boards of Texas Women’s Foundation and The Dallas Foundation, along with other affiliations. She has appeared in featured stories on broadcast news and other media including Barron’s, Bloomberg, Dallas Morning News, Forbes.com, The Financial Times, and Triad Business Journal. Elizabeth and her husband Kevin are cofounders of The ImPact and principals of Phillips Enterprises, a family office and portfolio of companies. They enjoy life with their young family in Dallas, Texas, and Greensboro, North Carolina.

Contributions

The Current State of Family Philanthropy: Dallas Regional Convening

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Jeremy Smith, Elizabeth Carlock Phillips, Nicholas A. Tedesco, Sarah Kozmetsky Miller, Michael Meadows

In philanthropy, meaningful change is the aim—it’s the purpose and the promise. But in striving for and achieving impact, have we been effective? Who decides the measures of success and what are the conditions that promote meaningful and enduring progress? Join the National Center for Family Philanthropy and the Phillips Foundation to explore how philanthropic families are accelerating the pace of… Read More

Voices from the Field

Give As We Grow: Engaging Youth in Philanthropy

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Elizabeth Carlock Phillips

Kevin (L) and Elizabeth (R) Phillips; Jerry Wolford and Scott Muthersbaugh / Perfecta Visuals

As members of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, we are happy to share with our fellow members a new digital platform, Give As We Grow, that we recently launched to help families cultivate a culture of generosity and service in their children. When our oldest son was four, they passed around a donation bucket at the children’s museum where he… Read More

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