Webdean phillips' foundation has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to jewish groups. He's running to unseat a republican who voted to repeal obamacare. Webdemocrat house hopeful dean phillips' family foundation had more than $1 million in assets with the fossil fuel industry and philip morris. Webphoto by caroline phillips peter nicholson, founder and president of presenting sponsor foundation wcpd, with his wife, anabel bane, and their daughter,. Weba philanthropist is anyone who gives anything from their portfolio of resources, be it financial capital, intellectual capital, network capital — whatever form those resources.