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Philip Hall

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Phil joined GMA in 1988 and is an administrator for the Boston-based Foley Hoag Foundation and the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation, which confines its grantmaking to the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. He also serves as a regular consultant to the Clowes Fund, an Indianapolis Foundation with a grantmaking interest in Boston, and the William E. Schrafft and Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust, another Boston funder. He has served for many years as a consultant for the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation, where he has participated in extensive research and evaluation on Boston related topics.

In conjunction with the Foley Hoag Foundation’s 20th anniversary, he and his board engaged in a year-long period of reflection on the changing nature of racial inequity in Boston. This project culminated in the commissioning of the Metro Boston Equity Initiative, the first major regional study undertaken by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. For the Parker Foundation he has helped to structure a $1.5 million challenge grant for the Greater Lowell Community Foundation, which was established following a feasibility undertaken by Parker, in addition to other large-scale grant and program-related investment activities. He oversees the foundation’s fellowship program for up-and-coming young people in Lowell.

Phil is a managing director of GMA, where he serves as the company’s clerk and helps to coordinate grantmaking services, including its open house series for nonprofit organizations. Over the years, he has participated in various grantmaking collaboratives in Boston, and has served on Boston host committees for the National Network of Grantmakers and the Neighborhood Funders Group. He is a member of various affinity groups and membership organizations and served as a member of the Associated Grant Maker’s Emergency Loan Fund Committee from 1998 to 1996.

Phil graduated with highest honors from Marlboro College and has a master’s degree in piano performance from the Boston University School for the Arts. He lives in Franklin, Massachusetts, with his wife and son and maintains an active interest in classical music.