Apart from what regular work she does for the HLN, Phillips takes part in BTFC (Brain Tumor Foundation for Children), TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors), Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and since 1992 the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Phillips has another feather to her cap, being the last journalist to fly an F-14 TOMCAT fighter plane before it was decommissioned from service by the US NAVY.