· Private foundation
Colin Higgins Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRAMELINE INC | $39,000 |
| THE FUTURE PERFECT PROJECT INC | $12,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To empower, promote, mentor and connect members of the American and global LGBTQIA communites, and especially members of those communities who identify as transgender, who are active in the film, television, content and media production…
We are a non-profit dedicated to promoting the advancement of LGBTQ+ people, other marginalized groups, and the film community as an independent film company. We strive to make films and celebrate cinematic works that are culturally…
The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…
Detour Productions centers the prismatic experiences of queers & people of color through bold performance, film, and education.
New Festival, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt media arts organization whose objective is to showcase international, domestic, and New York-centric film, video and other media to foster greater awareness and community among LGBTQ+…
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Colin Higgins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colin Higgins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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