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Higgins Fam Foundation Tr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$511k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$511k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Health$523kArts & Culture$15kPhilanthropy$5kHuman Services$3kEducation$1kEnvironment$1kReligion$1kHousing & Shelter$800Other$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$510,976
Median grant
1
States reached
$13k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Albany Medical Center Hospital$510,976
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $550) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wellspring: $500 → 7%Senior Service Centers of The Albany Area Inc: $50 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
TN
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

3%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14k · 10 repeat orgs$538k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
27

Total granted

$14k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-11%

Still filing today

70%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $511k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’20’21’22
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DH
    DOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +21%
  • CI
    CUREPSP INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +192%
  • AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
    2× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • TL
    The Lake George Club Historic Preservation Foundat
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • UW
    United Way
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • AS
    ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -69%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

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.

1
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
3
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
4
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
5
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; the most unlike its peers is Curepsp Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM: $510,976 · OtherALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM+19 more: $23,000 · OtherCUREPSP INC: $2,500 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,250 · HealthCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICESINC: $1,250 · HealthLUNGEVITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthCaringBridge: $500 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $300 · Health+2 more: $500 · HealthDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $3,250 · Recreation & SportsCAPITAL REGION YOUTH TENNIS FOUNDATION INC: $300 · Recreation & SportsALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE DOANE STUART SCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationBOLTON FREE LIBRARY: $300 · EducationFLYING CLOUD INSTITUTE INC: $750 · EnvironmentEQUINOX INC: $700 · Housing & Shelter
Other$533,976Health$7,800Recreation & Sports$3,550Arts & Culture$3,500Education$1,300Environment$750Housing & Shelter$700

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $3,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCUREPSP INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICESINC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOANE STUART SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLYING CLOUD INSTITUTE INC: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEQUINOX INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES OF SARATOGA COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNGEVITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for Lake George Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOHAWK & HUDSON RIVER HUMANE SOCIETY: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL REGION YOUTH TENNIS FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOLTON FREE LIBRARY: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR SERVICE CENTERS OF THE ALBANY AREA INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Neil Jane William Est…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Keeler Motor Car Comp…Review FoundationPrice Chopper's Golub…United Way of the Gre…JM McDonald Foundatio…John D Picotte Family…Capital District Phys…The Ayco Charitable F…St Andrews Society of…
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY29.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Keeler Motor Car Company Charitable Foundation · Review Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · John D Picotte Family Foundation (Formerly Equinox Foundation) · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · St Andrews Society of the City of Alban City of Albany

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Higgins Fam Foundation Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Higgins Fam Foundation Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Flying Cloud Institute Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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