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Higgins Family 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2023
36
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01FY2023 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 36 grants below total $2,131,900 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $3,614,400 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,482,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k16 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $500k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Villanova University$600,000
New York University$500,000
The Chapin School$325,000
Champions for Quality Education$200,000
West Palm Golf Community Trust Inc$100,000
New York University$100,000
The Chapin School$50,000
The Children's Brain Tumor Project Fdn$50,000
Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund$27,500
UNC Health Foundation$25,000
God's Love We Deliver$25,000
Charities Aid Foundation America CAF America$15,000
Breast Cancer Research Foundation$10,750
Council 1869 Inc$10,000
SCGA Foundation$10,000
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
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
3
Stony Brook Orthopedic 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
4
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
5
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
6
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
7
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
8
St Francis College

St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.

Education
9
New York University School of Law Foundation

The foundation, a subsidiary of new york university, fosters legal education and research at new york university's school of law by awarding scholarships, making grants for educational purposes related to law, and supporting programs of…

Education
10
The Skin Cancer Foundation Inc

Public and medical education and research

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11
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
12
South Florida Hospital Research Education Foundation Inc

To receive and administer funds and property for scientific, educational and charitable purposes.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Wrightsville Beach Volunteer Firefighters' Assn. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Charter and Independent Sch…Childhood Cancer SupportCollege Foundation SupportCommunity Hospital SystemsChristian Youth CampsVeteran Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterVolunteer Fire & Rescue
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%4%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr19%27%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%1%<5yr14%5%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr19%3%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr16%53%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/27
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,733

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

02the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

New York University — $610,000 · EducationNew York UniversityVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $600,000 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD — $375,000 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD+1 more — $25,000 · EducationChampions for Quality Education — $200,000 · OtherChampions for Qual…WEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC — $100,000 · OtherWEST PALM GOLF COM…+11 more — $40,750 · Other+11 moreCHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR PROJECT FOUNDATION — $60,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME — $11,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Health+1 more — $2,500 · HealthCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $15,000 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL 1869 INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc — $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JAMES C FERRER EDUCATIONAL FUNDINC (FORMERLY SHINNECOCK HILLS EDUCATIONAL ) — $2,500 · PhilanthropyFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $27,500 · Community Improvement+2 more — $650 · Community ImprovementGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC — $25,000 · Food & NutritionTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER — $10,000 · AnimalsTHE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · Animals
Education$1,610,000Other$340,750Health$83,500Philanthropy$32,500Community Improvement$28,150Food & Nutrition$25,000Animals$12,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNew York University — $610,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $600,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD — $375,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR PROJECT FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME — $11,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $10,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCGA FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOUNCIL 1869 INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JAMES C FERRER EDUCATIONAL FUNDINC (FORMERLY SHINNECOCK HILLS EDUCATIONAL ) — $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJ WOOD PLATT CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWrightsville Beach Volunteer Firefighters' Assn — $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION INC — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The King Street Chari…The Meryl & Charles W…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The King Street Charitable TrustNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The King Street Charitable Trust · The Meryl & Charles Witmer Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

03Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Higgins Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Higgins Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $3.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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