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Higgins Family Foundation at a glance

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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
37
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$1.8MHealth$124kRecreation & Sports$111kPhilanthropy$38kFood & Nutrition$25kInternational$15kAnimals$12kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 37 grants below total $2,134,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,614,400 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,480,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k17 grants · $36k
  • $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 Children's Brain Tumor Project Fdn$50,000
The Chapin School$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
Animal Medical Center$10,000
02Its 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 31 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · HealthHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · 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$86,000Philanthropy$32,500Community Improvement$28,150Food & Nutrition$25,000Animals$12,000

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 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 budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCGA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOUNCIL 1869 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetJ WOOD PLATT CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $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
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 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

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.
03Through Plinth

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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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