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Higgins-Trapnell Family Foundation at a glance

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Higgins-Trapnell 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.

$53k
Granted FY2023
23
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$59kEducation$46kInternational$27kHealth$23kReligion$22kCivil Rights$15kPhilanthropy$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kOther$0
02FY2023 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARKS IN THE VALLEY$6,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
NCRC -NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER$3,500
SEMPERVIRENS FUND$3,000
WILDLANDS NETWORK$3,000
TURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS$2,500
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE$2,500
ICRC$2,500
CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA$2,500
LOS PADRES FOREST ASSOCIATION$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$2,000
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE$2,000
ALLAN HANCOCK FOUNDATION$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PLAYTIME PROJECT: $2k → 14%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $5k → 17%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

ME
WA
MN
NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
UT
AZ
DC
HI
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 23 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
20

Total granted

$204k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+15%

Still filing today

61%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthInternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER
    4× · 2020–2023 · $20k · revenue +52%
  • WE
    Wild Earth Society Incorporated
    4× · 2020–2023 · $16k · revenue +73%
  • SF
    SEMPERVIRENS FUND
    4× · 2020–2023 · $15k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +48%
  • N
    NATURETRACK
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
  • LO
    LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
3
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
4
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
5
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
6
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
7
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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10
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
11
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
12
Environmental Defense Center

The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Direct Relief; the most unlike its peers is The Rona Barrett Foundation. 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

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 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARKS IN THE VALLEY: $21,500 · OtherST MARKS IN THE VALLEYIndividual grant recipient: $17,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALLAN HANCOCK FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherALLAN HANCOCK FOUNDATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $8,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $7,000 · OtherLOS PADRES FOREST ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · OtherACLU: $5,500 · OtherSANTA YNEZ VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $7,000 · OtherPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $8,500 · OtherPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INCHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $6,000 · Other+19 more: $30,750 · Other+19 moreCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $12,500 · HealthCANCER FO…SIGHTSAVERS INC: $7,500 · HealthSIGHTSAVE…VNA HEALTH: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthNATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER: $19,750 · EducationNATIONAL …SEMPERVIRENS FUND: $15,000 · EnvironmentSEMPERVIR…EARTHJUSTICE: $4,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUST…+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 · InternationalTURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS INC: $2,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · InternationalCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $2,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 · InternationalWild Earth Society Incorporated: $16,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$136,250Health$21,250Education$19,750Environment$19,500International$17,500Arts & Culture$16,000Human Services$14,000

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 budgetNATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER: $19,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWild Earth Society Incorporated: $16,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSEMPERVIRENS FUND: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIGHTSAVERS INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS PADRES FOREST ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVNA HEALTH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rona Barrett Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $250 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.

Ann Jackson Family Fo…Santa Barbara Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ann Jackson Family FoundationCA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to Higgins-Trapnell Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Higgins-Trapnell 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 48 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 $65k 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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