Florida · Private foundation
Higgs Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $145k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2026
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 27
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 4% of the organizations Higgs Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 27 | $143k | 30% |
| FY2025 | 23 | $116k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $102k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $111k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $124k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $333k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian River Land Trust Inc | $129,925 | 6 | 1% |
| Gifford Youth Achievement Center Inc | $74,000 | 6 | 1% |
| United Against Poverty Inc | $66,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $52,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The John's Island Foundation Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| John's Island Community Service League Inc | $33,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Riverside Theatre Inc | $30,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Indian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Indian River Symphonic Association Inc | $24,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Learning Alliance Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($351k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Higgs Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Dominick & Rose Ciampa Foundation Inc · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Carwill Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Minotty Family Foundation · The Ned and Emily Sherwood Family Foundation · The Rogers Family Foundation · Welsh Family Foundation Inc · Susan and Leander Jennings Foundati · The Berghorst Foundation Inc · The Toffey Family Charitable Trust · Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995
How this is measured
About Higgs Family Foundation
- How much does Higgs Family Foundation give?
- Higgs Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $145,280 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Higgs Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (27%), Environment (17%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Higgs Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Indian River Land Trust Inc ($130k), Gifford Youth Achievement Center Inc ($74k), United Against Poverty Inc ($67k).
- Does Higgs Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Higgs Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Higgs Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dominick & Rose Ciampa Foundation Inc, Indian River Community Foundation Inc, The Carwill Foundation.
- Where is Higgs Family Foundation based?
- Higgs Family Foundation is based in FL.
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