· Private foundation
Higgs Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k21 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $87k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH | $15,000 |
| WHOLE FAMILY HEALTH | $15,000 |
| GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER | $13,000 |
| VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART | $12,000 |
| JOHNS ISLAND FOUNDATION | $11,000 |
| INDIAN RIVER SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION | $11,000 |
| INDIAN RIVER HABITAT OF HUMANITY | $10,000 |
| JOHNS ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE | $5,300 |
| UNITED AGAINST POVERTY | $5,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF IRC | $5,000 |
| RIVERSIDE THEATRE | $5,000 |
| QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES | $5,000 |
| THE LEARNING ALLIANCE | $5,000 |
| THE SOURCE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GYGIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC6× · 2021–2026 · $74k · revenue +56%
- UAUNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC6× · 2021–2026 · $67k · revenue +26%
- VBVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC6× · 2021–2026 · $52k · revenue +718%
Funded once
- IRIndian River County Habitat for Humanity Incgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $28k · revenue +138%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $5k
- SASALVATION ARMY OF IRCone grant, 2021 · $4k
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.
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.
To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.
To identify solutions that will protect and enhance the lives of indian river county children, individuals, families, and seniors.
The foundation acts as a supporting organization for isles, inc. as described in section 509 (a)(3) of the internal revenue code. the foundation manages the investment activites of isles, inc.
To promote the cultural arts in indian river county, florida through education, collaboration, marketing and advocacy.
To preserve the indian river lakes region for its natural, recreational, and scenic values.
The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…
The mission of the international school of indiana is to provide our students with a world-class education that prepares them to be responsible citizens and effective leaders in a rapidly globalizing and interdependent world.
Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…
To supplement educational programs in indian river county.
To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…
The mission of the independent colleges and universities of new jersey, a new jersey non-profit corporation is to advance the interests of new jersey's independent, non-profit, public mission institutions of higher education by promoting…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 50 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC ↗
- Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds THE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN'S ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds Indian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
- Who funds INDIAN RIVER SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS ↗
- Who funds QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds FLAGLER COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE GENERALS REDOUBT ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Higgs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Higgs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
- The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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