Pennsylvania · Public charity
Higher Ground Foundation Inc
Higher ground foundation, inc. Was founded in 2019 for the purpose of building and operating a museum. It is currently in the fund-raising stage of launching this museum.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $674k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Higher Ground Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $75k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pagus Inc | $62,500 | 4 | 31% |
| The Midori Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alpine Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Spirit of Harmony Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 23% |
| All Within My Hands | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loaves and Fishes Too | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Joan Dancy and P a L S Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Musically Fed | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Higher Ground Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Higher Ground Foundation Inc
- How much does Higher Ground Foundation Inc give?
- Higher Ground Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Higher Ground Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Youth Development (25%), Education (10%).
- Who are Higher Ground Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Interlochen Center for the Arts ($65k), Pagus Inc ($63k), The Midori Foundation Inc ($25k).
- Does Higher Ground Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Higher Ground Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Network for Good.
- Where is Higher Ground Foundation Inc based?
- Higher Ground Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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