Massachusetts · Private foundation
John W and Clara C Higgins 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.
- $108k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2024
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 79
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $985k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 43 | $106k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $118k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $135k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 79 | $137k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 71 | $103k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 65 | $94k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 71 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of the Atlantic | $34,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity | $33,233 | 6 | 0% |
| The Emily Harvey Foundation | $21,100 | 7 | 2% |
| Paw Placement of Northern Arizona | $20,333 | 7 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Sedona Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc | $16,495 | 4 | 0% |
| The Derryfield School | $16,166 | 4 | 0% |
| Verde Valley Humane Society Inc | $16,150 | 4 | 1% |
| Rockendinc | $15,999 | 7 | 5% |
| Flagstaff International Relief Effort (Fire) | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($260k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 105 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.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Hattie a and Fred C Lynam Trust · Colket Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · Ethel D Colket Foundation · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Fidelity Foundation
How this is measured
Compare John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation with peer funders
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About John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation
- How much does John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation give?
- John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation reported 44 grants totaling $107,625 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 79 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (19%), Arts & Culture (19%), Education (12%).
- Who are John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: College of the Atlantic ($35k), Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity ($33k), The Emily Harvey Foundation ($21k).
- Does John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Hattie a and Fred C Lynam Trust, Colket Family Foundation.
- Where is John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation based?
- John W and Clara C Higgins Foundation is based in MA.
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