· Private foundation
Lisa Higgins Hussman Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 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 · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $157k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Organization for Autism Research | $107,000 |
| Angels Place | $50,000 |
| Center for Music by People w Disabi | $20,000 |
| Loyola University Maryland | $17,500 |
| Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults | $15,000 |
| Towson University Foundation | $12,500 |
| Harbor Lights Pregnancy and Info Ct | $10,000 |
| Ursuline High School | $10,000 |
| Wayne State University | $10,000 |
| Special Olympics of Howard County | $10,000 |
| Nova Southeastern University | $10,000 |
| Autism Society of Maryland | $2,500 |
| Multicultural Children's Tennis Ass | $2,000 |
| Association of Community Services | $1,000 |
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 (FY21–25, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
19 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH5× · 2021–2025 · $543k · revenue +26%- APANGELS' PLACE5× · 2021–2025 · $250k · revenue +27%
- CFCENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES5× · 2021–2025 · $90k · revenue +66%
Funded once
- SCST CATHERINE OF SIENA ACADEMYone grant, 2021 · $5k
- HHHOWARD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +149%
- GGrassrootsone grant, 2021 · $2k
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.
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Amid the proliferation of advice about treatment options for autism, the ability to access accurate information about research-validated approaches is critically important to those seeking effective treatment.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
The arc of loudoun, a local chapter of the arc of the united states, advocates for, educates, serves, and supports people with disabilities and their families.
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 24 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 ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds ANGELS' PLACE ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ↗
- Who funds TOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HARBOR LIGHTS PREGNANCY & INFORMATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds Nova Southeastern University Inc ↗
- Who funds ULMAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Loyola University Maryland Inc ↗
- Who funds THE PERSEPHONE MAE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC ↗
- Who funds EVERYBODY BREATHE INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds HOWARD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lisa Higgins Hussman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lisa Higgins Hussman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Autism Society of Maryland Inc: 67% of income from government
- Loyola University Maryland Inc: 6% of income from government
- Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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