Florida · Private foundation
Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $172k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 13 | $172k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $158k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $153k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $151k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $140k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $138k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $138k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Child Welfare League of America | $117,600 | 9 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| American Foundation for the Blind Inc | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Services of Southwest Florida | $117,600 | 9 | 4% |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Covenant House Florida Inc | $101,100 | 8 | 0% |
| National Federation of the Blind of Florida Inc | $77,850 | 6 | 28% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $75,725 | 6 | 0% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $75,725 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Child Welfare League of America | $117,600 | 9 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| American Foundation for the Blind Inc | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Services of Southwest Florida | $117,600 | 9 | 4% |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington | $117,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Covenant House Florida Inc | $101,100 | 8 | 0% |
| National Federation of the Blind of Florida Inc | $77,850 | 6 | 28% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $75,725 | 6 | 0% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $75,725 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army World Service Office | $16,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Salvation Army National Corp | $3,400 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($278k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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About Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation
- How much does Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation give?
- Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $171,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (62%), Human Services (17%), Science & Tech (9%).
- Who are Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc ($118k), Child Welfare League of America ($118k), American Cancer Society Inc ($118k).
- Does Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard Higgins Charitable 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.
- Where is Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation based?
- Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation is based in FL.
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