· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $4k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $168k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | $14,000 |
| St Matthews House | $14,000 |
| American Cancer Society | $14,000 |
| National Federation of the Blind of | $14,000 |
| Epilepsy Services of SW Florida | $14,000 |
| Covenant House of Florida | $14,000 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $14,000 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank | $14,000 |
| Alzheimer's Association | $14,000 |
| Child Welfare League of America | $14,000 |
| Carnegie Institution for Science | $14,000 |
| American Foundation for the Blind | $14,000 |
| Salvation Army World Service Office | $3,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $313k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 70% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- CWCHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA9× · 2017–2025 · $118k · revenue +55%
- AFAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC9× · 2017–2025 · $118k · revenue +11%
- ESEPILEPSY SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA9× · 2017–2025 · $118k · revenue +81%
Funded once
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.
We will cure ms while empowering people affected by ms to live their best lives.
To raise awareness, build community, improve care and find a cure for psp, cbd and msa.
Hlaa opens the world of communication to people with hearing loss through information, education, support and advocacy. hlaa is the leading voice of the growing number of people with hearing loss in the u.s. hlaa advocates for…
Integrating the blind into society
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The organization is the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide. together with the world's leading brands, disability:in drives progress on disability inclusion through initiatives, tools, and expertise that…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Lutheran services in america mission: cultivate caring communities that advance health and opportunity for all by building valuable connections, amplifying our voices and empowering our members in their mission to answer god's call to love…
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
The american heart association's mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 16 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 MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds EPILEPSY SERVICES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
- Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard Higgins Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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