Washington · Private foundation
The Higgins Family 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.
- $446k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Higgins Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 20 | $446k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $344k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $516k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $440k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $470k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $321k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $266k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $273k | 41% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $465,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Forterra Nw | $425,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Rainier Scholars | $385,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $270,000 | 8 | 1% |
| College is Real Inc | $190,000 | 9 | 6% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Swedish Medical Center Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Washington | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $465,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Forterra Nw | $425,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Rainier Scholars | $385,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $270,000 | 8 | 1% |
| College is Real Inc | $190,000 | 9 | 6% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Swedish Medical Center Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Washington | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Long Live the Kings | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| RepresentUs | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $35,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Stewardship Partners | $31,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Room One | $25,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Food Lifeline | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Soulumination | $22,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Methow Conservancy | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Methow Housing Trust | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Farestart | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| College Access Now | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($795k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Higgins Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Seattle Foundation · Kaleidoscope Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Higgins Family Foundation
- How much does The Higgins Family Foundation give?
- The Higgins Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $446,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Higgins Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (42%), Health (26%), Education (18%).
- Who are The Higgins Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Seattle Aquarium Society ($465k), Forterra Nw ($425k), Rainier Scholars ($385k).
- Does The Higgins Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Higgins Family 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 The Higgins Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Kaleidoscope Foundation, The Bullitt Foundation.
- Where is The Higgins Family Foundation based?
- The Higgins Family Foundation is based in WA.
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