· 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.
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 $10k4 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $280k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER | $100,000 |
| SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $50,000 |
| WILD SALMON CENTER | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CIRCLE OF CARE | $25,000 |
| FORTERRA NW | $25,000 |
| COLLEGE IS REAL | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $25,000 |
| THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| SWEDISH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WASHINGTON | $20,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $10,000 |
| RAINER SCHOLARS | $10,000 |
| FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH | $10,000 |
| REPRESENT US | $10,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $122k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% 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
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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 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, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY7× · 2018–2025 · $465k · revenue +118%
- RSRAINIER SCHOLARS9× · 2017–2025 · $385k · revenue +359%
WILD SALMON CENTER8× · 2018–2025 · $270k · revenue +274%
Funded once
- FLFOOD LIFELINEone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +6%
- EAETHICAL APPAREL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $5k
- SSOULIMINATIONone grant, 2023 · $5k
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.
Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…
Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…
Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…
Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…
The mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.
The Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a statewide organization whose mission is to protect, preserve and restore Washington's waters through education, advocacy, policy reform, and public interest litigation.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…
Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.
Creating a greener, healthier, more equitable, and better Washington for all through community outreach, network building, and advocacy for conservation and outdoor recreation funding.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 33 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 THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FORTERRA NW ↗
- Who funds RAINIER SCHOLARS ↗
- Who funds WILD SALMON CENTER ↗
- Who funds College is Real Inc ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American Civil Liberties Union of Washington ↗
- Who funds LONG LIVE THE KINGS ↗
- Who funds RepresentUs ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds Stewardship Partners ↗
- Who funds Room One ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
- Who funds SOULUMINATION ↗
- Who funds METHOW CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds METHOW HOUSING TRUST ↗
- Who funds FARESTART ↗
- Who funds College Access Now ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Higgins Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Higgins Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
How this is measured
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