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The Mpd Higgins Foundation at a glance

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The Mpd Higgins 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.

$81k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$245kPhilanthropy$69kHuman Services$65kYouth Development$50kHealth$40kAnimals$30kEnvironment$22kArts & Culture$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES$35,000
MARIMED FOUNDATION$15,000
PARKER SCHOOL$10,000
GRASS VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL$5,000
SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$2,500
MAYO CLINIC$2,500
UC DAVIS HEALTH$2,500
BANCROFT SCHOOL$1,500
THOROUGHBRED PLACEMENT RESOURCES$1,000
TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$1,000
MILTON ACADEMY$1,000
DANA FARBER CANCER CENTER$500
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$500
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK$500
GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $65k) 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.

area typical 8%BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES: $35k → 10%BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES: $25k → 10%BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
NE
MD
HI
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$520k · 30 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
12

Total granted

$520k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+25%

Still filing today

53%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthAnimalsEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PS
    PARKER SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +36%
  • BS
    BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $65k · revenue +17%
  • NB
    NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • HH
    HUDSON HOAGLAND SOCIETY &
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • UO
    UNIVERISTY OF CAL SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • NC
    NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +21%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
3
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
8
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
9
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
11
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF: $68,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OFUNIVERS OF PENNSYLVANIA: $57,500 · OtherUNIVERS OF PENNSYLVANIAGRASS VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL: $29,000 · OtherGRASS VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOLUMASS SCHOOL WORCESTER FND: $26,000 · OtherUMASS SCHOOL WORCESTER FNDSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $16,000 · OtherSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INCSOUTH COAST HEALTH SYSTEMS: $11,500 · OtherUC DAVIS HEALTH: $9,000 · Other+17 more: $30,325 · Other+17 morePARKER SCHOOL: $110,250 · EducationPARKER SCHOOLBANCROFT SCHOOL: $6,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,000 · EducationMILTON ACADEMY: $5,500 · Education+5 more: $4,050 · EducationBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIOR …MARIMED FOUNDATION FOR ISLAND HEALTH CARE TRAINING: $47,000 · HealthMARIMED FOUN…MAYO CLINIC: $8,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICAUSTEN RIGGS CENTER INC: $4,000 · HealthAUSTEN RIGGS…+2 more: $3,000 · HealthTHOROUGHBRED PLACEMENT RESOURCES INC: $29,000 · AnimalsMARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · AnimalsNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentARTIS-NAPLES INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $2,000 · Arts & CultureROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE AND GARDEN MUSEUM INC: $500 · Arts & CultureGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $500 · Arts & CultureKahilu Theatre Foundation: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$247,825Education$131,800Human Services$65,000Health$62,000Animals$30,000Environment$6,000Arts & Culture$5,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPARKER SCHOOL: $110,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMARIMED FOUNDATION FOR ISLAND HEALTH CARE TRAINING: $47,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED PLACEMENT RESOURCES INC: $29,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBANCROFT SCHOOL: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTEN RIGGS CENTER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCivitas Citizens Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE AND GARDEN MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK SCHOOL CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATTAPOISETT COMMUNITY SAILING ASSOCINC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARROLL SCHOOL: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKahilu Theatre Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASTERS SCHOOL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COLLIER AND THE KEYS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 PARKER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIMED FOUNDATION FOR ISLAND HEALTH CARE TRAINING ↗
  • Who funds THOROUGHBRED PLACEMENT RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BANCROFT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF YADDO ↗
  • Who funds Civitas Citizens Inc ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ROTCH-JONES-DUFF HOUSE AND GARDEN MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARK SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MATTAPOISETT COMMUNITY SAILING ASSOCINC ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundBoston Foundation IncGs Donor Advised Phil…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Jewish Communal FundNY14× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Boston Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Mpd Higgins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mpd Higgins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Sea Education Association Inc: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • Gulfshore Playhouse Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Austen Riggs Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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