· Private foundation
The Stuart L Higley Foundation Inc
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| BLOCK ISLAND NATURE CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| DARIEN BOOK AID PLAN INC | $6,000 |
| DARIEN LIBRARY | $6,000 |
| GLOBAL MEDICAL RELEIF FUND | $5,000 |
| TURNING POINT USA | $5,000 |
| WESTOVER SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| CASTLETON HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| LAW STROUD FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200 |
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 (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 12% of The Stuart L Higley Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 64% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 73%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 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, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DLDARIEN LIBRARY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +26%
- DBDarien Book Aid Plan Inc5× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +19%
- GMGLOBAL MEDICAL RELIEF FUND INC5× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- LBLONG BEACH DAY NURSERYgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +35%
- NCNEW CANNAN LAND TRUSTone grant, 2021 · $6k
- ATASCANIUS THE YOUTH CLASSICS INSTITUTEone grant, 2020 · $6k
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.
The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).
Open space preservation in darien, connecticut
The duxbury rural and historical society (drhs) strives to be a responsible steward of our historical buildings, museum objects, archives, and lands. we welcome all audiences to learn along with us, explore our collections, and interpret…
The mission of the new canaan land trust is to foster a connection between the new canaan community and its natural resources through the conservation and sustainable stewardship of our open space.
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
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…
Preserve duxbury beach to safeguard adjacent bays and mainland, protect wildlife and vegetation while welcoming the public to enjoy.
The darien foundation's mission is to provide grant funding for technology and capital projects that create opportunity for darien's youth, support town safety and security services, enhance the overall quality of life in darien, and…
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.
Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.
To provide free public library services
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 31 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 NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds DARIEN LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds Darien Book Aid Plan Inc ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL MEDICAL RELIEF FUND INC ↗
- Who funds NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WESTOVER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds LAW STROUD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LONG BEACH DAY NURSERY ↗
- Who funds STAYING PUT IN NEW CANAAN INC ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds Darien Community Association Inc ↗
- Who funds AT HOME IN DARIENINC ↗
- Who funds DARIEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BLOCK ISLAND HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
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: The O'Herron Family Foundation · The Darien Foundation Inc · Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc · Chuza Foundation · The Goodnow Fund · MLE Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Stuart L Higley Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stuart L Higley Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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