Higgs Family Foundation
Vero Beach, FL · EIN 22-3306407. Reported 93 grants totalling $455,922 to 40 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Higgs Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $6,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $45,750. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian River Land Trust | Vero Beach, FL | $105,425 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Against Poverty | Vero Beach, FL | $46,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gifford Youth Achievement Center | Vero Beach, FL | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art | Vero Beach, FL | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Island Community Service League | Vero Beach, FL | $21,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Irc | Vero Beach, FL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Johns Island Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Riverside Theatre | Vero Beach, FL | $19,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clevland Clinic Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $14,875 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indian River Symphonic Association | Vero Beach, FL | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute of World Politics | Washington, DC | $11,105 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indian River Habitat of Humanity | Vero Beach, FL | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parent Encouragement | Kensington, MD | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Learning Alliance | Vero Beach, FL | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Environmnental Learning Center | Vero Beach, FL | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Literacy Services of Irc | Vero Beach, FL | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Quial Valley Charities | Vero Beach, FL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army Nw Division | Seattle, WA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Flagler College | St Augustine, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington & Lee University (entrepreneur) | Lexington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Float Hope | Indian River Shores, FL | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Indian River Community Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Quail Valley Charities | Vero Beach, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary | Boynton Beach, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross Catholic Church | Vero Beach, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities' Samaritan Center | Vero Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Diocese of Palm Beach | Vero Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Generals Redoubt | Lexington, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vna and Hospice Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $1,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The General Redoubt | Lexington, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gregorian University Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Cross Church | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan Center | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Startford Hall | Stratford, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vero Beach Pipes and Drums | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wellesley Scholarship Foundation | Wellesley, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast | West Palm Beach, FL | $917 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John's Island Employee Relief Fund | Vero Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
25 of 40 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $123,975 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 27 | $110,675 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 19 | $101,667 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $119,605 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Higgs Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 350 Shores Drive, Vero Beach, FL, 32963. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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