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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “higgins”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to American Repertory Theater — director allocated - james higgins
Largest: $7,000 to ARTIST ORGANIZED ART INC — general - 2022 grant - higgins / nul
Largest: $400,000 to HIGGINS BROTHERS SUGICENTER FOR HOPE FUND — to fund general operations-medical.
Largest: $102,186 to Eastern Maine Community College — scholarships - j aguirre, z armstrong-hopkins, o barter, b batchelder, c beattie, a bland, a bouley, h brown, o bunker, r canonoy, e carter, l carter, b chasse, l christiansen,g de…
Largest: $60,390 to David Higgins — translating buddhist texts
Largest: $5,000 to HIGGINS BROTHERS SURGICENTER CO GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
Largest: $3,000 to CLAYTON HIGGINS — educational scholarship
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $891,350 · through 2024Largest: $883,350 to Higgins Brothers Surgicenter for Hope LLC — health, medicine & science
Largest: $2,000 to A Higgins — educational scholarship
Howard Memorial FundFar Rockaway, NY
3 matching grants · $6,000 · through 2024Largest: $2,000 to AMOY HIGGINS — to provide college scholarship
Largest: $10,000 to HIGGINS MUSEUM — general purpose grants
Largest: $2,000 to PATRICIA HIGGINS — funeral expense assistance
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →