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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6027026

Bradley C Higgins Foundation

A private foundation in Worcester, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $101,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Sumner B Tilton Jr
100 Front Street 5th Floor
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 459-8000
Form and materials
Letter with copy of determination letter.
Deadlines
No
Restrictions
Grants to health, educational, cutural and human service organizations that are exempt under 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $101,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $689,766

  • Tax year 2023

    $81,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $728,574

  • Tax year 2022

    $91,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $789,006

  • Tax year 2021

    $101,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $878,477

  • Tax year 2020

    $99,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $621,985

  • Tax year 2019

    $97,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $618,200

  • Tax year 2018

    $105,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $613,318

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Clark UniversityWorcester, MA

    General support

    $65,000
  2. Worcester Art MuseumWorcester, MA

    General support

    $20,000
  3. Boothbay Railway Village MuseumBoothbay, ME

    General support

    $10,000
  4. Carroll Center for the BlindNewton, MA

    General support

    $5,000
  5. Pan Mass ChallengeNeedham, MA

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $65,00072% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $20,00022% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts4 grants $91,000
  2. Maine1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Sumner B Tilton JrTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $2,000
  • Phillips S DavisTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $2,000

The return

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