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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-6906900

The Robert F Higgins Foundation

A private foundation in Boston, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $461,000 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $461,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,070,955

  • Tax year 2023

    $442,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $6,606,011

  • Tax year 2022

    $402,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $6,683,239

  • Tax year 2021

    $137,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $6,919,242

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Malden Catholic High SchoolMalden, MA

    General

    $250,000
  2. American Academy of Arts & SciencesCambridge, MA

    General

    $125,000
  3. Deerfield AcademyDeerfield, MA

    General

    $25,000
  4. MV YouthChilmark, MA

    General

    $25,000
  5. Pioneer InstituteBoston, MA

    General

    $25,000
  6. Sears House AssociationBoston, MA

    General

    $10,000
  7. TCC Employer FundChesnut Hill, MA

    General

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Social science1 grant $125,00060% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $50,00024% of the total
  3. Youth development1 grant $25,00012% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $10,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts7 grants $461,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Robert F HigginsTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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