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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 95-4084793

Colin Higgins Foundation

A private foundation in Sherman Oaks, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $51,000 paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $463,586
  • Tax year 2023

    $71,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $485,796
  • Tax year 2022

    $71,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $516,031
  • Tax year 2021

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $612,763
  • Tax year 2020

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $603,976
  • Tax year 2019

    $73,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $674,567
  • Tax year 2018

    $62,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $537,270

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Frameline IncSan Francisco, CA

    Frameline's mission is to change the world through the power of queer cinema. As a media arts non-profit, frameline's programs connect filmmakers and audiences in san francisco and around the world.

    $39,000
  2. The Future Perfect Project IncStone Ridge, NY

    The future perfect project amplifies queer young voices, produces and facilitates creative workshops, media projects and live performances of original work created by and about the current generation of LGBTQIA+ youth.

    $12,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $39,00076% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $12,00024% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $39,000
  2. New York1 grant $12,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • James C RogersPRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Joel MoffettCFO Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • James LesceneSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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