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Bradley C Higgins Foundation

Accepts applications Worcester, Massachusetts · EIN 046027026

Bradley C Higgins Foundation is a private foundation in Worcester, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $101,000 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $65,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $81,000 the year before.

20% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$81,0005$1.7 million
2024$101,0005$2.1 million

How to apply

ContactSumner B Tilton Jr
100 Front Street 5th Floor, Worcester, MA 01608
Phone or email(508) 459-8000
What to submitLetter with copy of determination letter.
RestrictionsGrants to health, educational, cutural and human service organizations that are exempt under 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Bradley C Higgins Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts4$91,000
Maine1$10,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Clark University
Worcester, MA
General support$65,000
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, MA
General support$20,000
Boothbay Railway Village Museum
Boothbay, ME
General support$10,000
Carroll Center for the Blind
Newton, MA
General support$5,000
Pan Mass Challenge
Needham, MA
General support$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Bradley C Higgins Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Bradley C Higgins Foundation give?

$101,000 in tax year 2024, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Bradley C Higgins Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Sumner B Tilton Jr (Trustee) and Phillips S Davis (Trustee).

What does Bradley C Higgins Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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