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Christopher & Patricia Higgins Arnold

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 043534717

Christopher & Patricia Higgins Arnold is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $30,100 in 40 grants; the typical grant was $500 and the largest $5,250. 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 $27,800 the year before.

30% 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$27,80032$744,257
2024$30,10040$996,814

How to apply

ContactRichard Olney
53 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
Phone or email(617) 482-5270
What to submitMay be submitted in any form which informs the trustees as to the exact status of the applicant and reason the grant is requested
RestrictionsGrants are to charitable organizations only

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Christopher & Patricia Higgins Arnold funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts30$24,850
New York4$2,000
New Jersey1$1,500
Maryland2$750
Pennsylvania1$500
Connecticut1$250
Oklahoma1$250

Grants paid in 2024

All 40 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Marion Foundation
Marion, MA
General purposes$5,250
Alma del Mar Foundation
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$2,500
South Coast Community Foundation
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$2,500
Thayer Academy
Braintree, MA
General purposes$2,500
Wheaton College
Norton, MA
Annual fund$1,500
Tenacre Annual Fund
Princeton, NJ
General purposes$1,500
South Coast Health Systems
New Bedford, MA
Medical research$1,000
New Bedford Light
New Bedford, MA
General purpose$1,000
Friends of Harvard Tennis
Boston, MA
General purposes$750
Hackley School
Tarrytown, NY
Educational programs$500
The Posse Foundation
Boston, MA
Jeff uben posse fellows /$500
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Educational programs$500
Our Sisters School
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$500
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA
General purposes$500
Nemasket Group
Mattapoissett, MA
General purposes$500
Westchester Jewish Community Services
White Plains, NY
General purposes$500
YWCA
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$500
YMCA of Southeastern Mass
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$500
Mattapoisett Land Trust
Mattapoisett, MA
General purposes$500
Thoroughbred Placement
Upper Marlboro, MD
General purposes$500
Hamilton College Parents Fund
Clinton, NY
General purpose$500
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford, MA
General purpose$500
Winchendon School
Winchendon, MA
General purpose$500
Mattapoisetts Community Sailing
Mattapoisetts, MA
General purpose$500
The Rotch-Duff-Jones House
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$300
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
New Bedford, MA
General purpose$300
Bancroft School Fund
Worcester, MA
General purposes$250
Mattapoisett Library Trust
Mattapoisett, MA
Annual fund$250
New Bedford Art Museum
New Bedford, MA
Annual fund$250
Garrison Forest Annual Fund
Owings Mills, MD
General purposes$250
Buttonwood Park Zoo
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$250
Women's Fund Southcoast
New Bedford, MA
General purposes$250
The Breast Cancer Alliance
Greenwich, CT
General purposes$250
Damien's Place
East Wareham, MA
General purposes$250
Humane Society and Shelter
Chestnut Hill, MA
General purposes$250
Bill Rompf Tennis
Oklahoma City, OK
General purposes$250
Lown Institute
Needham Heights, MA
General purposes$250
Mattapoisetts Historical Society
Mattapoisetts, MA
General purpose$250
School the World
Boston, MA
General purpose$250
Tenacity
Boston, MA
General purpose$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Christopher & Patricia Higgins Arnold accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Christopher & Patricia Higgins Arnold give?

$30,100 in tax year 2024, across 40 grants, with a typical grant of $500.

Who runs Christopher & Patricia Higgins Arnold?

Its 2024 filing lists Christopher B Arnold (Trustee) and Patricia H Arnold (Trustee).

What does Christopher & Patricia Higgins Arnold fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and health.

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