Corina Higginson Trust
Charlotte Hall, MD · EIN 52-6055743. Reported 266 grants totalling $1,954,000 to 111 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Corina Higginson Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $7,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington AIDS Partnership | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Accokeek Foundation | Accokeek, MD | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alexandria Seaport Founda | Alexandria, VA | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Youth Philarmonic | Annandale, VA | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anti Defamation League Wa | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Best Kids Inc | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Byte Back | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Calvary Women's Services | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Collegiate Directions Inc | Bethesda, MD | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Youth Advance | Hyattsville, MD | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| DC Kincare Alliance | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iona Senior Services | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jubilee Jobs | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Keen Greater DC | Rockville, MD | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Create | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Step Afrika | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Together We Bake | Alexandria, VA | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Playwrights' Theater | Washington, DC | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YWCA National Capital Area | Washington, DC | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communiy Mediation DC | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dance Place | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| DC Forensic Nurse Examiners | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| District Alliance for Safe Housing | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dumbarton Arts & Education | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Ministries | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Liberty's Promise | Alexandria, VA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| My Sisters Place | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nourish Now Inc | Rockville, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rob's Barbershop Community Foundati | Odenton, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Ann's Center for Children Yout | Hyattsville, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Dance Institute of Washington | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Fishing School | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arts for the Aging | Rockville, MD | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Inspired Teaching | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Good City Farm | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Critical Exposure | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crittendon Services of Greater Wash | Silver Spring, MD | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| DC Creative Writing Workshop | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| DC Scores | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Equipment Connections for Children | Columbia, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| For Love of Children | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Negotiation Works | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Endeavors By Women | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Operation Warm Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thrive DC | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Posse DC | Washington, DC | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Andrew Keegan Theatre | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Artstream Inc | Rockville, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ayuda | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bright Beginnings | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Forklift | Hyattsville, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| DC Volunteer Lawyers Project | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the National Arboretum | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gearin' Up Bicycles | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Horizon Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Safespot Children's Advocacy Center | Fairfax, VA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shout Mouse Press | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Suited for Change | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| DC Greens | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grafton School | Winchester, VA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meade Memorial Church | White Post, VA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artivate | Silver Spring, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Blossoms | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Advocates for Family & Yo | Capital Heights, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Family Services | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown Ministry Center | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope and a Home Inc | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Rescue Alliance | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Living Classrooms of the National C | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prince George's Child Resource Cent | Upper Marlboro, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan Ministry | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sarah's Circle | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seabury Resources for Aging | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southeast Ministry | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Conservatory of Music | Glen Echo, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Urban Debate League | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Are Family | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| We Are Family Senior Outreach | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YWCA | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Year DC | Boston, MA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stroke Comeback Center | Vienna, VA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Synthetic Theater Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $4,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City Year Boston | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity Baptist Church | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chess in the Schools | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gandhi Brigade Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trinity Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Year DC | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Collaborate Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Panther Town | Sylva, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Panthertown | Sylva, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Highland Cashiers Land Trust | Highlands, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nikwasi Initiative | Franklin, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio Climbers Coalition | Dayton, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Year National | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Agriculture & Food Syst | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chesapeake Bay Found Network | Annapolis, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Dance Institute Center | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chesapeake Bay Funders Network | Santa Barbara, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospi | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington Regional Food Funders | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
76 of 111 (68%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 69%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 142 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | $468,000 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 74 | $467,500 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 68 | $452,500 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 49 | $566,000 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
68% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Corina Higginson Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 8346 Roundhill Road, Charlotte Hall, MD, 20622. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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