Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Governors Highway Safety Association
To provide leadership and advocacy for the states and territories to improve traffic safety, influence national policy, enhance program manangement, and promote best practices.
- $577k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $552k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,980
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $91,875
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Governors Highway Safety Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $552k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $315k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $192k | 79% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $585k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.8M | 71% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Academy of Sciences | $2,739,609 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $250,210 | 5 | n/a |
| General Motors LLC | $210,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Regional Alcohol Program | $157,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility | $156,406 | 1 | 2% |
| Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development | $134,365 | 4 | n/a |
| Health & Fitness Systems LLC | $117,289 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Traffic Safety Commission | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $60,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Louisiana Highway Safety Commission | $54,588 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 44 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Academy of Sciences | $2,739,609 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $250,210 | 5 | n/a |
| General Motors LLC | $210,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Regional Alcohol Program | $157,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility | $156,406 | 1 | 2% |
| Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development | $134,365 | 4 | n/a |
| Health & Fitness Systems LLC | $117,289 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Traffic Safety Commission | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $60,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Louisiana Highway Safety Commission | $54,588 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado Energy Office | $45,314 | 2 | n/a |
| The Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation | $44,978 | 3 | 0% |
| Maryland Department of Transportation | $44,873 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyft Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Road Safety Foundation Inc | $37,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ohio Dept of Agriculture | $35,444 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zoo | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Dui Association | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sherry Matthews Group | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Governor's Office of Highway Safety - Ga | $32,095 | 2 | n/a |
| Treatment Court Advocacy Center of Lackawanna County | $29,950 | 2 | 2% |
| Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police | $28,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Bikabout LLC | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Department of Education | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Idaho Walk Bike Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 20% |
| City of Rochester | $24,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Vermont Dairy Promo Council | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kanawha County Commission | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Law Enforcement Training Advisory Commission | $19,923 | 1 | 2% |
| State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Contro | $19,664 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $18,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $16,537 | 1 | n/a |
| Teton County Sheriff's Department | $16,326 | 1 | n/a |
| Idaho Public Television | $14,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Thrive Umpqua | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| United Way of Erie County | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Kentucky Highway Safety Office | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Educational Alternatives | $12,269 | 1 | 4% |
| Teen Driving Solutions School Inc | $11,733 | 1 | 3% |
| State of Arizona | $11,601 | 1 | n/a |
| Promesa Capital LLC | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Missouri Director of Revenue Credit State Road Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Governors Highway Safety Association supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Investor Protection Trust · America's State Parks Foundation · Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc · Association of State and Territorial Health Officials · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation · Feed the Children Inc · National Association of State Procurement Officals Inc · National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc · Association of Public Health Laboratories Inc · American Bar Association · Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Governors Highway Safety Association
- How much does Governors Highway Safety Association give?
- Governors Highway Safety Association reported 18 itemized grants totaling $551,610, out of $576,607 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Governors Highway Safety Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (57%), Public Safety & Disaster (32%), Health (7%).
- Who are Governors Highway Safety Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: National Academy of Sciences ($2.7M), University of Maryland College Park ($250k), General Motors LLC ($210k).
- Does Governors Highway Safety Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Governors Highway Safety Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Investor Protection Trust, America's State Parks Foundation, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc.
- Where is Governors Highway Safety Association based?
- Governors Highway Safety Association is based in DC.
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