Oregon · Private foundation
Guidance Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $799k
- Granted FY2021
- 9
- Grants FY2021
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $55,051
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $253,202
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 67% of the organizations Guidance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | $799k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $36k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $374,202 | 5 | 0% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $129,180 | 3 | 0% |
| Deep Springs Corporation | $120,000 | 1 | 10% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $108,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts | $55,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Chinese in America | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Center for Creative Work | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Guidance Foundation 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Guidance Foundation
- How much does Guidance Foundation give?
- Guidance Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $799,433 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Guidance Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are International (51%), Education (27%), Environment (6%).
- Who are Guidance Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($374k), Oregon State University Foundation ($129k), Deep Springs Corporation ($120k).
- Does Guidance Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Guidance Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Guidance Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Guidance Foundation based?
- Guidance Foundation is based in OR.
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