· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $506k
- $250k+1 grant · $253k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $253,202 |
| DEEP SPRINGS COLLEGE | $120,000 |
| OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $116,180 |
| UNICEF | $105,000 |
| CONFLUENCE PROJECT | $55,051 |
| COALITION OF OREGON LAND TRUSTS | $55,000 |
| IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY | $55,000 |
| OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING | $25,000 |
| MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against -30% for those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC5× · 2017–2021 · $374k · revenue +98%
Oregon State University Foundation3× · 2018–2021 · $129k · revenue +27%
UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF2× · 2019–2021 · $108k · revenue +55%
Funded once
- WCWOMEN'S CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORKone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -30%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…
Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.
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To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
- Who funds DEEP SPRINGS CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts ↗
- Who funds THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ↗
- Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORK ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Guidance Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Guidance Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts: 18% of income from government
- The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: 4% of income from government
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
- Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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