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The Guide Foundation

Name: The Guide Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

238
grants reported: $360,568
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Lcv Education Fund4 grants · $40,000
Yale Center - Environmental Law Pol3 grants · $31,000
China Folk House3 grants · $26,681
Bates College Office of Advancement3 grants · $25,050
Yale University3 grants · $16,500
Woodwell Climate Research Center4 grants · $9,073
Brown University3 grants · $9,000
Potomac Conservancy3 grants · $8,535
Natural Resources Defense Council3 grants · $7,500
New Voice Strategies2 grants · $7,000

Giving over time

$63,934

2022

$99,533

2023

$100,460

2024

$96,641

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 238 grants.

$21,000
Bates College Office of Advancement · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General support
$11,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$11,000
Yale Center - Environmental Law Pol · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$10,649
China Folk House · Rockville, MD · 2025
General support
$10,000
Lcv Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$10,000
China Folk House · Rockville, MD · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lcv Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Yale Center - Environmental Law Pol · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lcv Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Yale Center - Environmental Law Pol · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$10,000
Lcv Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$6,445
The Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$6,032
China Folk House · Rockville, MD · 2023
General support
$6,000
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General support
$5,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Nashua Regional Planning Council · Nashua, NH · 2024
General support
$5,000
National Center for Cancer Survivor · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$5,000
Climate and Capital Media · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
New Voice Strategies · Unknown, DC · 2022
General support
$4,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$4,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
General support
$3,000
National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2025
General support
$3,000
Bates College Office of Advancement · Lewiston, ME · 2024
General support
$3,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
General support
$3,000
Yale Law School Fund · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$2,500
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2022
General support
$2,114
National Abortion Federation · Annapolis Junction, MD · 2024
General support
$2,073
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2025
General support
$2,065
Earth Justice · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$2,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2025
General support
$2,000
Reveal News · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Technoserve · Arlington, VA · 2025
General support
$2,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,000
One Eleuthera Foundation · 2024
General support
$2,000
Technoserve · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General support
$2,000
Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2024
General support
$2,000
New Voice Strategies · Unknown, DC · 2023
General support
$2,000
One Eleuthera Foundation · 2023
General support
$1,545
Dc Greens · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,500
Dc Greens · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,500
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,500
Stand Earth · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,500
Kara Kennedy Foundation · McLean, VA · 2024
General support
$1,500
St Albans School for Public Service · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,500
Stand Forest Ethics · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,500
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
General support
$1,500
St Albans School · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,500
Stand Forest Ethics · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$1,500
C O Canal Trust · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General support
$1,500
Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2022
General support
$1,500
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,500
Wamu 885fm · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1,340
Avalon Theatre Project · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1,250
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General support
$1,105
Friendship Place · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,080
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,080
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,076
Pulizer Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,058
Island Press · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,053
Clark County Historical Association · Berryville, VA · 2025
General support
$1,050
Bates College Office of Advancement · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General support
$1,046
Unicef · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,039
Amazon Biodiversity Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1,037
Dc Volunteer Lawyers Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,035
Potomac Conservancy · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
General support
$1,033
Anera · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,031
Razoodonationsorg · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,030
Breakthrough Collaborative · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$1,030
Clark County Education Foundation · Berryville, VA · 2025
General support
$1,030
Land Trust of Virginia · Middleburg, VA · 2025
General support
$1,015
Network for Good · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1,003
Dc Environmental Film Festival · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,000
Abortion Fundsorg · Beaverton, OR · 2025
General support
$1,000
Avaaz · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,000
Center for Investigative Journalism · Emeryville, CA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,000
Fosa · Boyce, VA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Grace Reproductive Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute · Portland, ME · 2025
General support
$1,000
Marthas Table · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,000
Mothers Out Front · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Piedmont Environment Council · Warrenton, VA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General support
$1,000
Stepping Stones Museum · Norwalk, CT · 2025
General support
$1,000
The Country School · Madison, CT · 2025
General support
$1,000
The Outlaw Ocean · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,000
The Taft School · Watertown, CT · 2025
General support
$1,000
Veggies To Table · Newcastle, ME · 2025
General support
$1,000
Wamu 885fm · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,000
American Fnd for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Avalon Theatre · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Clark County Education Foundation · Berryville, VA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Commongood City Farm · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General support
$1,000
Friendship Place · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Grace Reproductive Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support

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