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12 funders with a record of paying for “guidebooks”
Where the money went
Largest: $210,000 to PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — to create a county government guidebook which will serve as a central location for essential information that details how the county functions
Largest: $40,000 to EDUCATION OPENS DOORS — interactive social emotional learning student curriculum consisting of a 360-page guidebook and online programming in order to integrate college and career readiness learning into …
Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA — young people's concert and sunshine state standard teacher guidebook
Largest: $217,487 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — to develop an adaptable framework for defining and measuring credentials of value, publishing a policy guidebook to inform state policymakers as they enact policies to increase ret…
Commission for the Las Vegas CentennialLas Vegas, NVCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $209,255 · through 2024Largest: $135,835 to KME ARCHITECTS — to create a historic westside design guidebook for commercial and residential properties located in the historic westside.
Largest: $10,000 to JEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK — to support jfns gender giving guidebook. the goal of this guidebook is to increase and expand the scope and impact of philanthropy that promotes gender equality in israel.
Largest: $75,000 to WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — to assist the west virginia university land use law clinic in collaborating with five communities to create a tailored comprehensive plan, meeting specific goals and objectives, wh…
Largest: $50,000 to Complete College America — to advance higher education outcomes for learners of color and other marginalized groups by hosting a think tank of national leaders and creating a guidebook to elevate current iss…
Mildred L Phillips CharitablePalm Beach Gardens, FL
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — the foundation supports children's wisconsin, which is the region's only independent health care system solely focused on children's health and well-being. their goal is to provide…
Largest: $100,000 to National Academy of Sciences — for a project to develop a practitioners' guidebook about science and engineering instruction in preschool through elementary grades
Largest: $55,333 to NIC SANTOS — to develop a burial protections guidebook with accompanying workshop series to be used as tools for activating key players to call for and exercise adequate and equal protections o…
The Skadden FoundationWhite Plains, NY
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2023Largest: $15,000 to NATIONAL ASSOC OF COUNSEL FOR CHILDREN — fig grant - publish the 2nd edition children's law office guidebook and make this resource available to the field at no cost for the first 200 copies.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →