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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “guidelines”
Where the money went
Kansas City ScholarsKansas City, MOCharity · may take applications
204 matching grants · $116.1M · through 2024Largest: $4.5M to UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY — to pay the tuition and other qualified educational expenses per irs guidelines
Largest: $1.1M to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — for research demonstrating the efficacy of long-term retardants in conducting prescribed burns and establishing best-practice guidelines for their use in improving wildfire managem…
Largest: $193,787 to URBAN INSTITUTE — 82295 developing guidelines for community advisory boards to ensure the production of high-quality research that affects community members' lives
Mississippi Healthcare AllianceJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $139,418 · through 2024Largest: $25,953 to SINGING RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM — reimbursement for "get with the guidelines" hospital stroke registry
Largest: $140,000 to THE SHANGHAI PUDONG NEW AREA CCM CSR PROMOTION CENTER — to build capacity and knowledge sharing of guidelines on environmental social and governance information disclosure, guidelines on community engagement to the chinese overseas inve…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $8.9M · through 2021Largest: $38,500 to Empowers Africa Inc — contribution for the kenew yorka bird of prey trust in support of the guidelines for conducting wildlife research in kenew yorka project. support of tsavo trust. support of kenew y…
Largest: $451,516 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — to support research at the university of minnesota to augment the research capacity of the minnesota sentencing guideline commission.
Maryland Association of Non-ProfitBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $254,000 · through 2023Largest: $55,000 to FUSION PARTNERSHIPS — each organization was a part of the cohort and each one was assessed in specific areas pertaining to governance and management based on standard for excellence guidelines. the fund…
Largest: $650,000 to BRAC USA — to support fhir-based platform for interoperability and adoption of smart guidelines in bangladesh
American Heart AssociationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $129,000 · through 2024Largest: $49,500 to SSM Health — get with the guidelines initiative
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $781,474 to ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL — prepare the guidelines for managing substance withdrawal in jails for bja
Largest: $650,000 to WINDWARD FUND — project support to strengthen the capacity of grassroots leaders to advance equitable climate and clean energy guidelines
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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 →