Funding search · EIN 271371242 · Chicago, IL

The Manaaki Foundation

Name: The Manaaki Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

108
grants reported: $4.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Top recipients

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Chicago Public Media3 grants · $404,045
Mother Jones3 grants · $380,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois3 grants · $370,000
Forefront3 grants · $232,500
Art-in-Nature Arboretum Trust2 grants · $200,000
Chicago Media Project3 grants · $180,000
One Earth Collective3 grants · $166,800
University of Southern California2 grants · $150,000
Carter Center2 grants · $150,000
Womens Global Education Project3 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 108 grants.

$165,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$155,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$150,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$130,000
Mother Jones · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$129,045
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$125,000
Mother Jones · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support of the merger of the center for investigative reporting and mother jones, support of general operations
$125,000
Mother Jones · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$125,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$100,000
Art-in-Nature Arboretum Trust · Stockton, CA · 2024
Support of general operations of the waitakaruru arboretrum sculpture garden
$100,000
Womens Global Education Project · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Support of ndajee and to assist in the hire of a new deputy executive director
$100,000
Art-in-Nature Arboretum Trust · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$82,500
Forefront · New York, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Forefront · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of fresh taste for the ii regen/midwest regenerative agriculture fund
$75,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Support of general operations
$75,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support for the new center for climate journalism
$75,000
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Forefront · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$75,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$70,000
Environmental Law and Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$70,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$70,000
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$70,000
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$65,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$65,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$60,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of the shifting voices film fund (bipoc film fund), support of the doc10 film festival & shifting voices, support of the re/construction film project
$56,800
One Earth Collective · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$55,000
One Earth Collective · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$55,000
One Earth Collective · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Administrators of Tulane University · Dallas, TX · 2024
Support of the manaaki foundation endowed scholarship fund
$50,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Range of Motion Project · Denver, CO · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Tulane University Office of Development · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$50,000
Voices and Faces Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$45,000
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Support of the food and water watch annual benefit
$40,000
Green America · Washington, DC · 2024
Support of general operations
$40,000
Jane Goodall Institute Australia Ltd · Salem, MA · 2024
Support of the jgi australia in support of the roots & shoots resource boxes
$40,000
Green America · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$40,000
Jane Goodall Institute Australia Ltd · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$40,000
Green America · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$40,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation · Vienna, VA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$35,000
Trace Media · New York, NY · 2024
Support of general operations
$30,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Grant for reproductive justice and in support of general operations
$30,000
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited · 2024
Support of general operations
$30,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2024
Support of general operations
$30,000
Range of Motion Project · Denver, CO · 2024
Support of general operations
$30,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation of the Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$30,000
Alliancechicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation of the Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Trace Media · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Range of Motion Project · Denver, CO · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation of the Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$30,000
Trace Media · New York, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$25,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support of general operations
$25,000
Refushe · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support the threads of hope fundraiser, support of general operations
$25,000
Connections for the Homeless · Evanston, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Global Press Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Womens Global Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Refushe (Previously Known As Heshima Kenya) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$25,000
Womens Global Education Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$21,300
Blair Thomas & Company · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Alliancechicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of the illinois contraceptive access now (ican) initiative
$20,000
Link Unlimited Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$20,000
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation · Vienna, VA · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Link Unlimited Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Alliancechicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Cure Violence Global · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Global Press Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$20,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$17,500
Momenta · Oak Park, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$15,000
Global Press Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Support of general operations
$15,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$15,000
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
Support of general operations
$15,000
Growing Home · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
Momenta · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
Blair Thomas & Company · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$15,000
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$11,000
Full Spectrum Features · Chicago, IL · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
As You Sow · El Cerrito, CA · 2024
Support of general operations
$10,000
Education and Hope · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Support of general operations
$10,000
Momenta · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$10,000
The Voices and Faces Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support of general operations
$10,000
Chicago Abortion Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Exempt purpose of organization
$10,000
As You Sow · Oakland, CA · 2022
Exempt purpose of organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.