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Mako Foundation

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

152
grants reported
$1.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
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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  • Center for Public Interest Research3 grants · $60,000
  • International Medical Corps2 grants · $50,000
  • Southern Poverty Law Center2 grants · $50,000
  • Natural Resources Defense Council2 grants · $50,000
  • Partners in Health2 grants · $50,000
  • Black Farmer Fund3 grants · $45,000
  • Proteus Fund - Piper Fund3 grants · $45,000
  • Proteus Fund - Rise Together Fund3 grants · $45,000
  • Streetsquash2 grants · $40,000
  • Type Media Center (Fka the Nation Institute)2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$434,600
2022
$317,726
2023
$383,100
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 152 grants.

  • $25,000

    International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Community Vision Capital & Consulting (Fka Northern California Community Lo · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $25,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Center for Public Interest Research · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Movement Voter Fund Via Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Streetsquash · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Type Media Center (Fka the Nation Institute) · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Center for Public Interest Research · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Streetsquash · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Type Media Center (Fka the Nation Institute) · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Center for Public Interest Research · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Streetsquash · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $20,000

    Type Media Center Inc (Fka the Nation Institute) · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $16,500

    First Nations Development Institute (for Covid 19 Emergency Relief Fund) · Longmont, CO · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Black Farmer Fund · York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Proteus Fund - Piper Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Proteus Fund - Rise Together Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Black Farmer Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Proteus Fund - Piper Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Proteus Fund - Rise Together Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Black Farmer Fund · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Proteus Fund - Piper Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $15,000

    Proteus Fund - Rise Together Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Association for Macular Diseases · York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Bard College - Bard Prison Initiative · Annandale, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Collective Power for Reproductive Justice · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Community Vision Capital & Consulting (Fka Northern California Community Lo · Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Hudson River Housing · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Ilrc) · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness - Campaign To Save the Boundary Wat · Ely, MN · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Partners for Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Regional Food Bank of the Ne (Fkafood Bank of the Hudson Valley) · Latham, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation (Fka Naral Pro-Choice America Found · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Association for Macular Diseases · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Collective Power for Reproductive Justice · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Community Vision Capital & Consulting · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness - Campaign To Save the Boundary Wat · Ely, MN · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Center for Public Integrity · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Collective Power for Reproductive Justice (Fka Civil Liberties and Public P · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Democracy Now · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness -Campaign To Save the Boundary Wate · Ely, MN · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $10,000

    Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Camp Nebagamon · Nebagamon, WI · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Family of Woodstock · Kingston, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Go Doc Go · New Paltz, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Hampshire College Trustees · Amherst, MA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Jobs With Justice Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Missouri Democracy Education Fund Via Amalgamated Charitable Foundation (Fs · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Rethinking Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    University of Michigan - New England Literature Program (Nelp) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Wallkill Valley Land Trust · New Paltz, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Alliance for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Camperships for Nebagamon · Lk Nebagamon, WI · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Go Doc Go · New Paltz, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Hampshire College Trustees · Amherst, MA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Ilrc) · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Jobs With Justice Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Partners for Justice · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Rethinking Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    University of Michigan - New England Literature Program (Nelp) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Wallkill Valley Land Trust · New Paltz, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Camperships for Nebagamon · East Troy, WI · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Go Doc Go · New Paltz, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Hampshire College Trustees · Amherst, MA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Ilrc) · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Jobs With Justice Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Long Island Pine Barrens Society · Wading River, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Perennial · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Rethinking Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    San Francisco School · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Shared Roots Education Fund Tides Foundation As Fiscal Sponsor · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    University of California at Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    University of Michigan - New England Literature Program (Nelp) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Wallkill Valley Land Trust · New Paltz, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $5,000

    Wamc Northeast Public Radio · Albany, NY · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $3,000

    Tides Center - for the Many Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $3,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $3,000

    Tides Center - for the Many Educational Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $2,500

    Hudson River Sloop Clearwater · Beacon, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $2,500

    Mohonk Preserve · Gardiner, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $2,500

    Theatre for a New Audience (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support/annual gift

  • $2,500

    Theatre for a New Audience Inc (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support/annual gift

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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.