Funding search · EIN 271371242 · Chicago, IL
The Manaaki 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.
- 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
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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