Grants awarded
Who does The Manaaki Foundation fund?
The Manaaki Foundation has awarded $9.6 million across 254 grants to 62 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $15,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $30,000 versus $12,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$9.6M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
62
Grants
254
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$855K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Chicago Public Media INC
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$854K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
The Carter Center INC
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$525K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| I Individual recipient | $445K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Doctors Without Borders USA INC | $390K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$352K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T Tulane University Office of Development | $350K | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
University of Southern California
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$300K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Womens Global Education Project
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$295K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Green America
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$265K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| E Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $260K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Food & Water Watch
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$245K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$240K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$230K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| F Foundation for National Progress | $230K | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$222K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| J Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education & Conservation | $220K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Art-In-Nature Arboretum Trust | $200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Everytown for Gun Safety | $190K | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$190K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Trace Media INC
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$188K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Chigao Media Project | $170K | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Pro Publica INC
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$160K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Link Unlimited
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$150K | 4 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| G Gcc Midwest INC | $148K | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Range of Motion Project | $146K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Refushe (previously Known as Heshima Kenya) | $145K | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$145K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| G Growing Home INC | $125K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$100K | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
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$94K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
The Voices and Faces Project
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$90K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| J Jane Goodall Institute Australia Ltd | $80K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Alliancechicago
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$75K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| E Environmental Law and Policy Center | $70K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
New York Public Radio
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$65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Human Rights Campaign INC
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$65K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$50K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| A Administrators of Tulane University | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Education and Hope | $40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$40K | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | IL | |
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$40K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Natural Resources Defense Council INC
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| L Lincoln Park Community Shelter | $40K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $40K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| B Blair Thomas & Company | $36K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Storycorps INC
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$30K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Cure Violence Global
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$25K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Housing Forward
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$20K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $18K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas | $15K | 3 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| G Green Community Connections Corp | $10K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | GA | |
| P Planned Parenthood of New York City INC | $10K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| B Blair Thomas and Company | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$9K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL |
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