Minnesota · Private foundation
Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $631k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $29k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $53k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $20k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $50k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Luthern Church | $65,847 | 6 | n/a |
| Ridgeview Foundation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Le Sueur Food Shelf Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Bethany Lutheran College Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Legacy Fund of le Sueur Rotary | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Green Lake Lutheran Ministries | $2,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| College of Saint Benedict | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Treasures in Town Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Have Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda
- How much does Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda give?
- Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda reported 14 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Education (18%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Trinity Luthern Church ($66k), Ridgeview Foundation ($8k), Le Sueur Food Shelf Inc ($7k).
- Does Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda based?
- Louise M & Elizabeth J Manke Founda is based in MN.
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