Arizona · Private foundation
MAK Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $274k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,766
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,619
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $758k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations MAK Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $560k 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 | 19 | $262k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $754k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $411k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $123k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $604k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $360k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $392k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $136k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fam Fighting All Monsters | $826,210 | 3 | 44% |
| Scottsdale Bible Church | $247,892 | 9 | n/a |
| Owen Valley Christian Fellowship | $240,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Church Assistance Ministry | $206,238 | 7 | 13% |
| MIO Frontiers | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $40,103 | 8 | 0% |
| Oasis Community Church | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Springs Bible Church | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Impact Church Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Godspeed Project | $15,412 | 3 | 15% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fam Fighting All Monsters | $826,210 | 3 | 44% |
| Scottsdale Bible Church | $247,892 | 9 | n/a |
| Owen Valley Christian Fellowship | $240,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Church Assistance Ministry | $206,238 | 7 | 13% |
| MIO Frontiers | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $40,103 | 8 | 0% |
| Oasis Community Church | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Springs Bible Church | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Impact Church Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Godspeed Project | $15,412 | 3 | 15% |
| Rennervation Foundation | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barbs Dog Rescue Inc | $11,530 | 3 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Curing Kids Cancer Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Seminary Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homeless Id Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Way Baptist Church | $7,724 | 1 | n/a |
| The Love Gospel Church Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Annas Sunflower Warrior Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brighter Way Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Childhelp Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joeys Little Angels Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Drop4drop Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Chapel North Coast | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| First Way Pregnancy Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| For the Love of Travis Inc | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Az Hugs | $1,032 | 1 | 2% |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharing Kindness Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
MAK Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About MAK Foundation
- How much does MAK Foundation give?
- MAK Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $273,931 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does MAK Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Human Services (29%), International (21%).
- Who are MAK Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fam Fighting All Monsters ($826k), Scottsdale Bible Church ($248k), Owen Valley Christian Fellowship ($240k).
- Does MAK Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does MAK Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as MAK Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is MAK Foundation based?
- MAK Foundation is based in AZ.
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