· Public charity
Manaus
Manaus is a non-profit fund that works in partnership with others using the principle of community organizing and human-centered design to create sustainable solutions to issues that further equity.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Two Rivers Community School | $120,000 |
| Roaring Fork CDC | $20,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference | $6,500 |
| TACAW | $6,000 |
| River Bridge Regional Center | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +62% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TRTwo Rivers Community School4× · 2021–2024 · $206k · revenue +66%
- RFRoaring Fork Community Development Corporation2× · 2023–2024 · $140k · revenue -32%
- FRFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE ROARING FORK SCHOOLS2× · 2021–2022 · $116k
Funded once
- MVMountain Voices Projectone grant, 2019 · $329k · revenue -74%
- TSThe Savings Collaborativeone grant, 2021 · $77k · revenue -11%
- EIEnglish in Actiongraduatedone grant, 2021 · $19k · revenue +349%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Fraser Valley Community Media operates community radio stations KFFR 88.3 FM and KWTR 89.1 FM to unite Grand County, Colorado, by broadcasting local music, news, cultural programming, youth education, and civic information.
Through individualized learning and responsive mentoring, we inspire, guide and empower students and families.
Our mission is to provide individualized educational options where students and teachers engage in playful, exploratory learning by creating a culture of collaboration in a safe, diverse, multi-age environment. Our students are encouraged…
Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…
Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence strengthens Southern Colorado's nonprofit sector through leadership and resource development, advocacy and collaboration. Together, with our partners, we are co-creating a vibrant community in the Pikes…
The RFSP works to improve safety for wildlife crossing Colorado Highway 82, focusing on reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions. The initiative specifically addresses wildlife like elk, mule deer,and other animals that get caught in traffic…
Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…
The MVP Education Fund is a broad-based organization along Colorados Western Slope. MVP is comprised of local institutions, including but not limited to, congregations, educational organizations non-profits, and neighborhood organizations…
To help people connect to nature and the land.
The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…
The Pinon Project Family Resource Center strengthens our community by providing comprehensive services for children and families.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds Two Rivers Community School ↗
- Who funds Roaring Fork Community Development Corporation ↗
- Who funds The Savings Collaborative ↗
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- Who funds English in Action ↗
- Who funds ROARING FORK PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds ALPINE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds COMPASS FOR LIFELONG DISCOVERY ↗
- Who funds THE SOPRIS SUN INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Colorado ↗
- Who funds RIVER BRIDGE REGIONAL CENTER INC ↗
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: Aspen Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · Rose Community Foundation · The Magnolia Charitable Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund · The North Star Charitable Foundation · Castaways Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Manaus funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Manaus. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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