Maryland · Public charity
Manna Food Center Inc
Manna food center, inc strives to end hunger in our community through education, advocacy, and food distribution to individuals and partner agencies. Manna's guiding principles are to be service-driven, community- centered and transformational.
- $7.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $301k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Manna Food Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k 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 | 16 | $301k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $508k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $220k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $197k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $330k | 90% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $59k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $49k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $40k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaithersburg Help Inc | $307,021 | 9 | 8% |
| So What Else Inc | $145,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seneca Creek Community Church | $126,956 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Farmshare | $75,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Nourish Now Foundation Inc | $71,616 | 5 | 1% |
| Afrithrive Inc | $35,400 | 2 | 2% |
| Healthcare Initiative Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Upcounty Hub Inc | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Red Wiggler Foundation Inc | $19,565 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaithersburg Help Inc | $307,021 | 9 | 8% |
| So What Else Inc | $145,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seneca Creek Community Church | $126,956 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Farmshare | $75,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Nourish Now Foundation Inc | $71,616 | 5 | 1% |
| Afrithrive Inc | $35,400 | 2 | 2% |
| Healthcare Initiative Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Upcounty Hub Inc | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Red Wiggler Foundation Inc | $19,565 | 1 | 2% |
| Islamic Center of Maryland Inc | $16,650 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shepherds Table Inc | $15,051 | 1 | 1% |
| The Charles Koiner Center for Urban Farming Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Small Things Matter Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 4% |
| American Muslim Senior Society Inc | $12,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Food & Friends Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montgomery County Food Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-County United Ministries Inc | $5,997 | 1 | 1% |
| Rainbow Community Development Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($775k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Manna Food Center Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Healthcare Initiative Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Capital Area Food Bank Inc · Adventist Healthcare Inc · William S Abell Foundation Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Mead Family Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
About Manna Food Center Inc
- How much does Manna Food Center Inc give?
- Manna Food Center Inc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $300,753, out of $7,571,130 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Manna Food Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (77%), Religion (10%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Manna Food Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gaithersburg Help Inc ($307k), So What Else Inc ($145k), Seneca Creek Community Church ($127k).
- Does Manna Food Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Manna Food Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Healthcare Initiative Foundation, The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc.
- Where is Manna Food Center Inc based?
- Manna Food Center Inc is based in MD.
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