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Nirvana Manana Institute at a glance

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Nirvana Manana Institute

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$19k
Granted FY2020
5
Grants FY2020
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Health$169kInternational$73kCrime & Legal$63kEnvironment$43kSocial Science$15kHuman Services$14kAnimals$9kCommunity Improvement$8kOther$0
02FY2020 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky MountainsInc$5,100
Medical Students for Choice$5,000
Senior Citizen Law Office$3,000
Southwest Womens Law Center$3,000
International Planned Parenthood Federation$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Corporate Accountability: $5k → 16%Medical Students for Choice: $5k → 22%Transitions Earth: $7k → 10%EARTH JUSTICE: $3k → 10%INTERNATL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERA: $28k → 17%THE TIJERAS INSTITUTE: $5k → 10%TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $3k → 12%Southwest Womens Law Center: $34k → 14%ACT III: $599 → 18%Public Citizen Fund: $5k → 14%CITIZEN POWERED MEDIA: $500 → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ROCKY MTNS: $40k → 12%Charity Watch: $1k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AM: $5k → 6%CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY: $3k → 16%Medical Students for Choice: $5k → 22%Transitions Earth: $7k → 10%International Planned Parenthood: $20k → 17%Health Security for New Mexicans Campaign: $5k → 10%SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL PLAN B: $2k → 12%Senior Citizen Law Office: $6k → 14%ESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 18%Environmental Defense Fund: $5k → 14%Planned Parenthood Federation of Rocky Mountains: $5k → 12%Charity Watch: $50 → 14%NM MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $5k → 22%TRANSITION EARTH: $5k → 10%International Planned Parenthood Federation: $10k → 17%HEALTH SECURITY FOR NEW MEXICANS CA: $2k → 10%SENIOR CITIZEN LAW OFFICE: $6k → 14%DIXON ANIMAL PROTECTION: $5k → 18%Defenders of Wildlife: $5k → 14%NM Medical Students for Choice: $5k → 22%International Planned Parenthood: $5k → 17%Senior Citizen Law Office: $6k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $3k → 14%International Planned Parenthood Federation: $5k → 17%Southwest Womens Law Center: $3k → 14%International Planned Parenthood Federation: $3k → 17%Senior Citizen Law Office: $3k → 14%Population Council: $25k → 17%SOUTHWEST WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $5k → 14%POPULATION COUNCIL: $5k → 17%LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CENTRAL N: $2k → 14%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $2k → 17%DAR A LUZ BIRTH AND HEALTH CENTER: $5k → 14%RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY FARM: $5k → 14%NM Alliance for School-Based Healthcare: $19k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NM
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$309k · 15 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2020, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$309k
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+103%

Still filing today

73%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20
EnvironmentHealthAnimalsCivil RightsInternationalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC
    2× · 2017–2020 · $45k · revenue +38%
  • INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $43k · revenue +24%
  • SW
    SOUTHWEST WOMEN'S LAW CENTER
    3× · 2017–2020 · $42k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • IP
    INTERNATL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERA
    one grant, 2017 · $28k
  • NA
    NM Alliance for School-Based Healthcare
    one grant, 2018 · $19k
  • SR
    SOUTHWEST RESEARCH & INFORMATION CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +14%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
6
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
7
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
8
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
9
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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10
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
11
Water Protector Legal Collective

The water protector legal collective is an indigenous-led legal nonprofit that provides support and advocacy for indigenous peoples and original nations, the earth, and climate justice movements.

Crime & Legal
12
New Mexico Environmental Law Center

To protect new mexico's communities and their air, land and water in the fight for environmental justice. the law center's effective legal advocacy and representation on environmental and environmental justice issues will protect new…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Tijeras Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 36 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
18/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERA: $28,000 · OtherINTERNATL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERASENIOR CITIZENS LAW OFFICE INC: $21,000 · OtherSENIOR CITIZENS LAW OFFICE INCNM Alliance for School-Based Healthcare: $19,150 · OtherNM Alliance for School-Based HealthcareSouthwest Research & Info Center: $15,000 · OtherSouthwest Research & Info CenterIndividual grant recipient: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNM Medical Students for Choice: $10,000 · OtherNM Medical Students for Choice+14 more: $45,649 · Other+14 moreSOUTHWEST WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $42,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHWEST WOMEN'S LAW…COMPASSION & CHOICES: $40,000 · Civil RightsCOMPASSION & CHOICESINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $43,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PLANN…THE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $30,000 · InternationalTHE POPULATION COUN…ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $45,100 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN P…MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $10,000 · HealthMEDICAL STUDENTS…DAR A LUZ BIRTH & HEALTH CENTER: $5,000 · HealthDAR A LUZ BIRTH …CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $15,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $8,000 · AnimalsESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,200 · AnimalsInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $8,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $7,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $5,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $3,000 · EnvironmentRIO GRANDE COMMUNITY FARMS: $5,000 · Food & NutritionThe Tijeras Institute: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$152,299Civil Rights$82,000International$73,000Health$60,100Animals$24,200Environment$23,000Food & Nutrition$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $45,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION: $43,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $42,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE POPULATION COUNCIL INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS LAW OFFICE INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAR A LUZ BIRTH & HEALTH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIO GRANDE COMMUNITY FARMS: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetThe Tijeras Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizen-Powered Media: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
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.

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.

Albuquerque Community…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Albuquerque Community FoundationNM15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albuquerque Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nirvana Manana Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nirvana Manana Institute. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Nirvana Manana Institute?

Find your warmest path to Nirvana Manana Institute through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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