Skip to content
The Manzanita Foundation (Fka the Flanagan Family Foundation) at a glance

· Private foundation

The Manzanita Foundation (Fka the Flanagan Family Foundation)

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.

$512k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$835kEnvironment$679kYouth Development$410kCommunity Improvement$399kEducation$335kFood & Nutrition$298kCivil Rights$235kHealth$227kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAFGIVING360 MANZANITA CHARITABLE FUND$400,000
PEOPLE POWER SOLAR COOPERATIVE$30,000
SHELTERWOOD COLLECTIVE$30,000
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES LAW CENTER$30,000
REVOLUTIONARY ECON FOR ALL REAL PEOPLE$20,000
SOGOREA TE LAND TRUST$2,200
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $171k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ON THE MOVE: $25k → 9%BLACK ORGANIZING PROJECT: $20k → 10%SWEETWATER SPECTRUM: $6k → 9%MUJERES UNIDAS Y ACTIVAS: $30k → 10%MUJERES UNIDAS Y ACTIVAS: $30k → 10%MUJERES UNIDAS Y ACTIVAS: $30k → 10%MUJERES UNIDAS Y ACTIVAS: $30k → 10%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.
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.
$2.5M · 25 repeat orgs$919k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
24

Total granted

$2.5M
$499k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+31%

Still filing today

80%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $420k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • UT
    Urban Tilth
    4× · 2021–2024 · $170k · revenue +45%
  • BI
    BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING
    3× · 2017–2019 · $164k · revenue +64%
  • MG
    Movement Generation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $140k · revenue +194%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NAPA VALLEY
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • HB
    HANNA BOYS CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • OT
    ON THE MOVE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · 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
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
3
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
4
Active San Gabriel Valley

Active San Gabriel Valley (ActiveSGV) is a community-based environmental advocacy and public health non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote a more sustainable, equitable, and livable San Gabriel Valley.

Community Improvement
5
Deep Medicine Circle

The Deep Medicine Circle is a nonprofit organization dedicated to healing the wounds of colonialism through food, medicine, story and learning. Starting from a place of correcting relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people,…

Health
6
Justice Funders

Serve as a partner, educator, and guide for philanthropy in reimagining practices that advance a thriving and just world.

—
7
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
8
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
9
Transformca dba Transform

Transform works to ensure that people of all incomes thrive in a world safe from climate chaos.

Community Improvement
10
Canopy

Canopy collaborates with communities to grow and sustain equitable urban forests for all

Environment
11
Northern California Grantmakers

regions most pressing social issues. We pool resources, share information, work together, and learn from each other. NCG recognizes that the challenges facing our communities are complex, entrenched and interconnected.

Philanthropy
12
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Francisco Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Canticle Farm. 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

36 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. 36 of the 54 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
26/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAFGIVING360 MANZANITA CHARITABLE FUND: $400,000 · OtherDAFGIVING360 MANZANITA CHARITABLE FUNDCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NAPA VALLEY: $250,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NAPA VALLEYNORTH BAY ORGANIZING PROJECTION: $120,000 · OtherNORTH BAY ORGANIZING PROJECTIONAPEN (ASIAN PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK): $120,000 · OtherAPEN (ASIAN PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK)PEOPLE POWER SOLAR COOPERATIVE: $90,000 · OtherPEOPLE POWER SOLAR COOPERATIVEAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $70,000 · OtherGIRLS GARAGE: $70,000 · OtherThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $60,000 · OtherTHE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT: $65,000 · OtherST JAMES INFIRMARY: $60,000 · Other+20 more: $302,450 · Other+20 moreUrban Tilth: $170,000 · EnvironmentUrban TilthSOGOREA TE LAND TRUST: $128,760 · EnvironmentSOGOREA TE LAND TRUSTCultural Fire Management Council: $120,000 · EnvironmentCultural Fire Manageme…COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT: $110,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITIES FOR A BETT…SHELTERWOOD COLLECTIVE: $110,000 · EnvironmentSHELTERWOOD COLLECTIVEPlanting Justice: $80,000 · EnvironmentPlanting JusticeSustainable Economies Law Center: $200,000 · EducationSustainable E…Movement Generation: $140,000 · EducationMovement Gene…New York University: $83,400 · EducationNew York Univ…+2 more: $5,000 · EducationDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $121,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $90,000 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMindful Life Project: $126,250 · Youth DevelopmentMycelium Youth Network: $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentRYSE INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentMujeres Unidas y Activas: $120,000 · Human ServicesON THE MOVE: $25,000 · Human ServicesThe Black Organizing Project Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $6,400 · Human ServicesBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $164,000 · Social Science
Other$1,607,450Environment$718,760Education$428,400Philanthropy$274,000Youth Development$266,250Human Services$171,400Social Science$164,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSustainable Economies Law Center: $200,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetUrban Tilth: $170,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $164,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMovement Generation: $140,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetSOGOREA TE LAND TRUST: $128,760 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMindful Life Project: $126,250 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $121,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMycelium Youth Network: $120,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetCultural Fire Management Council: $120,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetMujeres Unidas y Activas: $120,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT: $110,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSHELTERWOOD COLLECTIVE: $110,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $83,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanting Justice: $80,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS GARAGE: $70,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT: $65,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetST JAMES INFIRMARY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCanticle Farm: $45,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetON THE MOVE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPACIFIC ASIAN CONSORTIUM IN EMPLOYMENT: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRYSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Black Organizing Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDANCERS GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARIN PERFORMING STARS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSWEETWATER SPECTRUM INC: $6,400 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO JAPANTOWN FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetExtrafood: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOLYMPIC CLUB FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Sustainable Economies Law Center ↗
  • Who funds Urban Tilth ↗
  • Who funds BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds Movement Generation ↗
  • Who funds SOGOREA TE LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Mindful Life Project ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Mycelium Youth Network ↗
  • Who funds Cultural Fire Management Council ↗
  • Who funds Mujeres Unidas y Activas ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERWOOD COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds Planting Justice ↗
  • Who funds Alliance for Global Justice Corp ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS GARAGE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT ↗
  • Who funds ST JAMES INFIRMARY ↗
  • Who funds The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Canticle Farm ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ON THE MOVE ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC ASIAN CONSORTIUM IN EMPLOYMENT ↗
  • Who funds RYSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Black Organizing Project 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.

The San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…East Bay Community Fo…ImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…Amalgamated Charitabl…Rsf Social Finance IncThe California Wellne…The California Endowm…The Schmidt Family Fo…Tides FoundationThe William & Flora H…
The San Francisco FoundationCA40× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett 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 The Manzanita Foundation (Fka the Flanagan Family Foundation) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Manzanita Foundation (Fka the Flanagan Family Foundation). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.

    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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Manzanita Foundation (Fka the Flanagan Family Foundation)’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home