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Manzanita Outreach

Manzanita Outreach (Arizona) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,474 to it, the largest being Food Research & Action Center ($173,976). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$8.2M
Funders on record
30
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$662k
15/30 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What Manzanita Outreach does

Mission

To share the abundance of resources within our communities with dignity and joy. We envision communities where the basic life needs of all people are met. Since 2017, we've focused on filling the gaps in the food assistance supply chain. To a large extent we've succeeded. By establishing partnerships and collaborations, as well as by investing in infrastructure, Manzanita Outreach has become one of the largest rural food assistance providers in our region, as well as one of the most innovative.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.

Manzanita Outreach added/expanded home delivery service in 2024, which incurred substantial DoorDash fees to operate.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

Manzanita Outreach ended the School Supplies for Teachers program.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).

  1. The Community Food Sharing Program utilizes various forms of food distribution to support the community. The organization shares food at designated times and locations include mobile food sharing events.

    $10,889,198 spentof which $386,050 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. Manzanita Outreach added/expanded home delivery service in 2024 which incurred substantial DoorDash fees to operate.

    $26,526 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,915,724.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($90k) Expenses 100 ($95k) Net assets 100 ($58k)2018 Revenue 128 ($116k) Expenses 111 ($105k) Net assets 118 ($68k)2019 Revenue 206 ($185k) Expenses 162 ($154k) Net assets 173 ($100k)2020 Revenue 569 ($513k) Expenses 284 ($270k) Net assets 594 ($342k)2021 Revenue 579 ($522k) Expenses 403 ($384k) Net assets 833 ($480k)2022 Revenue 5228 ($4.7M) Expenses 5004 ($4.8M) Net assets 731 ($422k)2023 Revenue 9043 ($8.2M) Expenses 8323 ($7.9M) Net assets 1148 ($662k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (9043)Expenses (8323)Net assets (1148)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $102k to $356k (+249%).

$59k
$69k
$102k
$356k
$480k
$432k
$670k
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 36% · 2021 29% · 2022 0% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of Manzanita Outreach’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,195 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’17
$10k
’18
$32k
’19
$243k
’20
$138k
’21
−$46k
’22
$236k
’23
0.7
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Connie Harris

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed7577667
Joined·+0+2+0+6+3+1
No longer listed·200730
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $10k → $207k.

10 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Manzanita Outreach’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 27 of 30 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Manzanita Outreach has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

82% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Manzanita Outreach.

15%
largest funder
44%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 31% · 2021 37% · 2022 69% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

38% of Manzanita Outreach's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

Manzanita Outreach draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 7 states in all.

OR
CA
MO
DE
AZ
KS
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $344k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Manzanita Outreach has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,050 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)112% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,050 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023

Organizations like Manzanita Outreach

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Arizona

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 2%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AZ

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Questions and answers

Who funds Manzanita Outreach?
Manzanita Outreach (Arizona) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,474 to it, the largest being Food Research & Action Center ($173,976). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Manzanita Outreach have?
IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,134,474 in grants to Manzanita Outreach, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Manzanita Outreach?
Food Research & Action Center is the largest funder on record, with $173,976 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Manzanita Outreach find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 30 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing