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Mako Foundation: 58 grants to organizations, $384,100 (tax year ended December 2024)
Mako Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, IL, paid 58 grants to organizations totaling $384,100 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 9, 2025. The largest was $25,000 to International Medical Corps in Los Angeles, CA for general operating support/annual gift.
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- EIN
- 300286945
- Based in
- Chicago, IL
- Assets
- $5,028,394
- Grants paid
- $383,600
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 9, 2025, IRS object ID 202543139349100114. It reported $383,600 in grants paid; 58 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support/annual gift | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Public Interest Research Inc | Boston, MA | General operating support/annual gift | Social science | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Movement Voter Fund Via Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operating support/annual gift | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Streetsquash | New York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Recreation and sports | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Type Media Center (fka the Nation Institute) | New York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Farmer Fund | York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Community improvement and capacity building | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Proteus Fund - Piper Fund | Waltham, MA | General operating support/annual gift | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Proteus Fund - Rise Together Fund | Amherst, MA | General operating support/annual gift | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association for Macular Diseases | York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bard College - Bard Prison Initiative | Annandale, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Center for Public Integrity | Washington, DC | General operating support/annual gift | Public and societal benefit | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Collective Power for Reproductive Justice | Boston, MA | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Vision Capital & Consulting (fka Northern California Community Lo | Francisco, CA | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hudson River Housing | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ilrc) | San Francisco, CA | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness - Campaign To Save the Boundary Wat | Ely, MN | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners for Justice | New York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regional Food Bank of the Ne (fkafood Bank of the Hudson Valley) | Latham, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation (fka Naral Pro-Choice America Found | Washington, DC | General operating support/annual gift | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | General operating support/annual gift | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Camp Nebagamon | Nebagamon, WI | General operating support/annual gift | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family of Woodstock | Kingston, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Mental health and crisis intervention | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Go Doc Go | New Paltz, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hampshire College Trustees | Amherst, MA | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | General operating support/annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Missouri Democracy Education Fund Via Amalgamated Charitable Foundation (FS | Washington, DC | General operating support/annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rethinking Schools | Milwaukee, WI | General operating support/annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Scenic Hudson | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Michigan - New England Literature Program (nelp) | Ann Arbor, MI | General operating support/annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wallkill Valley Land Trust | New Paltz, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tides Center - for the Many Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | General operating support/annual gift | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hudson River Sloop Clearwater | Beacon, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Environment | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mohonk Preserve | Gardiner, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Environment | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Theatre for A New Audience (tfana) | New York, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Catskill Animal Sanctuary | Saugerties, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Animal-related | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| East Hampton Food Pantry | Hampton, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Perennial | Saint Louis, MO | General operating support/annual gift | Environment | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Learning | Brattleboro, VT | General operating support/annual gift | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Writing Project Via Community Initiatives (FS) | Berkeley, CA | General operating support/annual gift | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bardavon 1869 Opera House | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equine Rescue | Bloomingburg, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Animal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Healthconnect One | Chicago, IL | General operating support/annual gift | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Walkway Over the Hudson (fka Poughkeepsie Highland Railroad Bridge Co) | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wamc Northeast Public Radio | Albany, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Elting Memorial Library | Paltz, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gardiner Library | Gardiner, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Huguenot Historical Society New Paltz Ny | New Paltz, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Poughkeepsie Day School | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Poughkeepsie Day School | Poughkeepsie, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Unison Arts Center | New Paltz, NY | General operating support/annual gift | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Buckley Country Day School | Roslyn, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community School Association | Louis, MO | General operating support/annual gift | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends Academy | Valley, NY | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Burroughs School | Saint Louis, MO | General operating support/annual gift | Education | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Colorado College | SPGS, CO | General operating support/annual gift | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Environment | $37,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $27,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $25,000 |
| Social science | $20,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $15,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $10,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $10,000 |
| Education | $7,750 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $174,000 |
| California | $69,500 |
| Massachusetts | $65,000 |
| District of Columbia | $35,000 |
| Colorado | $10,100 |
| Minnesota | $10,000 |
| Wisconsin | $10,000 |
| Michigan | $5,000 |
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- Who funds social science in Massachusetts
- Who funds recreation and sports in New York
- Who funds community improvement and capacity building in New York
- Who funds public and societal benefit in District of Columbia
Updated November 9, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.