Manzana Foundation Grants

How to apply

This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.

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Contact

Janie Plath

Address

4001 SUMMITVIEW AVE STE 5 PMB 418 YAKIMA, WA, 98908

Phone

(509) 457-6177

Email

MRSPLATH@ME.COM

Deadlines

Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.

Application materials

The foundation's selection process includes submission of a scholarship application and essay accompanied by a current and completed fafsa, and a personal interview. The foundation May also request that grant applicants submit one or more letters of support and provide references.

Restrictions

The foundations awards focuses on supporting recent graduates of stanton academy, a public, alternative high school in yakima. The academy largely serves an underprivileged student population. All amounts must be used for: (i) for tuition at a four-year post-secondary educational institutions that normally maintain a regular faculty and curriculum; (ii) for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses at such institutions; or (iii) for other expenses related to matriculation at such educational institutions, such as housing and other living expenses.

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Where Manzana Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (49 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Manzana Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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