Maki Foundation
Carbondale, CO · EIN 84-0836242. Reported 262 grants totalling $1,129,700 to 96 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Maki Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $4,100. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Journalism | Aspen, CO | $37,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sierra Club Foundation Wyoming | Larimie, WY | $31,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Energy & Conservation Law | Durango, CO | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| High Country Conservation Advocates | Crested Butte, CO | $28,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Mexico Environmental Law Center | Santa Fe, NM | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| San Juan Citizens Alliance | Durango, CO | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Eugene, OR | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Western Mining Action Project | Lyons, CO | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone to Uintas Connection | Mendon, UT | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Snake River Waterkeeper | Boise, ID | $23,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Great Burn Conservation Alliance | Missoula, MT | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana Environmental Information Center | Helena, MT | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council | Alamosa, CO | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wild Connections | Colorado Springs, CO | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yaak Valley Forest Council | Troy, MT | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Great Old Broads for Wilderness | Durango, CO | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Powder River Basin Resource Council | Sheridan, WY | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Western Leaders Network | Durango, CO | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Advocates for the West | Boise, ID | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Great Basin Resource Watch | Reno, NV | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sheep Mountain Alliance | Telluride, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Western Colorado Alliance | Grand Junction, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wilderness Watch | Missoula, MT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wilderness Workshop | Carbondale, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| 350 Colorado | Boulder, CO | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Clearwater | Moscow, ID | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Wild Swan | Bigfork, MT | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (heal) | Salt Lake City, UT | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Western Slope Conservation Center | Paonia, CO | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Canyonlands Field Institute | Moab, UT | $17,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Craighead Institute | Bozeman, MT | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sageland Collaborative | Salt Lake City, UT | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Grand Staircase Escalante Partners | Kanab, UT | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earth Law Center | Durango, CO | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rocky Mountain Wild | Demver, CO | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colorado Backcountry Hunters and Anglers | Missoula, MT | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance | East Glacier Park, MT | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pacific Rivers Council | Portland, OR | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Resource Renewal Institute Californians for Western Wilderness | Mill Valley, CA | $13,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Colorado Wild Public Lands | Basalt, CO | $12,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Rockies Research & Educational Services | Lolo, MT | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Park County Environmental Council | Livingston, MT | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| People & Carnivores Inc | Bozeman, MT | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Quiet Use Coalition | Salida, CO | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| River Source | Santa Fe, NM | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Footloose Montana | Missoula, MT | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Utah Rivers Council | Salt Lake City, UT | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Citizens for a Healthy Community | Paonia, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Information Network for Responsible Mining | Lyons, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| League of Wilderness Defenders Co Eco Integrity Alliance | Nederland, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Western Watersheds Project Inc | Hailey, ID | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dolores River Boating Advocates | Dolores, CO | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Idaho Wildlife Federation | Boise, ID | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Gateway Conservation Alliance | Gallatin Gateway, MT | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Winter Wildlands Alliance | Boise, ID | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Rocky Mountain Raptor Program | Fort Collins, CO | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildlife for All | Mesilla, NM | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wyoming Wilderness Association | Sheridan, WY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alliance for the Wild Rockies | Helena, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Braided Knowledge | Bozeman, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Jocko | Arlee, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rivers Without Borderstides Center | Port Townsend, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Salmonfly Project | Missoula, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Utah State University Beaver Ecology & Relocation Center | Logan, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Utah Wildlife Federation | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology | Albuquerque, NM | $4,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Flathead Audobon Society | Kalispell, MT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force | Missoula, MT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Scotchman Peak Wilderness | Sandpoint, ID | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative | Dolores, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rocky Mountain Bioleadership | Carbondale, CO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rural Utah Project Education Fund | Salt Lake City, UT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Save Our Canyons | Cottonwood Heights, UT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Upper Gila Watershed Alliance | Gila, NM | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Wildlife Conservancy | Salt Lake City, UT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Idaho Rivers United | Boise, ID | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mountain Community School | Mccall, ID | $3,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amigos Bravos | Taos, NM | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Hole River Foundation | Divide, MT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boulder Climbing Community | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Large Landscape Conservation | Bozeman, MT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund | Santa Fe, NM | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeepers | Moab, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Middle Colorado Watershed Council | Rifle, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rock Creek Alliance | Sandpoint, ID | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Utah Mountain Lion Conservationfilidae Conservation | Missoula, MT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wild Utah Project | Salt Lake City, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Donnelley Elementary School | Donnelly, ID | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Selkirk Conservation | Priest River, ID | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Payette Children's Forest | Mccall, ID | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cabinet Resource Group | Heron, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorado Farm & Food Alliance (coffa) | Paonia, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Headwaters Org | Salida, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance | Jackson, WY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Colorado River Watershed Group | Grand Lake, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
62 of 96 (65%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 72%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 180 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | $228,600 | $4,000 |
| 2022 | 55 | $231,000 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 51 | $204,000 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 51 | $229,200 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 51 | $236,900 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
39% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,100. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Maki Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 477, Carbondale, CO, 81623. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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