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Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation

Accepts applications Nashville, Tennessee · EIN 364244272

Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation is a private foundation in Nashville, Tennessee. In tax year 2025 it gave $532,644 in 20 grants; the typical grant was $20,000 and the largest $146,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $465,000 the year before.

20% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$518,72919$8.5 million
2024$465,00018$9.3 million
2025$532,64420$10.0 million

How to apply

ContactChristopher Jaffe
4118 N Avers Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Phone or email(847) 638-0086
What to submitApplications should be submitted in writing.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois9$201,000
District of Columbia1$146,500
Vermont4$63,844
New York2$35,000
Connecticut1$25,000
Minnesota1$25,000
New Jersey1$21,300
Oregon1$15,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 20 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Equal Justice Works
Washington, DC
General support$146,500
Growing Home
Chicago, IL
General support$30,000
Illinois Prison Project
Chicago, IL
General support$30,000
Migrant Justice
Burlington, VT
General support$30,000
Ascend Justice
Chicago, IL
General support$25,000
Conect
Hamden, CT
General support$25,000
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Chicago, IL
General support$25,000
We-Win Institute
Minneapolis, MN
General support$25,000
Centro Comunitario Arts
North Bergen, NJ
General support$21,300
A Safe Haven (Women's Justice Institute)
Chicago, IL
General support$20,000
Avodah
New York, NY
General support$20,000
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
Chicago, IL
General support$20,000
Friends of Education Justice
Champaign, IL
General support$20,000
Arise Chicago
Chicago, IL
General support$16,000
Because People Matter
Portland, OR
General support$15,000
Christ Episcopal Church
Poughkeepsie, NY
General support$15,000
Companions Journeying Together
Western Springs, IL
General support$15,000
Rainbow Bridge Community Center
Barre, VT
General support$15,000
Pride Center of Vermont
Burlington, VT
General support$10,000
Orange County Restorative Justice
Chelsea, VT
General support$8,844

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation give?

$532,644 in tax year 2025, across 20 grants, with a typical grant of $20,000.

Who runs Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Justin Mansfield (Director), Briana Nichols (Director), Adam Nichols (Director) and Marlene Hopmayer (Director) among 10 officers and trustees.

What does Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, education and faith communities.

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