Geri Mannion

Geri Mannion

Geri Mannion is the Managing Director of the Strengthening U.S. Democracy program and the Special Opportunities Fund at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.135 She has held this position since 1998, after previously staffing the Corporation's Special Projects program for almost 10 years.1

Key Facts About Geri Mannion

• Mannion brings extensive experience in the role of philanthropy in challenging, improving, and deepening civic dialogue.134
• She directs the Corporation's Strengthening U.S. Democracy program, which focuses primarily on immigrant civic integration.1
• Mannion also continues to direct the Corporation's Special Opportunities Fund, which allows the foundation to respond to important proposals outside its primary focus areas.1
• She is a former co-chair of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation and remains an active participant in the organization.1
• Mannion is a member of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees.1
• In 2009, she received the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking, one of philanthropy's highest honors, for founding the Four Freedoms Fund, a funder collaborative that works to increase capacity in immigrant communities at the state level.1
• Mannion was named one of the nonprofit sector's top 50 leaders by the NonProfit Times in 2010.1
• She chairs the Council on Foundations' Scrivner Selection Committee since 2014.1

Mannion's work at the Carnegie Corporation focuses on promoting voter participation, particularly among immigrants, and advancing left-of-center political objectives through immigration advocacy.27 She has been recognized for her leadership in the philanthropic sector and her commitment to strengthening democracy and civic engagement in the United States.146