MANNA is not just a Jewish pilgrimage festival - it is a way of relating, a prayer, a yearning for a more beautiful and just world. MANNA is a living force shaped by people, landscapes, traditions, dreams, and broken hearts.
As a grassroots effort, we’re reaching out to bridge our remaining 2026 budget gap so we can close this chapter with integrity and continue building what comes next.
We fell short in meeting our revenue and fundraising goals, but not by that much! We only need to raise $5,800 to meet our bottomline and walk away from MANNA 2026 feeling uplifted and supported by our community.
Your support helps sustain the heart of MANNA - supporting artists and facilitators, increasing accessibility, and tending to the unseen work that makes it all possible.
If MANNA has touched you, or if you believe in the importance of Jewish spaces rooted in connection and belonging, we invite you to contribute in whatever way feels right.
All donations go through our fiscal sponsor Canticle Farm and are tax deductible.
With gratitude,
The MANNA Team
A note on Financial Transparency:
We value financial transparency and are happy to get into the details of how we ended up in this situation. The simple version is that we planned for a 300 person festival and had an $18,000 fundraising goal with an overall budget of $87,000. We ended up with a 287 person festival and $12,000 in individual donations for a total revenue of ~$81,200. We were super close! Help us bridge the gap.
*If you’d like to learn more about our financial approach or how our budget is formulated please reach out - [email redacted]. For those who are curious, $87,000 for a festival like this is on the lower side. We want to celebrate our efforts in keeping the budget relatively slim, maintaining affordable ticket prices for all, and offering discounted work-trade tickets to 70+ participants!
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