Management As A Liberal Art Foundation
Management as a Liberal Art Foundation (MLAF) is a 501(c)(3) private foundation based in Pasadena, CA that promotes Peter Drucker’s "Management as a Liberal Art" through grant funding, education, advocacy and research. The site states the foundation has operated since 2008 and includes mission, board, and program information.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An established higher-education or educational leadership program (institutional grantee) aligned with management-as-a-liberal-arts mission and able to manage large, institutional grants.
Good Fit
- • A university, institute, or structured educational program focused on leadership or management education
- • Programs closely aligned with Peter Drucker’s management-as-a-liberal-art themes
- • Capacity to receive and steward multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million-dollar awards
- • Existing institutional reputation or a prior relationship with the foundation or its leadership
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year were sent to recipients in two states (California and Pennsylvania), but 96% of dollars were concentrated in California, indicating a primarily state-focused footprint with limited out-of-state activity.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation made only two grants to two independent recipients; this small number of distinct grantees suggests a narrow observed recipient set, though multi-year patterns cannot be assessed from a single year.
New Applicants
The foundation’s public materials and filing state that grants are by preselection only and the giving in the observed year is highly concentrated in one large institutional recipient, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to access funding; however, multi-year turnover cannot be evaluated because only one year is available.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
