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Information| Abbreviation | MCF |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Various, Unknown - noosphere-based |
| Founded | 3000 BCE |
| Founder | Unknown |
| Areas served | Worldwide |
| Website | mannacharitable.org |
The Manna Charitable Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing emergency relief and humanitarian aid to underdeveloped areas around the world. It is nonsectariancitation needed and non-governmental, being the largest international paranormal charity. In 2030, it reported having helped over 5 billion people cumulatively in over 130 countries and sovereign states, including formerly sub rosa enclaves such as Three Portlands1 and Esterberg.2
Due to the anomalous and anomaly-adjacent nature of its operations, much about the Manna Charitable Foundation was relatively unknown until after the publicization of the Impasse event and the dissolution of the SCP Foundation.
The Manna Charitable Foundation has received praises for its initiatives in improving living conditions globally, although allegations regarding mishandling of anomalous assets have been levied against the MCF, and its actions are oftentimes panned by the anomalous world.
History
Background
The Manna Charitable Foundation's precursor did not keep exact records of its founding or activities prior to the 2nd millennium BCE — most details were orally preserved, and are often mixtures of facts and legends.
Originating in the Central Africa region (possibly ancient Chad), the Manna Charitable Foundation's precursor was a small, self-sustaining rural community, often taking in the homeless, displaced refugees and other marginalized or outcast groups of people.citation needed This community followed a partly nomadic way of life, not settling in one place for too extended a period of time.
Despite this, it was able to consistently produce sufficient amount of food and supplies using poorly understood, likely anomalous, horticultural practices.3 They did not act as a single, monolithic group, but instead gradually broke off into many sub-divisions that act largely independent of one another, in many areas at once.
Some time around 3000 BCE, these subdivisions regrouped into a single organization, apparently by a single figure by the epithet "Manna". There are few surviving records of this figure, excepting local myths and folklores which often refer to "the Charitable" and "the benefactor" (although some also refer to Manna as an object or concept).4 In many of these stories, the passing of Manna is what galvanized the creation of a unified humanitarian service.
Officially, the name "Manna Charitable Foundation" did not appear in any written records until its European branch came into contact with the United Nations Global Occult Coalition in 1947.
MCF aid worker.
1947-2000
The Manna Charitable Foundation operated primarily in Africa, Europe and Asia until the late 80s. In 1947, the Partition of India caused the MCF's Asian branch to focus its crisis relief efforts around the newly formed Pakistan. The Mission Work Groups there later reorganized into the South Asian branch in 1948, with the former Asian branch becoming the East Asian branch.
In 1997, the Manna Charitable became one of only four non-South-East-Asian signatories of the ASEAN Paracultural Accord, others being the SCP Foundation, the Horizon Initiative and the Tono Yokai Sanctuary. This allowed them greater movement within the region, eventually also extending their operations to Oceanian territories.
2001-2020
Following the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Manna Charitable Foundation's South Asian branch provided extensive humanitarian aid to Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Several Mission Work Groups were sent to Afghanistan, but they were often intercepted by the SCP Foundation, the Office For The Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts and the occupying US military force.
The MCF ultimately withdrew from the country in January 2003, after the deaths of many of its workers from erroneous Coalition bombing.citation needed
Doctor Wondertainment, having made multiple donations in the past, became an official affiliated partner for the Manna Charitable Foundation in March 2009.5 From 2014 onwards, the MCF greatly expanded its workforce and scope of activities, nearly tripling in size.6
2021-
The Manna Charitable Foundation went public on November 1st, 2021. In addition, it opened volunteer and worker application portal on its website. In August 2022, the MCF launched an ambassadorship program in collaboration with the United Nations.
Areas of activity
The Manna Charitable Foundation and its precursor have historically been known to be active outside Africa in South Asia and Europe since at least the 1800s, although there are evidence they were active in the Americas since as early as the 900s,citation needed and Hy-Brasil around the 1300s.7
As of 2027, the Manna Charitable Foundation operates in all continents and Free Ports, including Antarctica.8
Function
Structure
Altogether, there are about 24,000 active members of the Manna Charitable Foundation, as well as 11,000 registered volunteers worldwide. The MCF comprises several continental and regional branches, directed by an International Board.9 While its branches have physical headquarters in their respective loci of activities, the Manna Charitable Foundation's prime headquarter is located in an undisclosed area in the noosphere.citation needed
| Branch | Established | Headquarter location | Branch director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Around 3000 BCE | Johannesburg, South Africa | Rhiannon Locke |
| Europe | 1947 | Barcelona, Spain | Meri Wojcienchowski |
| East Asia | 1947 | Hong Kong, China | Otter al Ajillo |
| South Asia | 1948 | Punjab, Pakistan10 | Inderjit Oakton |
| Esterberg | 1985 | Living District, Esterberg | Douzouth Horath |
| Oceania | 1997 | Canberra, Australia | Harold Holt |
| America | 2001 | Toronto, Canada | Demian Strange |
| Eurtec | 2012 | Undisclosed | Nobodywho? |
East Asian branch director Otter al Ajillo.
Listed dates are according to official registry provided by the Manna Charitable Foundation and United Nations Global Occult Coalition, and is not indicative of historical presence.
Finances and assets
The Manna Charitable Foundation receives funding primarily from donors and fundraising efforts. The MCF possesses many anomalous objects and materials (many of ex nihilo quality) to assist in humanitarian efforts. These are typically donated to the MCF from organizations and presences of the anomalous world, such as Doctor Wondertainment, UNGOC, dado and Vanguard.
Relationship with Vanguard
The Manna Charitable Foundation declined an offer from Vanguard to be one of its board members, citing bureaucratic efficiency issues, and that it currently only seeks partnership from a select few.11
Manna is grateful for both your invitation, and the changing of your way to stop the death of magic.
The charitable spirit appreciates and accepts one's desire to help - but empathy finds kinship only in wonder and kindness.
— Rhiannon Locke
Nevertheless, Vanguard remains one of the Manna Charitable Foundation's more prominent donors.
Controversies
Following the fall of the Veil, many of the Manna Charitable Foundation’s actions came into public view. Although lauded for both their pre-Veil and post-Veil humanitarian efforts, they have also been criticized for reckless endangerment of volunteers, mishandling of anomalous objects, lack of vetting of benefactors, user-unfriendly registration process, and outdated website.
Location of former Tâmega region, northern Portugal.
The Manna Charitable Foundation came under fire for alleged involvement with the massacre of Vila Meã, Tâmega in Portugal, which resulted in the death of 32 people. At the time, the MCF was active in a nearby region, who then withdrew from Portugal shortly after, citing logistics issues. This led to accusations of criminal negligence from detractors, who criticized them for avoiding responsibilities.
In actuality, the Manna Charitable Foundation withdrew from the region due to asset dispute with the Lusophone branch of the SCP Foundation over contractual agreements made between MCF and the pre-merger Academia.
Vanguard later came forward with several declassified documents detailing the actual incident, disproving any notions of the MCF's involvement in the massacre. However, it was also revealed that their in-house-bred columba livia domestica flock escaped holding during the withdrawal, leading to record-low crime rates and a moderate increase in pigeon droppings incidents over a two-year period of 2014-2016.
In January 2022, it was discovered in its financial records that the Manna Charitable Foundation has received multiple donations from the Red Rebels. The MCF denies any direct connections, stating that the Red Rebels do not have any influence on any of the foundation's activities or proceeds. The MCF's International Board expressed "Manna does not discriminate from whence the goodness of one's heart originates."
In the following weeks, multiple cases of strange activities were reported from both the MCF and the Red Rebels, such as campaigning for the reunification of Ireland12, efforts to try feeding VNP-447-2 to VNP-939, and having violent disagreements over the supposed GDP rankings of Eastern Samothrace.
An unrecorded, but globally disruptive event supposedly occurred in Delhi on February 20th, upon contact with a Red Rebels cell by local MCF volunteers.13 The Manna Charitable Foundation discussed and finalized insurance proceedings with Goldbaker-Reinz Insurance Group Ltd. on February 21st, alongside Vanguard and the Serpent's Hand.
The governments of the United States, Canada, Thailand, Australia, among others filed a lawsuit against the Manna Charitable Foundation for charity fraud on September 19, 2023. While no charges were pressed regarding unregulated cross-border movements and transport of anomalous materials (per the Treaty of Paris on pre-Veil Secrecy,14) the MCF had operated as a non-anomalous charity under multiple fronts as part of their undercover procedure. This, therefore, would subject them to ordinary laws and regulations not covered by the treaty.
On the day of trial hearing, the Manna Charitable Foundation's non-Veil-related actions were found to be perfectly legal, by means of a hitherto unidentified bureaucratohazard, after which the lawsuit was suspended, pending future investigation.15 As the process of appeal and bureaucratomancy were deemed prohibitively lengthy (approximately 1.6x1082 years), the case was ultimately settled out of court for 37$.
