Funding search · EIN 562272253 · Cherokee, NC

Cherokee Preservation Foundation

Name: Cherokee Preservation Foundation grants, 2021–2022
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

58
grants reported: $8.2M
total given: 2021–2022
filing years: $67,492
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2022. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

preservation cultural development economic enviromental environmental employment enviromentalpreservation

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

8 grants matching “enviromental” · $473,506

$135,089
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Enviromental preservation
$20,500
Riverlink · Asheville, NC · 2022
Enviromental preservation
$11,352
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Enviromental preservation
$114,510
Community Foundation of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2021
Enviromental development
$96,469
North Carolina State Univerity · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation
$77,500
Mainstring Conservation Trust · Franklin, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation
$14,296
Mainspring Conservation Trust · Franklin, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation
$3,790
Haywood Waterways Association · Waynesville, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Cherokee Boys Club12 grants · $2.3M
Ebci Division of Commerce2 grants · $1.8M
The Sequoyah Fund3 grants · $1.2M
Museum of the Cherokee Indian2 grants · $515,480
Cherokee Historical Association1 grant · $418,395
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians1 grant · $362,500
North Carolina State University2 grants · $236,144
Community Foundation of Wnc2 grants · $229,010
Western Nc Regional Education1 grant · $171,007
Western Nc Regional Edu Foundation2 grants · $144,320

Giving over time

$3.2M

2021

$5.0M

2022

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$948,440
Ebci Division of Commerce · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Economic development
$850,000
Ebci Division of Commerce · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Economic development
$632,330
The Sequoyah Fund · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Economic development
$528,000
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$500,000
The Sequoyah Fund · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Economic development
$418,395
Cherokee Historical Association · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$367,312
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$362,500
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$315,295
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural presrvation
$291,000
Museum of the Cherokee Indian · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$280,830
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$224,480
Museum of the Cherokee Indian · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$171,007
Western Nc Regional Education · Asheville, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$159,500
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Economic development
$158,400
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$149,835
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$135,089
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Enviromental preservation
$127,622
Western Nc Regional Edu Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2021
Economic development
$120,450
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$114,510
Community Foundation of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2021
Enviromental development
$114,500
Community Foundation of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$113,300
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$111,403
Wcu Cherokee Studies · Cullowhee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$101,055
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$96,469
North Carolina State Univerity · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation
$78,000
Snowbird Cherokee Tradition Corp · Robbinsville, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$77,500
Mainstring Conservation Trust · Franklin, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation
$70,000
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Employment opportunities
$67,887
American Indian Science Engineering · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
Economic development
$67,098
Snowbird Cherokee Traditions Corp · Robbinsville, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$40,100
Nikwasi · Franklin, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$40,000
Wcu College of Arts & Sciences · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$39,630
Cherokee Indian Hospital · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$32,200
Mainstring Conservation Trust · Franklin, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$20,972
The Sequoyah Fund · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Economic development
$20,630
The Sequoyah Fund · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Economic development
$20,500
Riverlink · Asheville, NC · 2022
Enviromental preservation
$20,000
The Center of Native Health · Whittier, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$20,000
Junaluska Memorial Site & Museum · Robbinsville, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$20,000
The Sequoyah Fund · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Economic development
$18,700
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$17,476
The Nc Arboretum Society · Asheville, NC · 2022
Environmental preservation
$16,698
Western Nc Regional Edu Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2021
Economic development
$16,600
The Nc International Folk Festival · Waynesville, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$14,296
Mainspring Conservation Trust · Franklin, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation
$12,980
Cherokee Talents · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$12,500
Nikwasi Initiative · Franklin, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$11,352
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Enviromental preservation
$9,834
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2021
Environmental preservation
$8,900
The Sequoyah Fund · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Economic development
$8,000
Chattooga Conservancy · Clayton, GA · 2021
Environmentalpreservation
$7,000
Chattooga Conservancy · Clayton, GA · 2022
Cultural preservation
$5,010
Museum of Cherokee Indian · Cherokee, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation
$5,000
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Enviromentalpreservation
$3,790
Haywood Waterways Association · Waynesville, NC · 2021
Enviromental preservation
$2,000
Cherokee Boys Club · Cherokee, NC · 2022
Cultural preservation
$1,500
Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundation · 2021
$1,000
Folkmoot USA · Waynesville, NC · 2021
Cultural preservation

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