Funding search · EIN 920087914 · Anchorage, AK

The Ciri Foundation

Name: The Ciri Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,644
grants reported: $7.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship semester education citc post secondary higher tribal

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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.

6 grants matching “melissa” · $25,750

$6,000
Melissa Allen · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$5,500
Melissa Carranza · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Vocational training grant
$3,000
Melissa Lewis-Batista · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General semester scholarship
$2,750
Melissa Langley-Jones · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General semester scholarship
$5,500
Melissa Carranza · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Vocational training grant
$3,000
Melissa Langley-Jones · Anchorage, AK · 2022
General semester scholarship

Top recipients

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

Grants Less Than 50001 grant · $551,574
Alaska Native Heritage Center7 grants · $136,013
Chickaloon Village2 grants · $80,000
Museums Alaska3 grants · $70,000
Bunnell Street Arts Center4 grants · $49,000
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation4 grants · $40,120
Anchorage Museum Association4 grants · $39,900
First Alaskans Institute3 grants · $34,500
Seldovia Community Preschool1 grant · $32,984
Cook Inlet Tribal Council2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$2.5M

2022

$3.2M

2023

$2.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,644 grants.

$551,574
Grants Less Than 5000 · Anchorage, AK · 2024
General funding
$45,000
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Jwm 2023 artshop and graduate artshop programs
$40,000
Chickaloon Village · Chickaloon, AK · 2023
Education project grant 2023 - ya ne dah ah
$40,000
Chickaloon Village · Chickaloon, AK · 2022
Epg ya ne dah ah school
$39,400
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm 2022 artshop & graduate artshop programs
$32,984
Seldovia Community Preschool · Seldovia, AK · 2022
Epg seldovia community preschool operating expenses sy 2022-23
$25,000
Museums Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Jwm 2023 ak native museum collection study
$25,000
Best Beginnings · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Epg expanding opportunities for ak native students
$25,000
Museums Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm museum collection study project
$20,339
Hydaburg City School District · Hydaburg, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$20,000
Chickaloon Native Village · Chickaloon, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$20,000
Museums Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$20,000
Southcentral Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$20,000
Alutiiq Museum · Kodiak, AK · 2023
Jwm invitational grant - grass weaving
$20,000
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
Jwm museum sovereignty project - metropolitan museum
$20,000
Museum of New Mexico Foundation · Sant Fe, NM · 2023
Jwm parka making in alaska for ghhuunayukata
$20,000
Anchorage Museum Association · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm anchorage museum alaska native museum fellows project
$20,000
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Hpg alaska native health equity project
$18,000
Institute of the North · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Jwm 2023 project grant: seal fashion design cohort
$16,000
Friends of the Alaska State Library Archives and Museum · Juneau, AK · 2022
Jwm sharing inupiaq knowledge of gut
$15,600
Southwest Alaska Arts Group · Bethel, AK · 2022
Jwm artist across generations
$15,500
First Alaskans Institute · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm 2022 elders & youth conference
$15,000
Bunnell Street Arts Center · Homer, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$15,000
Museum of the Aleutians Association · Unalaska, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$15,000
Organized Village of Kwethluk · Kwethluk, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$15,000
Quinhagak Heritage Incorporated · Quinhagak, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$15,000
Salamatof Tribe · Kenai, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$15,000
Clare Swan Early Learning Center · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Education project grant 2023 - tsil'qu enhancement
$15,000
Cook Inlet Tribal Council · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Heritage project grant 2023 - 2024 nyo games
$15,000
First Alaskans Institute · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Jwm elders & youth 2023 arts integration
$15,000
Kawerak · Nome, AK · 2023
Jwm 2023 museum sovereignty - baleen focus
$15,000
Kodiak Historical Society · Kodiak, AK · 2023
Jwm 2023 healing through educational programs
$15,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum · New Bedford, MA · 2023
Jwm museum sovereignty project
$15,000
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm pass on alaska native arts traditions
$15,000
Alaska Native Justice Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Epg color of justice
$15,000
Cook Inlet Tribal Council · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Hpg 2023 native youth olympics
$15,000
Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum · Juneau, AK · 2022
Jwm chilkat finishing workshop
$14,850
Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$14,000
Bunnell Street Arts Center · Homer, AK · 2022
Jwm bsac adaptation & resilience
$14,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Jwm yaaw koo.eex' cedar weaving & robe making
$14,000
Pratt Museum · Homer, AK · 2022
Jwm bsac adaptation & resilience
$13,750
Alaska Arts & Culture Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Jwm 2023 reconnect, refresh, renew: statewide conference
$13,601
Cook Inlet Housing Authority · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Heritage project grant 2023 - dena'ina and ahtna place
$12,000
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm artshop 2022
$12,000
Homer Council On the Arts · Homer, AK · 2022
Jwm homer alaska native arts workshop
$11,000
Bunnell Street Arts Center · Homer, AK · 2023
Jwm squirrel parka: material traditions - 2nd disbursement
$11,000
Friends of the Sheldon Jackson Museum · Sitka, AK · 2023
Jwm 2023 museum sovereignty - friends of sheldon jackson
$10,500
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska · Unalaska, AK · 2023
Jwm unalaska dance group regalia
$10,279
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm the community labels invitational grant
$10,200
Southwest Alaska Arts Group · Bethel, AK · 2023
Sharing, learning & perpetuating cultural arts
$10,200
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Hpg ki tsa shu dini (dena'ina for "say it again for me"
$10,000
First Light Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$10,000
Alie Minium · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Special excellence annual scholarship
$10,000
Covenant House Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Heritage project grant 2023 - alaska native cultural arts program for youth
$10,000
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Heritage project grant 2023 - 2023 afn radio series
$10,000
Native Village of Afognak · Kodiak, AK · 2023
Jwm project grant: dig afognak
$10,000
Alaska Arts Education Consortium · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Jwm aaec indigenous arts
$10,000
Alie Minium · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Special excellence annual scholarship
$10,000
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Jwm 2022 public media
$10,000
Petra Davis · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Special excellence annual scholarship
$9,000
Annette Piscoya · Nome, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Blake Brown · Palmer, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Braeden King · Gilbert, AZ · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Brittany Kvasnikoff · Soldotna, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Carter Courtney · Lyons, OR · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Isabelle Canadine · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Jacob William Pattison · Ketchikan, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Michael Hill · Palmer, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Selma Standifer · Tyonek, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Stephanie Kvasnikoff · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Terra Giltner · Estacada, OR · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
William Pickett · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Wyatt Tollackson · West Richland, WA · 2024
Post secondary education
$9,000
Bunnell Street Arts Center · Homer, AK · 2023
Jwm squirrel parka: material traditions
$9,000
Cheeshna Tribal Coucil · Gakona, AK · 2022
Jwm dengiigi c'ezes c'et naden
$8,800
Gabrielle Meeker · Newalla, OK · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,600
Sonia Barry · Poulsbo, WA · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,425
Olivia Davis · Wasilla, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,400
Carlee Johnson · Venice, FL · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,400
Cy Robertson · Highland, CA · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,400
Nicole Moreno · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,400
Relicia Garcia · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,400
Savannah Cruz · College Station, TX · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,400
Anchorage Museum Association · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Taperrnat research and tegumiat art: community workshop, anchorage
$8,320
Alaska Arts Education Consortium · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Epg aaec indigenous arts
$8,000
Kathryn Allison · Idaho Falls, ID · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,000
Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska · Unalaska, AK · 2024
Arts and cultural award
$8,000
Roselyn Lowe · Emmonak, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$8,000
Cook Inlet Native Head Start · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Ravenstail weaving
$7,800
Brooke Schurosky · Wasilla, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,800
Elizabeth Canadine · Tampa, FL · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,800
Keren Bennett · Harper, OR · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,800
Susanne Barbour · Kenai, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,600
Aaliyah Caruso · Wasilla, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,600
Destiny Key · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,600
Jessica Anderson · Renton, WA · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,600
Kelsey Odeen · St Paul, MN · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,600
Markie Schlake · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,600
Natalie Stevens · Bend, OR · 2024
Post secondary education
$7,600
Samantha Matteucci · Wasilla, AK · 2024
Post secondary education

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