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.

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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