Funding search · EIN 010524375 · Phillips, ME

Firebird Foundation for

Name: Firebird Foundation for 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.

113
grants reported: $21.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $8,973
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

knowledge traditional collection fellowships literature oral center cultural

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Fidelity Charitable2 grants · $16.8M
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust3 grants · $1.1M
Neighborhood Music School2 grants · $958,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust3 grants · $470,000
University of Sydney3 grants · $322,086
Chewonki Foundation1 grant · $300,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust2 grants · $275,000
Cold Spring School1 grant · $200,000
Treasure Caretaker Training1 grant · $200,000
Blackfoot Challenge1 grant · $150,000

Giving over time

$2.1M

2022

$18.6M

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 113 grants.

$16.8M
Fidelity Charitable · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution to donor-advised fund of disqualified person
$567,000
Neighborhood Music School · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support
$500,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangeley, ME · 2023
General operating support
$391,000
Neighborhood Music School · New Haven, CT · 2023
General operating support
$333,333
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangeley, ME · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2022
General operating support
$275,000
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust · Rangeley, ME · 2022
General operating support
$250,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Treasure Caretaker Training · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Cold Spring School · New Haven, CT · 2022
General operating support
$195,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Blackfoot Challenge · Ovando, MT · 2022
General operating support
$150,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022
General operating support
$125,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
General operating support
$114,000
University of Sydney · 2022
f/b/o Center for Cultural Linguistic Diversity & TRICL
$105,644
University of Sydney · 2024
f/b/o Center for Cultural Linguistic Diversity & TRICL
$102,442
University of Sydney · 2023
f/b/o Center for Cultural Linguistic Diversity & TRICL
$75,000
Maine Mountain Collaborative · Portland, ME · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Maine Media Workshops College · Rockport, ME · 2024
General operating support
$40,021
Forest Society of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Forest Society of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2023
General operating support
$36,000
Dario Novellino · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$35,892
Tanzin Gyalzen Lama · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$35,000
Maine Mountain Collaborative · Portland, ME · 2023
General operating support
$34,830
Andrew D Harvey · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$26,100
Stephanie Morgan · Madison, WI · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$25,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2022
General operating support
$24,291
Fidelity Charitable · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution to donor-advised fund of disqualified person
$20,902
Oceanarium & Education Center · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2023
f/b/o Computational Resource on South Asian Languages
$10,000
Peter McKinley · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Recipient of the George and Laura Appell Award for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Maine
$10,000
Phillips Public Library · Phillips, ME · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Phillips Public Library · Phillips, ME · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Phillips Public Library · Phillips, ME · 2022
General operating support
$9,396
Pauthang Haokip · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Ana Carolina Hecht · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Antonio Guerreiro · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Garaoun Massinissa · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Guillem Belmar Viernes · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Keaton Sawyer Scanlon · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Marguerite Biesele · Austin, TX · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Myriam Lapierre · Seattle, WA · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Yujie Ji · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Akpobome Diffre-Odiete · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Anna Ziya Geerling · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Holly Drayton · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Jesse Gates · Lynden, WA · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Jorge Gomez Rendon · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Phurwa Gurung · Erie, CO · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Suzanne Cook · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Xiyao Fu · New Haven, CT · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Hans Stefan Danerek · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Living Tongue Institute for Endangered Languages · Salem, OR · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Marguerite Biesele · Austin, TX · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$9,000
Mechek Sampar Awan · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,991
Maaz Shaikh · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,973
Gabriel-Alfredo Gallinate-Soliz · Austin, TX · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,963
Godini G Darah · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,959
Erin C Sangregory · Eugene, OR · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,959
Roberto Carlos Pacheco Angulo · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,955
Junhan Hu · New Haven, CT · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,948
Mohamed Naciri · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,946
Tiatoshi Jamir · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,932
Joao Marcos Cardoso · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,928
Emily Drummond · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,927
O Odogun · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,924
David Ginebra Domingo · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,923
Wayne Huang · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,917
Ghilyana Dordzhieva · Sackets Harbor, NY · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,901
Patience Odiete · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,838
Oghenekevwe Abamwa · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,700
Rosemary Grace Beam De Azcona · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,696
Kingsley James Effiong · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,503
Noemy Condori Arias · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,244
Keira Mullan · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,139
Lesley Hatipone Machiridza · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,126
Akpan Aniefon Daniel · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,100
Khawaja Rehman · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$8,096
Emily Akpomedaye · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,740
Bidyum Kumar Medhi · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,718
Kavita Rastogi · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,380
Marin Constantin · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,263
Christian Poske · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,161
Jeevan Toor · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,120
Christopher Holz · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,065
Song Zhanfeng · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$7,006
Harriet Sheppard · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$6,372
Natalia Castelnuovo-Biraben · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$5,400
Razzeko Delley · 2022
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$4,225
Borneo Research Council · Phillips, ME · 2024
General operating support
$4,053
Timotheus Bodt · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$4,027
Chelsea Krajcik · Brockton, MA · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$3,600
Gino Marcelo Rivera Bulnes · 2023
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$3,397
Borneo Research Council · Phillips, ME · 2023
General operating support
$2,744
Christina Callicott · Washington, DC · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$2,661
Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Vanishing Languanges & Traditional Knowledge of Bhutan
$1,045
Pauthang Haokip · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$1,000
Akpobome Diffre-Odiete · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$1,000
Andres Ozuna · Salem, OR · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge
$1,000
Jorge Gomez Rendon · 2024
Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge

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