North Carolina · Public charity
Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc
To protect and preserve our native culture. Enhance the quality of life and the overall well-being of the lives of the eastern band of cherokee indians (ebci) and our neighbors in western north carolina.
- $5.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $115,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,075,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $71M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $5.4M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $4.9M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $3.1M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $3.6M | 36% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $5.2M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $5.1M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $6.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Boys Club Inc | $9,662,763 | 9 | n/a |
| Ebci Division of Commerce | $8,874,663 | 9 | n/a |
| The Sequoyah Fund Inc | $3,661,013 | 9 | 52% |
| Cherokee Historical Assoiciation Inc | $2,994,833 | 8 | 89% |
| Museum of the Cherokee People | $2,606,918 | 9 | 22% |
| Southwestern Commission | $1,519,579 | 6 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $749,495 | 7 | n/a |
| Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc | $565,096 | 6 | 7% |
| Western Carolina University | $550,504 | 9 | n/a |
| Snowbird Cherokee Traditions Corporation | $436,235 | 9 | 30% |
Show all 47 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Boys Club Inc | $9,662,763 | 9 | n/a |
| Ebci Division of Commerce | $8,874,663 | 9 | n/a |
| The Sequoyah Fund Inc | $3,661,013 | 9 | 52% |
| Cherokee Historical Assoiciation Inc | $2,994,833 | 8 | 89% |
| Museum of the Cherokee People | $2,606,918 | 9 | 22% |
| Southwestern Commission | $1,519,579 | 6 | n/a |
| Nc State University | $749,495 | 7 | n/a |
| Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc | $565,096 | 6 | 7% |
| Western Carolina University | $550,504 | 9 | n/a |
| Snowbird Cherokee Traditions Corporation | $436,235 | 9 | 30% |
| American Indian Science and Engineering Society | $410,868 | 6 | 2% |
| Western North Carolina Regional | $379,459 | 5 | 13% |
| North Carolina Symphony Society Inc | $263,599 | 2 | 1% |
| Cherokee Talents Inc | $261,593 | 4 | 100% |
| North Carolina International Folk Festival Inc | $184,800 | 8 | 25% |
| Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park | $163,900 | 2 | 3% |
| The Center For Native Health Inc | $134,300 | 3 | 4% |
| Nikwasi Initiative | $79,255 | 5 | 15% |
| Blue Ridge National Heritage Area | $67,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Conserving Carolina | $57,646 | 3 | 0% |
| Trail of Tears Association | $51,958 | 1 | n/a |
| Brent Creek Institute | $40,885 | 1 | n/a |
| RiverLink Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Cherokee Youth Center Boys & Girls Club | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundation | $39,630 | 2 | 22% |
| Chattooga Conservancy | $37,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Uwena Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wally Byam Caravan Club International Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team - Great | $25,190 | 2 | n/a |
| Swain County Schools | $22,643 | 5 | n/a |
| Haywood County | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Buncombe County Partnership for Children Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Granville Co Schools | $19,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Craft Creativity & Design Inc | $19,634 | 2 | 1% |
| Highlands Biological Foundation Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Development Foundation of the Nccat Inc | $15,846 | 2 | 3% |
| Asheville Art Museum Association Inc | $15,440 | 1 | 0% |
| Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Freshwaters Illustrated Inc | $12,478 | 2 | 5% |
| Appalachian Womens Museum Inc | $10,925 | 3 | n/a |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Discovery School | $7,860 | 1 | 0% |
| Haywood Waterways Association Inc | $7,220 | 3 | 2% |
| Trail of Tears Association Inc | $7,193 | 2 | n/a |
| The American Legion | $4,884 | 2 | 0% |
| Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc | $1,550 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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About Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc
- How much does Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc give?
- Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc reported 22 itemized grants totaling $5,452,336, out of $5,611,882 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (48%), Arts & Culture (38%), Employment (6%).
- Who are Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cherokee Boys Club Inc ($9.7M), Ebci Division of Commerce ($8.9M), The Sequoyah Fund Inc ($3.7M).
- Does Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Dogwood Health Trust, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc based?
- Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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