Massachusetts · Public charity
Cultural Survival Inc
Cultural survival advocates for indigenous people's rights and supports indigenous communities' self-determination, cultures and political resilience, since 1972.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $712,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Cultural Survival Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $1.8M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.8M | 89% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $32k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Peoples Worldwide Inc | $1,424,000 | 2 | n/a |
| International Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani | $1,038,900 | 4 | 47% |
| Earthworks | $1,000,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Red Mountain Study Group | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Earth Philanthropy | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council | $12,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Whyhunger Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nvn-Nes-A Land Trust | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico In Depth Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Peoples Worldwide Inc | $1,424,000 | 2 | n/a |
| International Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani | $1,038,900 | 4 | 47% |
| Earthworks | $1,000,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Red Mountain Study Group | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Earth Philanthropy | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council | $12,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Whyhunger Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nvn-Nes-A Land Trust | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico In Depth Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hualapai Tribe | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indigenous Peoples Day Philly Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lakota Lockup Project | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yurok Tribe | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dine Introspective Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wopanaak Language and Cultural Weetyoo Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glaud Family Circle | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cultural Survival Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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.
Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cultural Survival Inc
- How much does Cultural Survival Inc give?
- Cultural Survival Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,765,700, out of $3,346,412 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Cultural Survival Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Environment (29%), Education (28%).
- Who are Cultural Survival Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: First Peoples Worldwide Inc ($1.4M), International Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani ($1.0M), Earthworks ($1.0M).
- Does Cultural Survival Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cultural Survival Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc.
- Where is Cultural Survival Inc based?
- Cultural Survival Inc is based in MA.
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