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Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc

Native arts and cultures foundation advances equity and cultural knowledge, focusing on the power of arts and collaboration to strengthen native communities and promote positive social change with american indian, native hawaiian, and alaska native peoples in the us.

$502k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Itemized grants FY2024
12
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$287k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 18
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$18M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving10$287k30%
FY202312$283k50%
FY20221$17k100%
FY202118$1.1M100%
FY20202$43k50%
FY20197$116k86%
FY20184$40k100%
FY20171$21kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.3MCommunity Improvement$160kHousing & Shelter$100kEducation$80kEmployment$50kEnvironment$50kHealth$50kCivil Rights$35kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MN
NY
OR
CT
RI
CA
NE
AZ
NM
HI
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rosy Simas Danse Inc$110,000237%
Honolulu Theatre for Youth$110,00027%
New Expressive Works$100,000217%
New Mexico Community Capital$100,00021%
Postcommodity LLC$100,0001n/a
Pacific Islanders in Communications$100,00017%
Young of Heart Workshop$84,000146%
Creative Time Inc$75,00022%
Ninth Island Documentary LLC$75,0002n/a
Old Harbor Alliance$60,000243%
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All grantees of Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rosy Simas Danse Inc$110,000237%
Honolulu Theatre for Youth$110,00027%
New Expressive Works$100,000217%
New Mexico Community Capital$100,00021%
Postcommodity LLC$100,0001n/a
Pacific Islanders in Communications$100,00017%
Young of Heart Workshop$84,000146%
Creative Time Inc$75,00022%
Ninth Island Documentary LLC$75,0002n/a
Old Harbor Alliance$60,000243%
Cornerstone Theater Company$60,00024%
Ephemera LLC$50,0002n/a
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services$50,00020%
Grand Canyon Music Festival Inc$50,000136%
The Garden Island Arts Council$50,000194%
Raitea Helm$50,0001n/a
Hoganhorse Studio Inc$50,0001n/a
Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions$50,000123%
Takshanuk Watershed Council$50,00025%
Goldbelt Heritage Foundation$50,00012%
Foundation for Independent Artists Inc$50,00012%
Dine College$45,0001n/a
Honolulu Biennial Foundation$40,00014%
Native Peoples Action Community Fund$35,00013%
The New School$34,75020%
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon$28,0002n/a
Burns Paiute Tribe$28,0002n/a
Portland Art Museum$25,00010%
Forge Project Association$25,00010%
WPKN Incorporated$20,84715%
Te Ao Mana Inc$20,000141%
Columbia River Institute for Indigenous$18,0001n/a
Southwestern Association for Indian Indian Arts Inc$17,50021%
Institute of American Indian Arts Trust$10,00011%
Catalyst$10,0001n/a
Warm Springs Language Arts and Culture Movement$10,0001n/a
Keone'Ulaokamakauhi Keli'Iokalani Teawenohoitalani Makua$10,0001n/a
Klamath Tribes$10,0001n/a
Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance$10,0001n/a
The Chinati Foundation$9,50010%

Where it is load-bearing

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRosy Simas Danse Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetHonolulu Theatre for Youth: $110,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetNew Expressive Works: $100,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetNew Mexico Community Capital: $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPacific Islanders in Communications: $100,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetYoung of Heart Workshop: $84,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetCreative Time Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOld Harbor Alliance: $60,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetCornerstone Theater Company: $60,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetKokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGrand Canyon Music Festival Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetThe Garden Island Arts Council: $50,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetKealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions: $50,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetTakshanuk Watershed Council: $50,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetGoldbelt Heritage Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFoundation for Independent Artists Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHonolulu Biennial Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNative Peoples Action Community Fund: $35,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetThe New School: $34,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Art Museum: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForge Project Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWPKN Incorporated: $20,847 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTe Ao Mana Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetSouthwestern Association for Indian Indian Arts Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetInstitute of American Indian Arts Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Chinati Foundation: $9,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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.

First Nations Development InstituteCO16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Rasmuson Foundation · Native American Agriculture Fund · Cooke Foundation Limited · The Map Fund Inc · Seeding Justice · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · The Alaska Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc

How much does Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc give?
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $287,000, out of $502,300 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (70%), Community Improvement (9%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
Who are Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rosy Simas Danse Inc ($110k), Honolulu Theatre for Youth ($110k), New Expressive Works ($100k).
Does Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
Where is Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc based?
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc is based in OR.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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