Oregon · Public charity
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
- 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.
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 | 10 | $287k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $283k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $17k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.1M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $116k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosy Simas Danse Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Honolulu Theatre for Youth | $110,000 | 2 | 7% |
| New Expressive Works | $100,000 | 2 | 17% |
| New Mexico Community Capital | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Postcommodity LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Islanders in Communications | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Young of Heart Workshop | $84,000 | 1 | 46% |
| Creative Time Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ninth Island Documentary LLC | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Old Harbor Alliance | $60,000 | 2 | 43% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosy Simas Danse Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Honolulu Theatre for Youth | $110,000 | 2 | 7% |
| New Expressive Works | $100,000 | 2 | 17% |
| New Mexico Community Capital | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Postcommodity LLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Islanders in Communications | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Young of Heart Workshop | $84,000 | 1 | 46% |
| Creative Time Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ninth Island Documentary LLC | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Old Harbor Alliance | $60,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Cornerstone Theater Company | $60,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Ephemera LLC | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon Music Festival Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 36% |
| The Garden Island Arts Council | $50,000 | 1 | 94% |
| Raitea Helm | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoganhorse Studio Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions | $50,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Takshanuk Watershed Council | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Goldbelt Heritage Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Foundation for Independent Artists Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Dine College | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Honolulu Biennial Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Native Peoples Action Community Fund | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The New School | $34,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Burns Paiute Tribe | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Portland Art Museum | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forge Project Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| WPKN Incorporated | $20,847 | 1 | 5% |
| Te Ao Mana Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Columbia River Institute for Indigenous | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwestern Association for Indian Indian Arts Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Institute of American Indian Arts Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catalyst | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warm Springs Language Arts and Culture Movement | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keone'Ulaokamakauhi Keli'Iokalani Teawenohoitalani Makua | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Klamath Tribes | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Chinati Foundation | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
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.
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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 · 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
Compare Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc with peer funders
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.
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