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CHEROKEE TALENTS INC

CHEROKEE TALENTS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $261,593 to it, the largest being CHEROKEE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC ($261,593). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$0
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$262k
Net assets
$5k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Cherokee Talents Inc does

Mission

To preserve and increase the production and sale of authentic arts and crafts produced by native americans, specifically the members of the eastern band of cherokee indians, through promotion and educational opportunities that will continue production, development and growth of such arts and crafts.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Promotion, archival activities and educational opportunities that will continue to encourage the production, development and growth of genuine native american arts and crafts

    $2,461 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $2,461.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($25k) Expenses 100 ($5k) Net assets 100 ($20k)2018 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 300 ($15k) Net assets 25 ($5k)2019 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 99 ($5k) Net assets 0 ($0)2021 Revenue 116 ($29k) Expenses 498 ($25k) Net assets 20 ($4k)2022 Revenue 52 ($13k) Expenses 192 ($10k) Net assets 37 ($7k)2023 Revenue 8 ($2k) Expenses 46 ($2k) Net assets 35 ($7k)2024 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 49 ($2k) Net assets 23 ($5k)
2017201820192021202220232024
Revenue (0)Expenses (49)Net assets (23)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $20k to $5k (−75%).

$20k
$5k
$0
$4k
$7k
$7k
$5k
2017201820192021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of CHEROKEE TALENTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$20k
’17
−$15k
’18
−$5k
’19
$4k
’21
$3k
’22
−$313
’23
−$2k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $76k → $13k.

Funder
'17
'18
'22
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CHEROKEE TALENTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of CHEROKEE TALENTS INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’22
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CHEROKEE TALENTS INC's revenue fell 100% between 2017 and 2024.

Revenue growth (annualized)−34% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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In North Carolina

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHEROKEE TALENTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHEROKEE TALENTS INC?
CHEROKEE TALENTS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $261,593 to it, the largest being CHEROKEE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC ($261,593). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHEROKEE TALENTS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $261,593 in grants to CHEROKEE TALENTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHEROKEE TALENTS INC?
CHEROKEE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $261,593 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHEROKEE TALENTS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing