Mississippi · Nonprofit
CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION
CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $148,300 to it, the largest being BREVARD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $148k
- Net assets
- $48M
What Chickasaw Inkana Foundation does
Mission
To preserve, protect, and interpret the culture and history of the Chickasaw people in the historic Chickasaw Homeland.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
preserving, protecting and interpreting the culture and history of the Chickasaw people in the historical Chickasaw homeland.
$193,225 spent34% of program spendingChickasaw Cultural and Heritage events in Mississippi which consists of cultural demonstrations displaying traditional crafts, language, music, dancing, storytelling, cooking, stickball and scholarly discussions on Chickasaw history and culture.
$141,922 spent25% of program spendingDevelopment and construction of the Chickasaw Heritage Center to be located in Tupelo, Mississippi.
$237,979 spent42% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $573,126.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $14M to $40M (+183%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 92% · 2018 88% · 2019 89% · 2020 92% · 2021 98% · 2022 69% · 2023 96% · 2024 55% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Jamie Joyner
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $13k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
76% of CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $209k on record.
- Department of the Interior$209k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION: 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 CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION?
- CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $148,300 to it, the largest being BREVARD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $148,300 in grants to CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION?
- BREVARD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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