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Cherokee Preservation Foundation Inc

Grantmaking foundation in Cherokee, North Carolina · EIN 56-2272253

Total giving
$5.6MTax year 2025
Total assets
$71MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2025Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR NATIVE CULTURE. ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF THE LIVES OF THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS (EBCI) AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$3.9M2020
$2.2M2021
$2.3M2022
$4.8M2023
$5.5M2024
$5.6M2025

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Ebci Division of Commerce$850K2021
The Sequoyah Fund Inc$500K2021
Museum of the Cherokee Indian$220K2021
Western Nc Regional Edu Foundation$130K2021
Community Foundation of Wnc$110K2021

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

Website: cherokeeinc.com

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2025. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.