Open Foundations · Alaska

Ciri Foundation

Anchorage, Alaska · EIN 920087914. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.2M across 249 grants in 2024, a median of $6K each.

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$2.2M
paid in 2024
249
grants paid
$6K
median grant
56%
to first-time recipients
$63.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
THE CIRI FOUNDATION
Address
3201 C STREET SUITE 506, ANCHORAGE, AK, 99503
Phone
9077933575
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
ON-LINE APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR GENERAL SEMESTER SCHOLARSHIPS, MERIT AWARDS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING GRANTS, FELLOWSHIP AWARDS AND OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. PAPER APPLICATIONS MAY BE USED FOR INTERNSHIPS, VILLAGE, RAVEN, AND OTHER PROJECT GRANT APPLICATIONS. PLEASE SEE THE CIRI FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT: WWW.THECIRIFOUNDATION.ORG. PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCESS AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: WWW.THECIRIFOUNDATION.ORG.
Submission deadline
PLEASE SEE THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WWW.THECIRIFOUNDATION.ORG FOR SUBMISSION DEADLINE DETAILS.
Restrictions on awards
TCF SUPPORTS POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS INCLUDE: CIRI ORIGINAL ENROLLEES AND THEIR DIRECT LINEAL DESCENDANTS TCF ADMINISTERS RAVEN FUND SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, SERVING CIRI VOTING SHAREHOLDERS WHO ARE NOT CIRI ORIGINAL ENROLLEES OR THEIR DIRECT LINEAL DESCENDANTS. TCF ADMINISTERS VARIOUS VILLAGE SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT PROGRAMS FOR CIRI AFFILIATED VILLAGES BASED ON THEIR PROGRAM. TCF OFFERS PROJECT GRANTS TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OCCASIONALLY INDIVIDUALS SPONSORED BY A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO ARE ALASKA NATIVE ORIGINAL ENROLLEES TO CIRI OR THEIR LINEAL DESCENDANTS. THESE GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT AFFECT AND/OR INVOLVE ALASKA NATIVE BENEFICIARIES OF CIRI AND FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND HERITAGE GOALS OF THE CIRI FOUNDATION. PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL DETAILS AT WWW.THECIRIFOUNDATION.ORG.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503299349100310. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

secondary educationpost secondarycultural awardarts cultural

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 249 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Grants Less Than 5000AK$551,574GENERAL FUNDING
2Hydaburg City School DistrictAK$20,339ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
3Chickaloon Native VillageAK$20,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
4Museums Alaska IncAK$20,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
5Southcentral FoundationAK$20,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
6Bunnell Street Arts CenterAK$15,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
7Museum of the Aleutians AssociationAK$15,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
8Organized Village of KwethlukAK$15,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
9Quinhagak Heritage IncorporatedAK$15,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
10Salamatof TribeAK$15,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
11Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors CenterAK$14,850ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
12First Light Alaska IncAK$10,000ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD
13Annette PiscoyaAK$9,000POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
14Blake BrownAK$9,000POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
15Braeden KingAZ$9,000POST SECONDARY EDUCATION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020662$2.7M
2021661$2.8M
2022618$2.5M
2023778$3.2M
2024249$2.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Alaska50%
Washington7%
California5%
Oregon4%
Florida3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Cheryl WilgaDIRECTOR · 2024
Connie WirzCEO · 2024
Cynthia MullerDIRECTOR · 2024
Daniel MitchellDIRECTOR · 2024
David WightDIRECTOR · 2024
Deanna SackettDIRECTOR · 2024
Donna JamesDIRECTOR · 2024
Jeff GonnasonCHAIRMAN · 2024
Jessica GreinerDIRECTOR · 2024
Kyla MorrisVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Louis Nagy JrVICE CHAIRMAN · 2024
Rayna BirdDIRECTOR · 2024
Ryan NewtonSECRETARY/TREASURER · 2024
Susan WellsDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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