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Firebird Foundation For Anthropological Research Inc

EIN 01-0524375 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$23.0m2020–2024 · 54 grants
2020: $60.4k · 4 grants20202021: $1.8m · 17 grants20212022: $1.9m · 12 grants20222023: $18.4m · 12 grants2023$18.4m2024: $868.4k · 9 grants2024$868.4k
Grantees16funded more than once, matching gifts aside
9 of 169of 16
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers4on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Environment$3.4m
Arts and culture$1.6m
Education$30.2k
Cause not on file$18.0m

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 17 grants · $17.9m

Who it funds most

9 of its 16 grantees were funded in more than one year.

Firebird Foundation For Anthropological Research Inc's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 15 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Amity A DoolittleDirector/Vice President (end 5/2023)
Charity R AppellExec. Director/Vice President
Laura P Appell-WarrenPres./Sec./Treas./Director
Steven G HochDirector

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202423139349101952

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2020: $60.4k · 4 grants20202021: $1.8m · 17 grants20212022: $1.9m · 12 grants20222023: $18.4m · 12 grants2023$18.4m2024: $868.4k · 9 grants2024$868.4k
Its returns6 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2024IRS 990-PF202543079349100874IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202423139349101952IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202343179349100809IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202223139349101947IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202113069349100236IRS batch file
2018IRS 990-PF201903129349100600IRS batch file

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Firebird Foundation For Anthropological Research Inc made 54 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $23.0m as filed.

Grants
54
Total, as filed
$23.0m
Years
2020–2024
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
Fidelity Charitable3$17.1m
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust4$1.4m
Neighborhood Music School3$1.4m
Northeast Wilderness Trust4$720.0k
Maine Coast Heritage Trust3$525.0k
University of Sydney4$337.1k
Chewonki Foundation1$300.0k
Treasure Caretaker Training2$260.0k
Cold Spring School Inc1$200.0k
Maine Mountain Collaborative4$170.2k
Forest Society of Maine4$160.0k
Blackfoot Challenge1$150.0k
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services1$50.0k
Keres Children's Learning Center1$50.0k
Maine Media Workshops College1$50.0k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
20204$60.4k
202117$1.8m
202212$1.9m
202312$18.4m
20249$868.4k

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-010524375. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

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