Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research
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About Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research
The Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research shows no programmatic grantmaking history — its single recorded disbursement is a large transfer to a donor-advised fund at Fidelity Charitable. There is no evidence of direct funding to anthropological research or other nonprofits; instead the foundation appears to be moving philanthropic assets into a DAF, likely to enable donor-directed giving outside the foundation. Consequently, no thematic beneficiary profile can be reliably inferred from the available data.
Focus Areas
Donor-advised fund transfers and philanthropic vehiclesPass-through funding for donor-directed givingNo demonstrated programmatic support for anthropology or other issue areas
Who They Fund
individual researchers and fellows (collection/documentation projects)linguistically and culturally diverse communitiesacademic and research centers (e.g., computational language resources)regional conservation organizations/recipients in Maine
Giving Approach
About Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research
A $16.8 million transfer to Fidelity Charitable is the largest recorded grant in the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research’s file, and it shapes how the foundation should be read: much of its recorded activity moves assets into donor-advised giving rather than through a conventional program portfolio. Against that background, the direct grants that do appear are more legible as support for specific research, cultural, and conservation projects. In the record, the foundation has made substantial operating support awards to organizations such as Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust and Neighborhood Music School, alongside project funding for Indigenous knowledge work and language-related research. It also appears as a source of fellowships and research grants tied to oral literature and traditional ecological knowledge, with awards reaching individual researchers in multiple countries. The result is a mixed profile: one very large DAF contribution, a cluster of Maine-based nonprofit support, and a separate stream of smaller research awards that point to field documentation, preservation, and community-based collection projects. Its giving is national in scope, but the pattern is more varied than a single-issue grantmaker.
What Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research Funds
In research and documentation work, the foundation funds projects tied to oral literature and traditional ecological knowledge. It gave $36,000 to Dario Novellino for Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge, and $35,892 to Tanzin Gyalzen Lama for the same fellowship track. The record also includes $34,830 to Andrew D Harvey for Fellowships in the Collection of Oral Literature & Traditional Knowledge, showing direct support for individual field researchers. The foundation also supports language and computational infrastructure. It awarded $20,000 to Indiana University for f/b/o Computational Resource on South Asian Languages, a grant that links the funder to research support rather than general operations. In cultural preservation, the foundation gave $114,000 to the University of Sydney f/b/o Center for Cultural Linguistic Diversity & TRICL, indicating support for institutional work on linguistic diversity and related research resources.
How Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.1M
Total Assets
$50.8M
Total Revenue
$2.6M
Total Expenses
$2.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $36K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$36K
Geographic Reach
Regional16 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research Funds
Top 10 recipient countries by grant volume for Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 53 | $21M | 46.9% |
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