Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2019.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
12 people listed on the 990.
Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Manages and distributes funds and property for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational causes.
Questions for Cherokee by Choice INC
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To acquire and administer funds and property which, after the payment of necessary expenses, shall be devoted to charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes within meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the code, as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors.
To make distributions to organzations that qualify as tax exempt organizations under sections 501(a) and 501(c)(3) of the code.
To make distributions to individuals for charitable purposes within the definition of section 501(c)(3) of the code.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $377K | $690K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $517K | $948K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $20K | $28K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $497K | $920K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management feesLn 11a | $101K | $50K | $50K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $150 | $150 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $5K | $5K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $23K | $11K | $11K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $10K | $4K | $5K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $430 | $430 | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $244K | $206K | $4K | $34K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $5K | $3K | $2K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $391K | $276K | $82K | $34K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 17, 2026 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $142K | $1.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2025 | $1.3M | $895K | $402K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 13, 2024 | $1.1M | $901K | $240K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2023 | $979K | $791K | $188K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 15, 2022 | $714K | $391K | $323K | $920K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 12, 2021 | $407K | $342K | $65K | $497K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $713,552 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $713,552 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $390,731 across 9 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $948,031 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $920,487 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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