Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research

A small foundation racing the clock to record the world's disappearing oral traditions, funding the fieldworkers who sit with elders before the chants, epics, and languages go silent.

Financial profile

Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research · EIN 01-0524375 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$5,963,118$19,701,754$50,520,754Dec 2023
FY2022$30,094,243$2,949,167$61,740,927Dec 2022
FY2021$27,021,507$2,762,198$38,085,422Dec 2021
FY2020$5,099,935$833,442$21,716,406Dec 2020
FY2019$2,671,188$906,759$18,218,123Dec 2019
FY2015$569,156$734,326$14,065,807Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research is read alongside.

Who backs FFAR

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A small foundation racing the clock to record the world's disappearing oral traditions, funding the fieldworkers who sit with elders before the chants, epics, and languages go silent.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Frontier and The Movement.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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