Federal grants to Cyark
Cyark in Oakland, California received $1.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 18 awards. Its largest program was Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants, with $426,831. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$304,812.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$1.5 million
- Awards18
- Awarded in FY 2025-$304,812
- Largest award$400,000
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $301,005 |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $142,677 |
| FY 2023 | 3 | $482,095 |
| FY 2024 | 7 | $897,522 |
| FY 2025 | 1 | -$304,812 |
Programs that fund Cyark
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants | 5 | $426,831 |
| Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs | 1 | $400,000 |
| Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management | 5 | $294,300 |
| ECA – American Spaces | 2 | $146,752 |
| Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development | 1 | $143,300 |
| U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation | 1 | $42,790 |
| Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities | 1 | $41,042 |
| Public Diplomacy Programs | 2 | $23,472 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of State | 10 | $639,845 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | 2 | $441,042 |
| Department of the Interior | 6 | $437,600 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resonant: exploring indigenous knowledge, culture, and climate through place-based vr [resonant is an educational virtual reality (VR) game and companion web experience allowing players to explore native american heritage, history, and culture through the lens of a changing climate. Players are tran | Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs | April 28, 2023 | $400,000 |
| Cyark and the arborglyph collaborative will partner with the blm to document and preserve the uniquearborglyphs found on quaking aspen trees (populus tremuloides) in lincoln county, Nevada, near mt.wilson within the parsnip peak wilderness. Arborglyphs, the intricate and expressive carvings etched i | Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development | January 31, 2025 | $143,300 |
| Utah sites of butler wash: place-based storytelling with descendant communities | Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management | September 9, 2021 | $132,096 |
| The project will foster greater protection of the cultural heritage found along the andean road system through the production and dissemination of three web-based interactive 3D experiences produced in conjunction with local partners in ecuador and peru. | Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants | September 9, 2021 | $105,736 |
| To award us ngo cyark funds from the afcp 20th anniversary partnership project in mexico to implement the program exchange centered training in heritage site management and interpretation in mexico city | Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants | September 20, 2021 | $86,970 |
| To build local capacity in the 3D documentation of cultural heritage sites and produce mini exhibits for the american space. | ECA – American Spaces | September 24, 2024 | $85,439 |
| Training in the 3D documentation of cultural sites and the dissemination of authentic, community-centered cultural heritage narratives | Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants | September 19, 2024 | $80,788 |
| To build local capacity in the 3D documentation of cultural heritage sites and produce mini exhibit for american center. | Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants | September 16, 2024 | $79,311 |
| To build local capacity in 3D documentation of cultural heritage sites and produce mini exhibits for tanzania american spaces. | Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants | September 20, 2024 | $74,026 |
| To create 3D documentation of cultural heritage sites and produce a mini exhibit of the colonial sugar mill boca de nigua | ECA – American Spaces | September 27, 2024 | $61,313 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Cyark get?
$1.5 million in 18 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Cyark the most?
The Department of State, with $639,845 in 10 awards. The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of the Interior follow.
What is Cyark's largest federal grant?
$400,000 under Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs, with its first action in the period on April 28, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Cyark?
Its largest are Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants, Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs and Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management.
Other grant recipients in Oakland
- San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
- Port Department of the City of Oakland
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
- Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Public Health Institute
- Brimstone Commercial, LLC
- City of Oakland
- The Regents of the University of California
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