The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and presented in collaboration with the National Park Service.

The Festival is supported by a mix of federally appropriated funds; Smithsonian trust funds; contributions from governments, businesses, foundations, and individuals; in-kind assistance; and food, recording, and craft sales.

The Festival received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the National Museum of the American Latino, and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

General program support for the 2025 Festival is provided, in part, by Casey Family Programs.

Support comes for Next Generation Artisans in the Traditional Building Trades from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the 1772 Foundation, the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation, the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, and the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. In-kind support comes from the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center.

Support for lacrosse activities in Native Language Reclamation in the U.S. comes from DeMaurice Smith. Curatorial support for Hawaiian programming provided by the National Museum of the American Indian.

Curatorial support for lowrider programming in Streetwise is provided by the National Museum of American History.

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage received support from Violet Grgich, Grgich Hills Estate.

In-kind support comes from Freedom Forum (Museum of Contemporary American Teenagers program support), BLICK Art Materials, LMNT, Utz Quality Foods, and Washington Woodworkers Guild.