23 foundations in Alaska told the IRS on the latest Form 990-PF that giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, and each paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Together they paid $32.8M. The largest is Rasmuson Foundation in Anchorage, which paid $16.4M across 295 grants in 2024. The ten biggest account for 90% of the state total. 18 of the 23 file a submission deadline. The rest leave that line blank or point to a website. At the median foundation, 40% of the year's grant dollars went to organizations it had not funded before.
Analysis by Matthew Hanauer, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at Civly, from IRS Form 990-PF filings · All states
Foundations are ranked by dollars paid in each one's latest filed year. Click a column heading to sort. Deadlines are shown as filed.
| # | Foundation | City | Latest year | Grants paid | Grants | Median grant | First-time recipients | Deadline as filed | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmuson Foundation | Anchorage | 2024 | $16.4M | 295 | $5K | 27% | TIER 1 AND 2 GRANT PROGRAMS - NO DEADLINES ARTS GRANTS AND SABBATICAL AWARDS - SEE WWW.RASMUSON.ORG | $845.4M |
| 2 | Arctic Education Foundation | Anchorage | 2024 | $2.9M | 411 | $6K | 40% | SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: AUGUST 1, DECEMBER 1, MARCH 1, AND MAY 1 COMPETITIVE AWARDS: JUNE 30 | $30.5M |
| 3 | Atwood Foundation Incorporated | Anchorage | 2024 | $2.3M | 86 | $15K | 9% | DECEMBER 31 ANNUALLY | $56.7M |
| 4 | Ciri Foundation | Anchorage | 2024 | $2.2M | 249 | $6K | 56% | PLEASE SEE THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WWW.THECIRIFOUNDATION.ORG FOR SUBMISSION DEADLINE DETAILS. | $63.9M |
| 5 | Richard L & Diane M Block Foundation Tr | Anchorage | 2024 | $1.4M | 75 | $10K | 19% | RICHARDLANDDIANEMBLOCKFOUNDATION.ORG | $35.4M |
| 6 | Bristol Bay Foundation | Anchorage | 2024 | $988K | 290 | $2K | 33% | ROLLING DEADLINE | $40.8M |
| 7 | Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation | Anchorage | 2025 | $973K | 18 | $4K | 2% | Not stated | $23.4M |
| 8 | Doyon Foundation | Fairbanks | 2024 | $973K | 403 | $2K | 45% | MARCH 15, JUNE 15, SEPTEMBER 15, NOVEMBER 15 | $51.3M |
| 9 | Chugach Heritage Foundation | Anchorage | 2025 | $737K | 158 | $5K | 26% | LAST FRIDAYS OF AUGUST, DECEMBER, MARCH, MAY, AND JUNE DEPENDING ON THE TERM AND SCHOLARSHIP TYPE | $41.9M |
| 10 | Harvey Samuelsen Scholarship Tr | Dillingham | 2023 | $718K | 69 | $11K | 42% | SEE APPLICATION FORM LOCATED AT HTTPS://WWW.BBEDC.COM/?PAGE_ID=151 | $16.9M |
| 11 | Alaska Airlines Foundation | Anchorage | 2024 | $572K | 66 | $5K | 43% | March 31 and July 31 | $11.2M |
| 12 | Benito and Frances C Gaguine Foundation | Juneau | 2024 | $481K | 10 | $47K | 33% | Not stated | $4.5M |
| 13 | Brabson Library and Educational Foundation Inc | Eagle River | 2024 | $408K | 37 | $8K | 77% | Not stated | $7.2M |
| 14 | Rural Alaska Community Action Program Foundation | Anchorage | 2024 | $347K | 33 | $10K | 83% | APRIL 30, AUGUST 31, AND NOVEMBER 30 | $6.0M |
| 15 | Mta Foundation Inc | Palmer | 2025 | $253K | 94 | $2K | 60% | APPLICATION AND SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTATION MUST BE SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE APRIL 10, 2025 | $330K |
| 16 | Uic Foundation Inc | Anchorage | 2024 | $178K | 83 | $2K | 51% | MAY 15: SUMMER TERM; AUGUST 15: FALL TERM; JANUARY 15: WINTER TERM | $236K |
| 17 | Usibelli Foundation | Fairbanks | 2025 | $175K | 69 | $2K | 14% | Current information is available at www.usibellifoundation.org | $3.7M |
| 18 | Edna P Mccurdy Scholarship Foundation | Unalaska | 2024 | $145K | 17 | $8K | 37% | VARIES | $223K |
| 19 | Huna Heritage Foundation Inc | Juneau | 2024 | $145K | 78 | $2K | 21% | EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP: SEPTEMBER 30 FOR 1ST/2ND QUARTER OR 1ST SEMESTER JANUARY 30 FOR 3RD/4TH OR | $309K |
| 20 | Tim and Barb Cerny Foundation | Fairbanks | 2024 | $124K | 14 | $2K | 87% | Not stated | $44K |
| 21 | Chenega Future Incorporated | Anchorage | 2024 | $120K | 15 | $6K | 44% | APRIL 1, AUGUST 1 AND DECEMBER 1, OR 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY SHORT-TERM TRAINING. | $477K |
| 22 | Old Harbor Scholarship Foundation Inc | Anchorage | 2024 | $116K | 87 | $1K | 58% | ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS: ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1 FOR THE FALL SEMESTER | $324K |
| 23 | Langston Family Foundation | Anchorage | 2024 | $101K | 28 | $3K | 36% | Not stated | $2.4M |
Every one of them has its own page with the application terms as filed, every recipient, and the trustees. Where a cell says n/a the filing does not carry that figure: a first-time recipient share needs more than one year of grants on record, and the asset figure comes from the IRS business master file, which does not cover every foundation.
Each figure comes from each foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. A foundation is listed when its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. The newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants count once and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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