Alaska · Public charity
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Protects alaska's unique landscapes and ways of life by supporting conservation leaders, organizations, and initiatives.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 57
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,449
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $258,378
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Alaska Conservation Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $426k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationCivil RightsRecreation & SportsHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 54 | $2.1M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $2.0M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $1.5M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $964k | 34% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $701k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $929k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $1.2M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $1.3M | 31% |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Environment$8.0MCommunity Improvement$1.5MCivil Rights$811kHealth$454kArts & Culture$338kPhilanthropy$325kAnimals$289kEducation$217kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Root Inc | $869,018 | 6 | 20% |
| Sitka Conservation Society | $815,874 | 9 | 17% |
| Alaska Pacific University | $810,825 | 5 | 1% |
| Renewable Energy Alaska Project | $542,777 | 8 | 23% |
| Native Conservancy | $466,392 | 3 | 4% |
| Anchorage Community Mental Health Services Inc | $434,077 | 4 | 1% |
| The Alaska Center Education Fund | $364,739 | 9 | 4% |
| Northern Alaska Environmental Center | $356,665 | 9 | 8% |
| Trustees for Alaska | $318,178 | 9 | 5% |
| Cook Inletkeeper | $306,180 | 9 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Root Inc | $869,018 | 6 | 20% |
| Sitka Conservation Society | $815,874 | 9 | 17% |
| Alaska Pacific University | $810,825 | 5 | 1% |
| Renewable Energy Alaska Project | $542,777 | 8 | 23% |
| Native Conservancy | $466,392 | 3 | 4% |
| Anchorage Community Mental Health Services Inc | $434,077 | 4 | 1% |
| The Alaska Center Education Fund | $364,739 | 9 | 4% |
| Northern Alaska Environmental Center | $356,665 | 9 | 8% |
| Trustees for Alaska | $318,178 | 9 | 5% |
| Cook Inletkeeper | $306,180 | 9 | 4% |
| Tribal Government of St Paul Island | $283,867 | 6 | n/a |
| Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Inc-SEACC | $281,330 | 9 | 4% |
| University of Alaska Southeast | $255,195 | 2 | n/a |
| Stand for Salmon | $250,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Native Village of Eklutna | $245,069 | 3 | n/a |
| Native Movement | $241,750 | 6 | 1% |
| Coalition for Susitna Dam Alternatives | $232,125 | 8 | 50% |
| Organized Village of Kasaan | $206,669 | 4 | n/a |
| Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission | $199,001 | 4 | 6% |
| University of Alaska | $197,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies | $192,328 | 9 | 3% |
| Traditional Council of Togiak | $171,793 | 3 | n/a |
| Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition | $171,767 | 3 | 12% |
| Organized Village of Kake | $163,240 | 3 | n/a |
| Alaska Longline Fishermens Association | $158,080 | 9 | 6% |
| Organized Village of Kasaan | $152,025 | 4 | n/a |
| Alaska Community Action on Toxics | $150,080 | 9 | 1% |
| Igiugig Village | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Venetie | $146,841 | 2 | n/a |
| Alaska Marine Community Coalition | $139,080 | 8 | 5% |
| Alaska Village Initiatives | $134,786 | 2 | 7% |
| Alaska Wilderness League | $124,915 | 5 | 1% |
| Klawock Cooperative Association | $122,430 | 3 | n/a |
| Yakutat Tlinglt Tribe | $122,430 | 3 | n/a |
| Native American Rights Fund Inc | $113,880 | 3 | 0% |
| United Tribes of Bristol Bay | $113,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Alaska Discovery Foundation Inc | $91,640 | 9 | 2% |
| Hoonah Indian Association | $81,620 | 2 | n/a |
| Gwichin Steering Committee | $80,450 | 5 | 7% |
| Ccthita | $72,424 | 2 | n/a |
| The Wilderness Society | $71,542 | 2 | 0% |
| Alaska Wildlife Alliance | $64,500 | 5 | 48% |
| Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council | $64,080 | 9 | 1% |
| Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration Analysis and Discovery | $55,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Kenai Watershed Forum | $54,080 | 9 | 1% |
| Tanana Native Council | $52,855 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeast Alaska Indiginous Transboundary Commissi | $52,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Kodiak Area Native Association | $47,373 | 1 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bristol Bay Native Association Inc | $43,387 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlife Management Institute Inc | $41,318 | 1 | 1% |
| Hydaburg Cooperative Association | $40,810 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoonah Indian Assoc | $40,810 | 1 | n/a |
| Bird Treatment & Learning Center | $40,600 | 3 | 4% |
| Tyonek Tribal Conservation District | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Spirit of Youth | $35,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association | $27,375 | 2 | 3% |
| Native Peoples Action Community Fund | $27,097 | 2 | 5% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $27,081 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Public Interest Research Group | $27,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Lynn Canal Conservation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Earthjustice | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| State Of Alaska | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoonah Indian Association | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council | $20,216 | 2 | 5% |
| Tanana Chiefs Conference | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Copper River Watershed Project | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| City of Mountain Village | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of St Michael | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Native Village Corporation Association | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Chickaloon Village Traditional Council | $19,961 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchorage Park Foundation | $19,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan) | $17,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $16,950 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Exchange of Alaska Inc | $16,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Trail Mix Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alaska Wilderness League Action | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Coalition for Green Capital D/B/A American Green Bank Consortium | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Beaver Traditional Council | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sierra Club | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Native Peoples Action Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Environmental Investigation Agency | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nenana Native Council | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee for Safe Communities | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Solomon | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Municipality of Anchorage | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Qawalangin Tribal Council | $11,643 | 2 | n/a |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Defenders and Friends of Admiralty and Tongass Wildland Watch | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchorage Waterways Council | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Wild Salmon Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tetlin Village Council | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Maritime Prevention and Response Network | $9,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers | $9,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Unalakleet | $8,701 | 1 | n/a |
| Calypso Farm & Ecology Center | $8,195 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Takshanuk Watershed Council | $6,985 | 1 | 2% |
| Southeast Alaska Land Trust | $5,040 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Alaska Conservation Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 64.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Rasmuson FoundationAK78.4× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · Patagoniaorg · Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium · New Venture Fund · Charlotte y Martin Foundation-Ima · True North Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Ocean Conservancy · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · National Forest Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Alaska Conservation Foundation
- How much does Alaska Conservation Foundation give?
- Alaska Conservation Foundation reported 57 grants totaling $2,142,857 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Alaska Conservation Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (65%), Community Improvement (12%), Civil Rights (7%).
- Who are Alaska Conservation Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Spruce Root Inc ($869k), Sitka Conservation Society ($816k), Alaska Pacific University ($811k).
- Does Alaska Conservation Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alaska Conservation Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation, First Nations Development Institute.
- Where is Alaska Conservation Foundation based?
- Alaska Conservation Foundation is based in AK.
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More from the funding graph
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The endowment market
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By state
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