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Alaska Humanities Forum

The ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM connects alaskans through stories, ideas, and experiences that positively change lives and strengthen communities.

$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$785kPublic Safety & Disaster$182kEducation$73kYouth Development$62kEnvironment$55kHuman Services$39kPhilanthropy$29kHealth$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 8 grants below total $80,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $95,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $15,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KEYS TO LIFE$10,000
KOKHANOK VILLAGE COUNCIL$10,000
DATA FOR INDIGENOUS JUSTICE$10,000
OUT NORTH$10,000
NATIVE VILLAGE OF SHAKTOOLIK$10,000
CHUGACH REGIONAL RESOURCES$10,000
KTOO PUBLIC MEDIA$10,000
KETCHIKAN WELLNESS COALITION$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%KETCHIKAN WELLNESS COALITION: $10k → 9%ALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$930k · 49 repeat orgs$373k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

49 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
42

Total granted

$930k
$323k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+7%

Still filing today

90%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEmploymentHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • A
    ARTCHANGE
    4× · 2018–2021 · $49k · revenue +7% · 85% of their budget
  • AM
    Anchorage Museum Association
    4× · 2017–2021 · $33k · revenue +23%
  • SO
    Spirit of Youth
    3× · 2019–2021 · $31k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • NA
    NORTH AMERICAN TRADITIONAL INDIAN VALUES ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • TL
    THE LANGUAGE CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -60%
  • OC
    Osborn Creative LLC
    one grant, 2017 · $12k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
2
The Aleut Foundation
Education
3
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
4
Katmai Conservancy

Katmai Conservancy supports the preservation of Katmai National Park and Preserve its unique ecosystems scenic character and associated natural and cultural resources by promoting greater public interest appreciation and support through…

Environment
5
Alaska Association for Historic Pre

To educate the public about hisroric preservation and help restore and preserve historic sites.

Unclassified
6
Alaska Native Arts Foundation

To promote and celebrate the uniqueness of alaska native arts and heritage. improve the economic well being of alaska native artists; invigorate education and training of the next generation of alaska native artists; increase awareness of…

Community Improvement
7
Alaska Folk Festival Inc

Alaska residents benefit from free public admission to an arts and culture festival; the week-long festival encourages non-professional musicians and performers, and has been operating since 1975.

Arts & Culture
8
Alaska Museum of Science and Nature

The alaska museum of science and nature is dedicated to the education and exploration of our scientific and natural world.

Youth Development
9
Arctic Education Foundation
Education
10
Stand Up Alaska

To Harness the power of the diverse people of Alaska and their communities to empower and support transformative social change. Stand Up Alaska is an Alaskan-led movement providing intersectional and diverse views on issues affecting all…

Civil Rights
11
Alaska Native Sisterhood Association

Cultural activities and classes - 20 participants per class - 6 classes

Human Services
12
Alaska Aviation Museum

The collection, preservation and public presentation of Alaskas aviation history, 1897-present.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Clausen Memorial Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPublic Radio BroadcastingAlaska Community FoundationsAlaska Native Community Org…Alaska Native Cultural Orga…Sitka Community Organizatio…Early Childhood Education P…Animal Rescue and Shelter S…School Support OrganizationsFraternal Lodge Organizatio…Regional Economic Developme…Alaska Environmental Stewar…Alaska Community ServicesAlaska Museums and Cultural…Alaska Performing Arts Orga…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr12%12%5–10yr17%14%10–20yr19%30%20–35yr18%36%35–55yr16%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr12%13%5–10yr17%19%10–20yr19%28%20–35yr18%31%35–55yr16%11%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/98
the rest of the field
11%
448/4,162

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

87 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 87 of the 98 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/87
Grantees still filing
58/87
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Anchorage Museum Association — $33,247 · Arts & CultureAnchorage Museum AssociationKEYS TO LIFE — $30,000 · Arts & CultureALASKA JEWISH HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER — $29,250 · Arts & CultureJUNEAU ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $27,281 · Arts & CultureOut North — $25,700 · Arts & CultureMuseum of the Aleutians — $24,954 · Arts & CultureBUNNELL STREET ARTS CENTER — $21,250 · Arts & Culture+33 more — $373,900 · Arts & Culture+33 moreUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA — $27,872 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALASKABETHEL BROADCASTING INC — $21,250 · OtherSHELDON MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER INC — $21,250 · OtherKAWERAK INC — $21,250 · OtherCITY & BOROUGH OF JUNEAU — $18,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST ALASKA ARTS GROUP — $23,750 · OtherFIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE — $21,250 · Other+34 more — $312,650 · Other+34 moreARTCHANGE — $48,600 · EducationARTCHANGESpirit of Youth — $30,685 · EducationSpirit of…Story Works Alaska — $14,250 · EducationStory Wor…OUTER COAST — $14,250 · EducationOUTER COA…Alaska Literacy Program Inc — $7,500 · EducationAlaska Li…KTOO PUBLIC MEDIA — $39,250 · EmploymentUNALASKA COMMUNITY BROADCASTING — $10,000 · EmploymentSEE STORIES — $24,250 · Youth DevelopmentFRATERNAL ORDER OF ALASKA STATE TROOPERS CHARITY CORPORATION — $14,250 · Youth DevelopmentThe Folk School — $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentYukon River Drainage Fisheries Association — $14,250 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR ALASKAN COASTAL STUDIES — $14,250 · EnvironmentBRISTOL BAY HERITAGE LAND TRUST — $10,000 · EnvironmentALASKA GEOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION — $6,250 · EnvironmentThe Alaska Community Foundation — $15,000 · PhilanthropyJUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $15,000 · PhilanthropyBEST BEGINNINGS — $14,250 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$565,582Other$467,272Education$115,285Employment$49,250Youth Development$46,500Environment$44,750Philanthropy$44,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetARTCHANGE — $48,600 over 4y, 85% of budgetKTOO PUBLIC MEDIA — $39,250 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAnchorage Museum Association — $33,247 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpirit of Youth — $30,685 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetKEYS TO LIFE — $30,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetALASKA JEWISH HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER — $29,250 over 2y, 38% of budgetJUNEAU ARTS & HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $27,281 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetOut North — $25,700 over 3y, 15% of budgetMuseum of the Aleutians — $24,954 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetSEE STORIES — $24,250 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetSOUTHWEST ALASKA ARTS GROUP — $23,750 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetBETHEL BROADCASTING INC — $21,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBUNNELL STREET ARTS CENTER — $21,250 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSHELDON MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER INC — $21,250 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetFIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE — $21,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKAWERAK INC — $21,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Native Heritage Center Inc — $16,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Alaska Community Foundation — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LANGUAGE CONSERVANCY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYukon River Drainage Fisheries Association — $14,250 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSITKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $14,250 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetVALDEZ MUSEUM & HISTORICAL ARCHIVE ASSOCIATION INC — $14,250 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetStory Works Alaska — $14,250 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetDenali Arts Council Inc — $14,250 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetKodiak Historical Society — $14,250 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetSEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE — $14,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ALASKAN COASTAL STUDIES — $14,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAlaska Aviation Museum Endowment — $14,250 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetFairbanks Childrens Museum — $14,250 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetKUAC FRIENDS GROUP — $14,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKOAHNIC BROADCAST CORPORATION — $14,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetATHABASCAN FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION — $14,250 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFRATERNAL ORDER OF ALASKA STATE TROOPERS CHARITY CORPORATION — $14,250 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAFFINITY FILMS INC — $14,250 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetIdentity Inc — $14,250 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $14,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHOMER SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY — $14,250 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBEST BEGINNINGS — $14,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMORRIS THOMPSON CULTURAL AND VISITORS CENTER — $14,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOUTER COAST — $14,250 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALASKA WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL — $14,250 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetHOMER COUNCIL ON THE ARTS — $14,250 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetTalkeetna Historical Society Inc — $14,250 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetKodiak Maritime Museum — $13,750 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetInterior and Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation — $13,750 over 2y, 19% of budgetALASKA VETERANS MUSEUM — $13,750 over 2y, 12% of budgetCLAUSEN MEMORIAL MUSEUM — $13,750 over 2y, 8.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rasmuson FoundationThe Alaska Community …Museums Alaska IncAtwood Foundation IncRichard L and Diane M…The CIRI FoundationFrances & David Rose …The Carr Foundation I…M J Murdock Charitabl…Alaska Children's Tru…The Usibelli Foundati…Charlotte y Martin Fo…
Rasmuson FoundationAK127.4× affinity69 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 · Museums Alaska Inc · Atwood Foundation Inc · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · The CIRI Foundation · Frances & David Rose Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Alaska Children's Trust · The Usibelli Foundation · Charlotte y Martin Foundation-Ima

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Alaska Humanities Forum funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 98 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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