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Alaska State Chamber of Commerce

To drive positive change for Alaska's business environment and to improve our member organizations by providing leadership, advocacy, connectivity and support.

$2.0M
Granted FY2021
27
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$76k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2021 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 27 grants below total $1,004,100 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,966,100 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $962,000 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.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k22 grants · $664k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $340k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greater Fairbanks Chamber of$76,473
Greater Sitka Chamber of Comm$70,000
Anchorage Chamber$68,000
Prince of Wales Chamber$67,000
Maniilaq Association$59,000
South Peninsula Hospital$49,000
Greater Ketchikan Chamber of$45,000
City of Bethel$45,000
City of Delta Junction$45,000
Kodiak Baptist Mission$45,000
Greater Juneau Chamber of Com$45,000
Arctic Slope Native Associati$45,000
Nome Chamber of Commerce$45,000
Valdez Native Tribe$40,000
Greater Wasilla Chamber of Co$38,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–21, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Kodiak Baptist Mission: $45k → 8%Maniilaq Association: $59k → 20%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 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
Yukon Chamber of Commerce

Promote economic growth in the community through leadership, support, and service to our members.

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2
Skamania County Chamber of Commerce

The mission and purpose of the skamania county chamber of commerce is to foster development of a healthy economic community through the support and promotion of businesses, chamber members and skamania county, washington as an exceptional…

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3
Alaska State Chamber of Commerce

To drive positive change for Alaska's business environment and to improve our member organizations by providing leadership, advocacy, connectivity and support.

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4
Gardiner Chamber of Commerce

The Gardiner Chamber of Commerce serves to promote business and tourism in the community.

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5
Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center

Promote economic development, job growth and education for the city of kenai. promotion of the membership of the kccvc and the city of kenai through destination marketing, supporting economic development of the kenai through the visitor…

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6
Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce

To advance the economic vitality of our community by serving as a catalyst for business growth, a convener of leaders, a champion for development, and an advocate for a thriving place to work and live.

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7
Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce

Attract and inform visitors to and about the leech lake area.

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8
Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce

We exist to be an advocate for our members and our business community to strengthen the development of our economy.

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9
Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce

The bozeman area chamber of commerce, representing its membership, advocates economic vitality, high quality of life and preservation of the competitive enterprise system through leadership, vision and communication.

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10
Williston Area Chamber of Commerce

The williston area of commerce is dedicated to advancing the exceptional economic growth of the greater williston area, fostering a community where people want to live and thrive, not just work.our vision is to advance the economic,…

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11
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
12
Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce

Chamber of commerce to create and maintain a positive business climate that fosters economic prosperity for our community through programs that sustain local businesses, promote tourism, enhance our members success and contribute to a…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce and the most unlike its peers is Kodiak Baptist Mission. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%4%5–10yr17%9%10–20yr19%26%20–35yr19%48%35–55yr16%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%1%5–10yr17%6%10–20yr19%32%20–35yr19%41%35–55yr16%20%55yr+

The field is 18% 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 — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
11%
426/4,032

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.

03the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GREATER FAIRBANKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $76,473 · OtherGREATER FAIRBANKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCEGREATER SITKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $70,000 · OtherGREATER SITKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCEANCHORAGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $68,000 · OtherANCHORAGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCPRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $67,000 · OtherPRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCEARCTIC SLOPE NATIVE ASSOCIATION — $45,000 · OtherARCTIC SLOPE NATIVE ASSOCIATIONGREATER JUNEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $45,000 · OtherGREATER JUNEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCENome Chamber of Commerce Inc — $45,000 · OtherNome Chamber of Commerce IncCity of Delta Junction — $45,000 · OtherCity of Delta JunctionGREATER KETCHIKAN CHAMBER COMMERCE — $45,000 · OtherGREATER KETCHIKAN CHAMBER COMMERCEValdez Native Tribe — $40,000 · OtherGREATER WASILLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $38,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $28,500 · OtherSoldotna Chamber of Commerce — $27,500 · Other+7 more — $115,627 · Other+7 moreManiilaq Association — $59,000 · Human ServicesManiilaq As…Kodiak Baptist Mission — $45,000 · Human ServicesKodiak Bapt…SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL INC — $49,000 · HealthCamai Community Health Center Inc — $10,000 · HealthBETHEL VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES ASSOCIATION — $45,000 · Public Safety & DisasterEastern Aleutian Tribes Inc — $30,000 · EducationDENALI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$756,100Human Services$104,000Health$59,000Public Safety & Disaster$45,000Education$30,000Community Improvement$10,000

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 budgetGREATER FAIRBANKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $76,473 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetGREATER SITKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $70,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetANCHORAGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $68,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetPRINCE OF WALES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $67,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetManiilaq Association — $59,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL INC — $49,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARCTIC SLOPE NATIVE ASSOCIATION — $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER JUNEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $45,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGREATER KETCHIKAN CHAMBER COMMERCE — $45,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetKodiak Baptist Mission — $45,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetValdez Native Tribe — $40,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGREATER WASILLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $38,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetEastern Aleutian Tribes Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSoldotna Chamber of Commerce — $27,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCopper River Native Association Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $23,627 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCORDOVA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCHUGIAK-EAGLE RIVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $12,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCamai Community Health Center Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEWARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONFERENCE AND VISITORS BUREAU INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

The Alaska Community …Rasmuson FoundationAlaska Native Tribal …First Nations Develop…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Alaska Community FoundationAK25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium · First Nations Development Institute · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 State Chamber of Commerce 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%25%56%100%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
    8report 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 27 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $1k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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