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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2021 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 27 grants below total $1,004,100, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,966,100 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $962,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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
City of Bethel$45,000
Greater Juneau Chamber of Com$45,000
Arctic Slope Native Associati$45,000
City of Delta Junction$45,000
Nome Chamber of Commerce$45,000
Greater Ketchikan Chamber of$45,000
Kodiak Baptist Mission$45,000
Valdez Native Tribe$40,000
Greater Wasilla Chamber of Co$38,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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
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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5
Gardiner Chamber of Commerce

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

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6
Tok Chamber of Commerce

Promote local business, provide community information, organize community 4th of July and Trek over the Top events.

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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
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
9
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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10
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
11
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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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce; 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.
03the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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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 first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetKodiak Baptist Mission: $45,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetGREATER KETCHIKAN CHAMBER COMMERCE: $45,000 over 1y, 16% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alaska State Chamber of Commerce funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alaska State Chamber of Commerce. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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