· Private foundation
Alaskan Leader Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BROTHER FRANCIS SHELTER | $7,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| ALEKNAGIK TRADITIONAL COUNCIL | $3,000 |
| ST MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| ST SERAPHIM OF SAROV | $2,000 |
| KODIAK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| NATIVE VILLAGE OF PORT HEIDEN | $2,000 |
| DILLINGHAM SENIOR CENTER | $2,000 |
| HOLY ROSARY CHURCH | $2,000 |
| UNITED TRIBES OF BRISTOL BAY | $1,400 |
| TWIN HILLS VILLAGE COUNCIL | $1,200 |
| TRADITIONAL COUNCIL OF TOGIAK | $1,000 |
| SOUTHWEST ALASKA VOC & ED CENTER | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| CLARKS POINT VILLAGE COUNCIL | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 5% of Alaskan Leader Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BFBROTHER FRANCIS SHELTER3× · 2017–2020 · $14k
- SMST MARY'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL3× · 2017–2020 · $9k
- KCKODIAK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL3× · 2017–2020 · $9k
Funded once
- KWKodiak Womens Resource and Cri Centerone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +8%
- KAKodiak Area Mentoring Program Incone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -39%
- BRBBNA REGIONAL FOOD BANKone grant, 2018 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Exhibit Kodiak Maritime history
Provide a land area and facility for the Kodiak Island resident to enjoy outdoor activities including a fair and rodeo, concerts and other outdoor community activities.
Our mission is to support the long-term sustainability of our regions coastal communities of Alutiiq heritage. We do this in three ways, 1. Leadership & Advocacy, 2. Community Development, and 3. Our Stories.
Provide concerts, plays - both amateur and professional, festivals, art shows, education and an outlet for local art.
To educate, communicate, and inform the communities in the Kodiak Island Borough. And to capture the communities history everyday.
The Kodiak Kindness Project (KKP) exists to help families nourish their babies' bodies and souls, providing free, individualized education and support for nourishing their babies, regardless of income or feeding choices, filing a crucial…
To increase affordable housing and end homelessness in Alaska.
To advance solutions that build the resilience and sustainability of Alaska, for its current and future residents and the natural systems upon which they depend.
The mission of Kenai Alive! is to change lifestyle behaviors on the Kenai Peninsula. It is also involved and is taking the lead in developing a Health Prevention Network in Kenai.
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…
Consumer Advocacy
At KodiakCare, we love dogs and their people. KodiakCare saves the lives of dogs by providing funding for critical veterinary care to families who lack financial means.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 53 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Kodiak Womens Resource and Cri Center ↗
- Who funds LITTLE ANGELS CHILDCARE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Hospice and Palliative Care-Ko ↗
- Who funds Kodiak Area Mentoring Program Inc ↗
- Who funds Marrulut Eniit Assisted Living Inc % City of Dillingham ↗
- Who funds SAFE AND FEAR-FREE ENVIRONMENT INC ↗
- Who funds Island Trails Network ↗
- Who funds Threshold Services Inc ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Network for Good · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alaskan Leader Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alaskan Leader Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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