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Anchorage Mayors Charity Ball

To provide fundraising assistance to various Anchorage Alaska charities that are randomly selected on an annual basis.

$379k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$112k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
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$316kHealth$273kHuman Services$236kYouth Development$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$112kEducation$109kRecreation & Sports$98kFood & Nutrition$89k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$94,263
Median grant
1
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Anchorage Firefighters Charitable Foundation$112,359
Kids Corps$94,263
Alaska Adoption Services$87,778
Anchorage Community Theatre$84,918
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 (FY17–24, $208k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Alaska Adoption Services: $88k → 22%Lutheran Social Services: $54k → 22%Hospice of Anchorage: $66k → 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 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 Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
2
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
3
Arctic Access Inc

Our Mission is to provide services and opportunities for elders and people with disabilities to remain in the home and village of their choice, and to be active as possible with their families and communities.

Health
4
Pediatric Resource Center of Alaska
Human Services
5
Anchorage Affordable Housing and

To expand and preserve year-round rental opportunities that are affordable to moderate, low, and very low-income households to foster a welcoming environment for demographically and socio-economically diverse populations in Anchorage, AK.

Housing & Shelter
6
Alaska Sustainability Initiative

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.

Animals
7
Alaska Community Development Corporation

To assist low income individuals and families with housing and housing improvements in Alaska.

Community Improvement
8
Alaska Childrens Alliance

Dedicated to strengthening the multi-disciplinary response to child abuse. We strive to ensure that professionals throughout Alaska are equipped to do the best job possible at holding offenders accountable and helping children and families…

Crime & Legal
9
Anchorage Ski Club Inc

To provide access, facilities, recreation, and educational opportunities within the alpine environment of Chugach State Park.

Recreation & Sports
10
Alaska Airlines Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Alaska Avalanche Information Center Inc

To Support and promote avalanche forecasts, observations, education, research and professional development in the pursuit of healthy lifestyles and the reduction of unintentional injuries and deaths related to avalanche and backcountry…

Public Safety & Disaster
12
United Way of Anchorage

We unite caring people to give volunteer and take action to remove barriers to opportunities. Thats been our mission since we first started serving Alaska. It guides how we solve our communitys toughest challenges and is why weve been able…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of Anchorage and the most unlike its peers is Parachute Ministries. 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 42 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr13%10%5–10yr16%5%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr18%43%35–55yr15%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%3%<5yr13%17%5–10yr16%5%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr18%38%35–55yr15%18%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%
1/24
the rest of the field
14%
203/1,490

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

24 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Kids Corps Inc — $94,263 · OtherKids Corps IncAlzheimers Disease Resource Agency of Alaska — $63,380 · OtherAlzheimers Disease Resource Agency of AlaskaYWCA ALASKA — $54,240 · OtherYWCA ALASKAThe Arc of Anchorage — $47,434 · OtherThe Arc of AnchorageAlaska Dance Theatre Inc — $43,004 · OtherAlaska Dance Theatre IncPARACHUTE MINISTRIES — $40,584 · OtherPARACHUTE MINISTRIESALASKA ASSOCIATION OF FIGURE SKATERS — $40,094 · OtherALASKA ASSOCIATION OF FIGURE SKATERSChallenge Alaska — $39,904 · OtherChallenge AlaskaGIRL SCOUTS OF ALASKA — $36,038 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF ALASKABeans Cafe Inc — $44,634 · OtherBeans Cafe IncFood Bank of Alaska — $44,367 · OtherFood Bank of AlaskaCAMP FIRE ALASKA — $43,849 · OtherCAMP FIRE ALASKAANCHORAGE COMMUNITY THEATER INC — $84,918 · Arts & CultureANCHORAGE COMMUNIT…Alaska Theatre of Youth — $53,905 · Arts & CultureAlaska Theatre of …Alaska Youth Orchestras — $40,699 · Arts & CultureAlaska Youth Orche…PULSE DANCE COMPANY — $39,529 · Arts & CulturePULSE DANCE COMPAN…ALASKA ADOPTION SERVICES — $87,778 · Human ServicesALASKA ADOPTION S…ANCHORAGE HOSPICE INC — $66,250 · Human ServicesANCHORAGE HOSPICE…LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA — $53,725 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL S…ANCHORAGE FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $112,359 · Public BenefitANCHORAGE…FOUR VALLEYS COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC — $60,118 · EducationFOUR VALL…Alaska Literacy Program Inc — $48,404 · EducationAlaska Li…Alaska Trails — $58,020 · Recreation & SportsGIRDWOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC — $56,398 · Health
Other$591,791Arts & Culture$219,051Human Services$207,753Public Benefit$112,359Education$108,522Recreation & Sports$58,020Health$56,398

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetANCHORAGE FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $112,359 over 1y, 60% of budgetKids Corps Inc — $94,263 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetALASKA ADOPTION SERVICES — $87,778 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetANCHORAGE COMMUNITY THEATER INC — $84,918 over 1y, 26% of budgetANCHORAGE HOSPICE INC — $66,250 over 1y, 13% of budgetAlzheimers Disease Resource Agency of Alaska — $63,380 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFOUR VALLEYS COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC — $60,118 over 1y, 33% of budgetAlaska Trails — $58,020 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetGIRDWOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC — $56,398 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetYWCA ALASKA — $54,240 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetAlaska Theatre of Youth — $53,905 over 1y, 43% of budgetThe Arc of Anchorage — $47,434 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc — $44,634 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE ALASKA — $43,849 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAlaska Dance Theatre Inc — $43,004 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetAlaska Youth Orchestras — $40,699 over 1y, 22% of budgetPARACHUTE MINISTRIES — $40,584 over 1y, 16% of budgetALASKA ASSOCIATION OF FIGURE SKATERS — $40,094 over 1y, 24% of budgetChallenge Alaska — $39,904 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF ALASKA — $36,038 over 1y, 1.4% 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 FoundationThe Carr Foundation I…Atwood Foundation IncRichard L and Diane M…United Way of Anchora…Providence Health & S…Swanson Family Founda…Providence Alaska Fou…MEWebber FoundationAlaska Children's Tru…10 Chefs Inc
The Alaska Community FoundationAK48.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Atwood Foundation Inc · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · United Way of Anchorage · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Swanson Family Foundation · Providence Alaska Foundation · MEWebber Foundation · Alaska Children's Trust · 10 Chefs Inc

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 Anchorage Mayors Charity Ball 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%4%15%34%60%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
    10report 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.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Anchorage Mayors Charity Ball?

    Find your warmest path to Anchorage Mayors Charity Ball through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 24 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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