Alaska · Private foundation
Bristol Bay Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $988k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 290
- Grants FY2024
- 247
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 308
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 22
- Total assets, FY2024
- $41M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 68% of the organizations Bristol Bay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $585k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 261 | $983k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 247 | $897k | 68% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $905k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $786k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 240 | $793k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 308 | $777k | 49% |
| FY2018 | 299 | $734k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 265 | $655k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alaska Foundation | $34,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bristol Bay Historical Society Inc | $21,350 | 3 | 4% |
| Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust | $17,810 | 3 | 4% |
| Pedro Bay Benefits Corporation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Anchorage Bowl Chamber Orchestra | $9,844 | 2 | n/a |
| Amazing Grace Academy Fka Matt Valley Sda School | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Newhalen Tribal Council | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Evergreen State College Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Southwest Alaska Vocational and Educational Center | $7,968 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alaska Foundation | $34,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bristol Bay Historical Society Inc | $21,350 | 3 | 4% |
| Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust | $17,810 | 3 | 4% |
| Pedro Bay Benefits Corporation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Anchorage Bowl Chamber Orchestra | $9,844 | 2 | n/a |
| Amazing Grace Academy Fka Matt Valley Sda School | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Newhalen Tribal Council | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Evergreen State College Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Southwest Alaska Vocational and Educational Center | $7,968 | 1 | 1% |
| Nushagak Classic Western Alaska Championship Dog Sled Association | $7,627 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe and Fear-Free Environment Inc | $7,015 | 2 | 0% |
| Chignik Lagoon Village Counci | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Igiugig Village | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anchorage Moravian Church Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philanthropy Northwest | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Choggiung Educational Endowment Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cook Inlet Native Head Start | $4,999 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Angels Childcare Academy | $4,950 | 1 | 5% |
| Hooligans Haven Cat Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1,027 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bristol Bay Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp · The Alaska Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bristol Bay Foundation
- How much does Bristol Bay Foundation give?
- Bristol Bay Foundation reported 290 grants totaling $987,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 308 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bristol Bay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Religion (26%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Bristol Bay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Alaska Foundation ($34k), Bristol Bay Historical Society Inc ($21k), Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust ($18k).
- Does Bristol Bay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bristol Bay Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bristol Bay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp, The Alaska Community Foundation.
- Where is Bristol Bay Foundation based?
- Bristol Bay Foundation is based in AK.
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