Alaska · Private foundation
Denali Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $72k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Denali Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $72k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $50k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $28k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peace Ministry | $147,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Korean School Foundation Anchorage Korean Language School | $65,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Korean Cultural Center Alaska | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Council of Korean Americans Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jubilee Music Academy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
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About Denali Foundation
- How much does Denali Foundation give?
- Denali Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $72,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Denali Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (54%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Denali Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Peace Ministry ($147k), Korean School Foundation Anchorage Korean Language School ($65k), Korean Cultural Center Alaska ($10k).
- Does Denali Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Denali Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Denali Foundation based?
- Denali Foundation is based in AK.
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