Alaska · Public charity
Food Bank of Alaska
FBA believes no one deserves to be hungry. We are dedicated to eliminating hunger in Alaska by obtaining and providing food to partner agencies and through anti-hunger leadership.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $54,990
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $551,127
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Food Bank of Alaska funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $948k 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 | 24 | $2.6M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $1.7M | 67% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $1.2M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $95k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $165k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Inc | $692,670 | 5 | 11% |
| Southeast Alaska Food Bank | $604,062 | 5 | 16% |
| Bethel Community Services Foundation | $603,501 | 3 | 1% |
| Fairbanks Community Food Bank Service Inc | $417,425 | 5 | 4% |
| Upper Susitna Food Pantry | $327,585 | 2 | 4% |
| Emergency Assistance and Food Bank of Valdez | $220,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Native Village of Unalakleet | $197,512 | 1 | n/a |
| Armed Services YMCA of Alaska | $160,408 | 2 | n/a |
| Brother Francis Shelter Kodiak | $150,219 | 2 | 7% |
| Hoonah Indian Association | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 45 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Inc | $692,670 | 5 | 11% |
| Southeast Alaska Food Bank | $604,062 | 5 | 16% |
| Bethel Community Services Foundation | $603,501 | 3 | 1% |
| Fairbanks Community Food Bank Service Inc | $417,425 | 5 | 4% |
| Upper Susitna Food Pantry | $327,585 | 2 | 4% |
| Emergency Assistance and Food Bank of Valdez | $220,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Native Village of Unalakleet | $197,512 | 1 | n/a |
| Armed Services YMCA of Alaska | $160,408 | 2 | n/a |
| Brother Francis Shelter Kodiak | $150,219 | 2 | 7% |
| Hoonah Indian Association | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beans Cafe Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Lutheran Social Services of Alaska | $132,701 | 1 | 8% |
| Copper River Native Association Inc | $116,411 | 1 | 0% |
| Eco a Convenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ccthita | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Kupboard | $91,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Catholic Social Services | $90,840 | 1 | 0% |
| Chugiak Eagle River Food Pantry | $89,500 | 1 | 68% |
| The Salvation Army | $82,130 | 1 | n/a |
| Manley Village Council | $81,796 | 2 | n/a |
| Downtown Soup Kitchen Inc | $79,186 | 1 | 3% |
| Mat-Su Food Bank | $78,803 | 2 | 4% |
| Kawerak Inc | $74,485 | 2 | 0% |
| Helping Hands Food Bank | $68,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Five Loaves Food Pantry | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Blood N Fire Ministry of Alaska | $56,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Tetlin Village Council | $55,221 | 1 | n/a |
| Maniilaq Association | $54,990 | 1 | 0% |
| Girdwood Chapel Umc | $51,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Homer Community Food Pantry | $41,126 | 1 | 14% |
| Nenana Tortella Council on Aging | $35,293 | 1 | 10% |
| Palmer Senior Citizens Center Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Frontline Mission | $31,864 | 3 | 5% |
| Juneau Housing First Collaborative | $29,585 | 1 | 1% |
| Upper Susitna Seniors Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Nome Community Center Inc | $26,240 | 2 | 0% |
| Resurrection Lutheran Chur | $23,397 | 1 | n/a |
| Wasilla Area Seniors Inc | $22,050 | 1 | 1% |
| Cook Inlet Housing Development Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cook Inlet Tribal Council | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Love in Action | $6,517 | 2 | 2% |
| Native Village of Koyuk | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salvation Army National Corp | $5,019 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Nations | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ninilchik Senior Citizens Inc | $690 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($236k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Food Bank of Alaska supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · The Kroger Co Foundation · Rural Alaska Community Action Program · The Carr Foundation Inc · Global Credit Union Foundation · Providence Alaska Foundation · United Way of Anchorage · Mta Foundation Inc · Alaska Children's Trust
How this is measured
About Food Bank of Alaska
- How much does Food Bank of Alaska give?
- Food Bank of Alaska reported 24 grants totaling $2,548,368 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Food Bank of Alaska fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (51%), Human Services (18%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Food Bank of Alaska's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Inc ($693k), Southeast Alaska Food Bank ($604k), Bethel Community Services Foundation ($604k).
- Does Food Bank of Alaska fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Food Bank of Alaska?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation.
- Where is Food Bank of Alaska based?
- Food Bank of Alaska is based in AK.
Play a game based on Food Bank of Alaska’s filings →