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Food Bank of Alaska

FBA believes no one deserves to be hungry.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$551k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$2.9MHuman Services$1.0MPhilanthropy$604kHousing & Shelter$200kEnvironment$198kReligion$164kPublic Benefit$156kCivil Rights$152kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.3M
$54,990
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Bethel Community Services$551,127
Southeast Alaska Food Bank$398,635
Upper Susitna Food Pantry$307,585
Native Vill of Unalakleet$197,512
Valdez Food Bank$189,450
Armed Services YMCA$150,778
Lutheran Social Services$132,701
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tri$100,000
Catholic Social Services$90,840
Kenai Peninsula Food Bank$74,389
Native Village of Tetlin$55,221
Maniilaq Association$54,990
Brother Francis of Kodiak$51,420
Hoonah Indian Association$38,395
MatSu Senior Services$35,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $740k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Kids Kupboard: $91k → 10%Maniilaq Association: $55k → 20%Valdez Food Bank: $189k → 7%Emergency Assistance and Food: $20k → 7%Wasilla Area Seniors: $22k → 10%Valdez Food Bank: $11k → 7%Frontline Mission: $15k → 10%Homer Comm Food Pantry: $41k → 11%Lutheran Social Services: $133k → 22%Frontier Mission: $11k → 10%Frontline Mission: $6k → 10%Catholic Social Services: $91k → 10%Cook Inlet Tribal Council: $20k → 10%Nenana Tortella Council on Ag: $35k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 18 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
49

Total granted

$3.8M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+4%

Still filing today

67%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $695k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterReligionPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SA
    SOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $604k · revenue +301%
  • FC
    FAIRBANKS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SERVICE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $417k · revenue +248%
  • US
    UPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $328k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • BC
    Beans Cafe Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue +21%
  • CR
    Copper River Native Association Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $116k · revenue -2%
  • EA
    ECO A CONVENANT ORDER OF EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIANS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
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.

Food & Nutrition
2
Unalaska Senior Citizens

Unalaska senior citizens is committed to providing nutrition, transportation, information and support services that promote the health and well-being of our elders and to assist them in living independently and remaining active, vital…

Human Services
3
Fellowship in Serving Humanity Inc

Emergency relief food distribution in anchorage alaska.

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4
Turning Point Community Services Center Inc

Provide food for those in need living in the clatskanie oregon area.

Community Improvement
5
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
6
Council On Aging & Human Services

Enhancing lives and building communities by providing transportation and nutrition services.

Human Services
7
Mat-Su Health Services Inc

To provide comprehensive mental health and primary care services in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The Organization operates mental health-related clinics and a Primary Health Care Clinic.

Health
8
Yukon-Koyukuk Elder Assisted Living Consortium

Yukon-Koyukuk Elder Assisted Living Consortium (YKEALC), a nonprofit organization, was incorporated in 2004 with the purpose to provide and maintain residential facilities in Galena, Alaska, that are specifically designed to meet the needs…

Housing & Shelter
9
Seattle Indian Center
Human Services
10
Marrulut Eniit Assisted Living Inc % City of Dillingham

To provide assisted living services to elderly native Americans living in Dillingham, Alaska. In 2020, MEAL discontinued operating as an assisted living facility and started leasing its space to Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation (BBAHC)…

Human Services
11
Haines Senior Citizens Center Inc

to provide for the welfare of senior citizens residing in Haines, Alaska

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12
Snohomish Community Food Bank

To provide food and services in a caring and dignified manner to neighbors in need

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nome Community Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kawerak Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 76 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
12/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KENAI PENINSULA FOOD BANK INC: $692,670 · Food & NutritionKENAI PENINSULA FOOD BANK INCSOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANK: $604,062 · Food & NutritionSOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANKFAIRBANKS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SERVICE INC: $417,425 · Food & NutritionFAIRBANKS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SERVICE INCUPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY: $327,585 · Food & NutritionUPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRYDOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC: $79,186 · Food & NutritionMat-Su Food Bank: $78,803 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $690 · Food & NutritionNative Village of Unalakleet: $197,512 · OtherNative Village of UnalakleetARMED SERVICES YMCA OF ALASKA: $160,408 · OtherARMED SERVICES YMCA OF ALASKAHOONAH INDIAN ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · OtherHOONAH INDIAN ASSOCIATIONCopper River Native Association Inc: $116,411 · OtherCopper River Native Association In…ECO A CONVENANT ORDER OF EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIANS: $100,000 · OtherECO A CONVENANT ORDER OF EVANGELIC…CCTHITA: $100,000 · OtherCCTHITACHUGIAK EAGLE RIVER FOOD PANTRY: $89,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $82,130 · OtherManley Village Council: $81,796 · OtherKAWERAK INC: $74,485 · OtherHELPING HANDS FOOD BANK: $68,000 · OtherFive Loaves Food Pantry: $60,000 · Other+40 more: $466,687 · Other+40 moreEmergency Assistance and Food Bank of Valdez: $220,000 · Human ServicesEmergency Assi…LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA: $132,701 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIA…Kids Kupboard: $91,000 · Human ServicesKids KupboardCatholic Social Services: $90,840 · Human ServicesCatholic Socia…Maniilaq Association: $54,990 · Human ServicesManiilaq Assoc…HOMER COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $41,126 · Human ServicesHOMER COMMUNIT…NENANA TORTELLA COUNCIL ON AGING: $35,293 · Human ServicesFRONTLINE MISSION: $31,864 · Human Services+2 more: $42,050 · Human Services+2 moreBETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $603,501 · PhilanthropyBETHEL COMM…Brother Francis Shelter Kodiak: $150,219 · Housing & ShelterBeans Cafe Inc: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterJUNEAU HOUSING FIRST COLLABORATIVE: $29,585 · Housing & ShelterCOOK INLET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterBLOOD N FIRE MINISTRY OF ALASKA: $56,000 · ReligionLove in Action: $6,517 · Religion
Food & Nutrition$2,200,421Other$1,746,929Human Services$739,864Philanthropy$603,501Housing & Shelter$349,804Religion$62,517

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKENAI PENINSULA FOOD BANK INC: $692,670 over 5y, 11% of budgetSOUTHEAST ALASKA FOOD BANK: $604,062 over 5y, 16% of budgetBETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $603,501 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFAIRBANKS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK SERVICE INC: $417,425 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetUPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY: $327,585 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetEmergency Assistance and Food Bank of Valdez: $220,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetBrother Francis Shelter Kodiak: $150,219 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA: $132,701 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetCopper River Native Association Inc: $116,411 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKids Kupboard: $91,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $90,840 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHUGIAK EAGLE RIVER FOOD PANTRY: $89,500 over 1y, 68% of budgetDOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC: $79,186 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMat-Su Food Bank: $78,803 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetKAWERAK INC: $74,485 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD N FIRE MINISTRY OF ALASKA: $56,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetManiilaq Association: $54,990 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMER COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $41,126 over 1y, 14% of budgetNENANA TORTELLA COUNCIL ON AGING: $35,293 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetPALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFRONTLINE MISSION: $31,864 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetJUNEAU HOUSING FIRST COLLABORATIVE: $29,585 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUpper Susitna Seniors Inc: $27,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetNOME COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $26,240 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWasilla Area Seniors Inc: $22,050 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOOK INLET HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCook Inlet Tribal Council: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLove in Action: $6,517 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNINILCHIK SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $690 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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.

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.

The Alaska Community …Rasmuson FoundationValley Hospital Assoc…Richard L and Diane M…The Kroger Co Foundat…Rural Alaska Communit…The Carr Foundation I…Global Credit Union F…Providence Alaska Fou…United Way of Anchora…Mta Foundation IncAlaska Children's Tru…
The Alaska Community FoundationAK65.6× affinity32 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 · 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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Food Bank of Alaska funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Food Bank of Alaska. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's 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
    12report 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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