Alaska · Public charity
Kawerak Inc
Promote the social and economic welfare of members of iras and traditional councils
- $21M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $18M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $195,226
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,968,481
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $97M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Kawerak Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 | 27 | $18M | 26% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $4.1M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $3.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.5M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $1.8M | 5% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $3.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stebbins Community Association | $5,992,567 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Koyuk | $3,814,742 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of St Michael | $3,072,420 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Savoonga | $2,397,092 | 8 | n/a |
| King Island Native Community | $1,865,112 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Brevig Mission | $1,765,344 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Elim | $1,579,566 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of White Mountain | $1,486,987 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Shaktoolik | $1,398,674 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village Wales | $1,386,170 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stebbins Community Association | $5,992,567 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Koyuk | $3,814,742 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of St Michael | $3,072,420 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Savoonga | $2,397,092 | 8 | n/a |
| King Island Native Community | $1,865,112 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Brevig Mission | $1,765,344 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Elim | $1,579,566 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of White Mountain | $1,486,987 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Shaktoolik | $1,398,674 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village Wales | $1,386,170 | 8 | n/a |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc | $1,347,900 | 1 | 12% |
| Native Village of Diomede | $1,310,863 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Mary's Igloo | $1,248,413 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Teller | $1,166,463 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Council | $1,020,410 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Gambell | $1,016,158 | 8 | n/a |
| Chinik Eskimo Community | $943,101 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Shishmaref | $889,534 | 8 | n/a |
| Native Village of Unalakleet | $576,987 | 8 | n/a |
| Quintillion Subsea Operations LLC | $496,776 | 1 | n/a |
| Bering Strait School District | $370,464 | 7 | n/a |
| Bering Straits Foundation | $170,617 | 5 | 10% |
| Nudlaghi Leadership Institute | $39,228 | 1 | 4% |
| Bering Straits Native Corp | $33,536 | 1 | n/a |
| Nome Public Schools | $24,793 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Nome | $21,060 | 2 | n/a |
| Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council | $19,530 | 1 | n/a |
| Nome Community Center Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nome Eskimo Community | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Federation of Natives | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Alaskans Institute | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($450), not named here.
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: Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Norton Sound Health Corporation · Rasmuson Foundation · Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium · First Alaskans Institute · Alaska Children's Trust · First Nations Development Institute · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kawerak Inc
- How much does Kawerak Inc give?
- Kawerak Inc reported 29 itemized grants totaling $17,727,823, out of $21,033,658 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kawerak Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (87%), Human Services (4%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Kawerak Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Stebbins Community Association ($6.0M), Native Village of Koyuk ($3.8M), Native Village of St Michael ($3.1M).
- Does Kawerak Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kawerak Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, The Alaska Community Foundation, Norton Sound Health Corporation.
- Where is Kawerak Inc based?
- Kawerak Inc is based in AK.
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