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MEWebber Foundation at a glance

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MEWebber Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$794k
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$132k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$463kEducation$365kHuman Services$322kPhilanthropy$287kAnimals$114kRecreation & Sports$98kEnvironment$95kArts & Culture$85kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $352k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $362k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING$132,000
BEACON HILL$70,000
ALASKA FAMILY COUNCIL$60,000
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$50,000
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$50,000
ALASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE$30,000
ANCHORAGE CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC$27,000
CHRISTIAN HEALTH ASSOCIATES$25,000
SEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE S$20,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$20,000
ACCESS ALASKA INC$20,000
DOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN$15,000
KING OF KINGS LUTHERAN CHURCH$15,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED$15,000
CHALLENGE ALASKA$15,000
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 (FY21–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ANCHORAGE HOSPICE INC: $10k → 10%ANCHORAGE HOSPICE INC: $5k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA INC: $5k → 22%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA INC: $5k → 22%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA INC: $5k → 22%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA INC: $5k → 22%NEW HOPE ON THE LAST FRONTIER: $20k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
CA
CO
NE
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of MEWebber Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

MEWebber Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 29 repeat orgs$192k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
20

Total granted

$1.6M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+14%

Still filing today

86%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • OD
    OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $250k · revenue +60%
  • AA
    ALPINE ALTERNATIVES INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $240k · revenue +32% · 67% of their budget
  • BH
    BEACON HILL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $175k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +40%
  • NH
    New Hope on the Last Frontier
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +14%
  • AZ
    ALASKA ZOO
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +2%
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
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
2
Alaska Childrens Alliance

Dedicated to strengthening the multi-disciplinary response to child abuse. We strive to ensure that professionals throughout Alaska are equipped to do the best job possible at holding offenders accountable and helping children and families…

Crime & Legal
3
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
4
Alaska Hospital & Healthcare Association

The Alaska Hospital & Healthcare Association (AHHA) is a non-profit trade association representing more than 65 hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, and other healthcare partners.Our members are distributed across…

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5
Alaska Trails

Building partnerships, building trails. Working to build trails across the state and build capacity for trail organizations.

Recreation & Sports
6
Anchorage Affordable Housing and

To expand and preserve year-round rental opportunities that are affordable to moderate, low, and very low-income households to foster a welcoming environment for demographically and socio-economically diverse populations in Anchorage, AK.

Housing & Shelter
7
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
8
Alaska Public Interest Research Group

Consumer Advocacy

Public Benefit
9
Alaska Farmers Market Association

to promote, support and advocate for Alaska agriculture

Education
10
Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness

To increase affordable housing and end homelessness in Alaska.

Housing & Shelter
11
Alaska Missions & Retreats

The mission of the Alaska Missions and Retreats is to transform hearts and lives with the hope of Christ Jesus.

Religion
12
Alaska Power Association

Promote and encourage cooperation among Alaska electric utilities and their customers while promoting the operation of electrical plants adequate for the needs of Alaskan consumers.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alaska Children's Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 65 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/57
Grantees still filing
37/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALPINE ALTERNATIVES INC: $240,000 · OtherALPINE ALTERNATIVES INCChallenge Alaska: $40,000 · OtherANCHORAGE RESCUE MISSION: $35,000 · OtherAccess Alaska Inc: $30,000 · OtherALASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $80,000 · OtherALASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGEAnchorage Concert Association Inc: $62,000 · OtherAnchorage Concert Association IncANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherALASKA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $30,000 · OtherCompassion International Incorporated: $45,000 · OtherALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $45,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC: $35,000 · Other+28 more: $200,000 · Other+28 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $283,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED C…+1 more: $3,500 · PhilanthropyOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationOLD DOMINION UN…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSI…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationBEACON HILL: $175,000 · Housing & ShelterBEACON HI…HEARTREACH CENTER INC: $55,000 · HealthCHRISTIAN HEALTH ASSOCIATES: $50,000 · HealthCrisis Pregnancy Center: $35,000 · HealthALASKA CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthSEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCE: $65,000 · AnimalsALASKA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $30,000 · AnimalsALASKA RURAL VETERINARY OUTREACH INC: $12,000 · AnimalsALASKA ZOO: $10,000 · AnimalsALASKA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $10,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF PETS INC: $7,500 · Animals+5 more: $9,000 · AnimalsAlaska Family Council: $71,500 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA: $20,000 · Human ServicesNew Hope on the Last Frontier: $20,000 · Human ServicesANCHORAGE HOSPICE INC: $15,000 · Human Services
Other$882,000Philanthropy$286,500Education$275,000Housing & Shelter$175,000Health$162,500Animals$143,500Human Services$126,500

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $283,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALPINE ALTERNATIVES INC: $240,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetBEACON HILL: $175,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetALASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $80,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAlaska Family Council: $71,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetSEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCE: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAnchorage Concert Association Inc: $62,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHEARTREACH CENTER INC: $55,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN HEALTH ASSOCIATES: $50,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetChallenge Alaska: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCrisis Pregnancy Center: $35,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetDOWNTOWN SOUP KITCHEN INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALASKA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAccess Alaska Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALASKA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAlzheimers Disease Resource Agency of Alaska: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALASKA CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA: $20,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hope on the Last Frontier: $20,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetANCHORAGE HOSPICE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetALASKA RURAL VETERINARY OUTREACH INC: $12,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetSTONE SOUP GROUP: $11,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALASKA ZOO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALASKA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI Alaska: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE HOPE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLeadership Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PETS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetALASKA CHAMBER SINGERS: $6,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnchorage Museum Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANCHOR-AGE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOur Lady of the Rosary Alaska: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNordic Skiing Association of Anchorage: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew Civil Liberties Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOTHAWIRA INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTattered Paws and Golden Hearts Rescue: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Alaska Community Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMusk Ox Development Corporation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - ANCHORAGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANCHORAGE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FoundationRichard L and Diane M…The Carr Foundation I…Atwood Foundation IncValley Hospital Assoc…United Way of Anchora…M J Murdock Charitabl…Anchorage Mayors Char…Frances & David Rose …Providence Alaska Fou…10 Chefs Inc
The Alaska Community FoundationAK75.2× affinity38 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 · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Atwood Foundation Inc · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · United Way of Anchorage · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Anchorage Mayors Charity Ball · Frances & David Rose Foundation · Providence Alaska Foundation · 10 Chefs Inc

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 MEWebber Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from MEWebber Foundation. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 65 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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