Alaska · Public charity
Rural Alaska Community Action Program
To empower low-income alaskans through advocacy, education, affordable housing and direct services that respect our unique values and cultures.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 98%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,456
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $226,416
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 48
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $48M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 98% of the organizations Rural Alaska Community Action Program funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $1.3M | 29% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $3.4M | 98% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketchikan Indian Corporation | $226,416 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | $216,633 | 2 | 0% |
| Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness | $209,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Sitka Sound Science Center Inc | $159,032 | 1 | 3% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $152,099 | 2 | 1% |
| Island Grad Project | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eastern Aleutian Tribes | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Community Services Foundation | $146,697 | 2 | 5% |
| Anchorage Community Mental Health Services Inc | $145,455 | 1 | 0% |
| Organized Village of Saxman | $132,720 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 63 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketchikan Indian Corporation | $226,416 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | $216,633 | 2 | 0% |
| Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness | $209,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Sitka Sound Science Center Inc | $159,032 | 1 | 3% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $152,099 | 2 | 1% |
| Island Grad Project | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eastern Aleutian Tribes | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Community Services Foundation | $146,697 | 2 | 5% |
| Anchorage Community Mental Health Services Inc | $145,455 | 1 | 0% |
| Organized Village of Saxman | $132,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic | $130,327 | 1 | 10% |
| Hillcrest Childrens Center | $130,007 | 1 | 8% |
| Bethel Winter Shelter Lions Club | $127,523 | 1 | 25% |
| Annette Island School District | $125,708 | 1 | n/a |
| Tribal Government of St Paul Island | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Early Learning Coalition | $120,445 | 2 | 25% |
| Clarks Point Village Council | $113,392 | 2 | n/a |
| Qawalangin Tribal Council | $110,062 | 2 | n/a |
| Sunshine Community Health Center Inc | $108,502 | 2 | 0% |
| Native Village of Scammon Bay | $108,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Organized Village of Kwethluk | $105,497 | 2 | n/a |
| Maniilaq Association | $96,772 | 2 | 0% |
| Renewable Energy Alaska Project | $96,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Village of Solomon | $93,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brother Francis Shelter Kodiak | $91,011 | 2 | 6% |
| The Bread Line Inc | $87,895 | 1 | 10% |
| CCS Early Learning | $83,147 | 2 | 1% |
| Kodiak KINDNESS Project | $80,706 | 1 | 40% |
| Kawerak Inc | $80,130 | 2 | 0% |
| Alaska Literacy Program Inc | $79,510 | 1 | 4% |
| Cordova Family Resource Center | $75,001 | 2 | 8% |
| Native Village of Kanatak | $72,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Identity Inc | $68,387 | 1 | 3% |
| Jamhi Health & Wellness Inc | $65,973 | 2 | 0% |
| Newhalen Tribal Council | $64,859 | 1 | n/a |
| Kipnuk Traditional Council | $62,608 | 2 | n/a |
| Louden Tribal Council | $58,854 | 2 | n/a |
| Tyonek Tribal Conservation District | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Palmer Senior Citizens Center Inc | $49,328 | 1 | 2% |
| Native Village of Kotzebue | $38,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Mat-Su Youth Housing | $36,376 | 1 | 1% |
| West Anchorage High School | $35,194 | 1 | n/a |
| Pitkas Point Traditional Council | $31,779 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Lake Neighborhood Closet | $30,468 | 1 | 89% |
| Bunnell Street Arts Center | $29,266 | 2 | 3% |
| King Island Native Community | $25,505 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Native Justice Center | $24,295 | 1 | 0% |
| Lime Village Traditional Council | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Polynesian Association of Alaska Inc | $17,840 | 1 | 7% |
| False Pass Tribal Council | $16,992 | 1 | n/a |
| Native Village of Mary's Igloo | $16,759 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of Homer | $15,780 | 1 | 4% |
| Huslia Tribal Council | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sealaska Heritage Institute | $10,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Ketchikan Wellness Coalition | $10,534 | 1 | n/a |
| Ccthita | $9,438 | 1 | n/a |
| Ruby Tribal Council | $8,795 | 1 | n/a |
| Tetlin Village Council | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kake Tribal Heritage Foundation | $6,894 | 1 | n/a |
| OPT IN Kiana | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Native Village of Unalakleet | $5,905 | 1 | n/a |
| Nulato Tribal Council | $5,649 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship in Serving Humanity Incorporated | $5,304 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
Rural Alaska Community Action Program supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Alaska Children's Trust · Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium · Rural Alaska Community Action Program Foundation · Food Bank of Alaska · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · Alaska Conservation Foundation · Alaska Humanities Forum · M J Murdock Charitable Trust
How this is measured
Compare Rural Alaska Community Action Program with peer funders
About Rural Alaska Community Action Program
- How much does Rural Alaska Community Action Program give?
- Rural Alaska Community Action Program reported 31 grants totaling $1,339,423 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 48 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Rural Alaska Community Action Program fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Education (18%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are Rural Alaska Community Action Program's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Ketchikan Indian Corporation ($226k), Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium ($217k), Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness ($209k).
- Does Rural Alaska Community Action Program fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rural Alaska Community Action Program?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Alaska Children's Trust.
- Where is Rural Alaska Community Action Program based?
- Rural Alaska Community Action Program is based in AK.
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