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Rural Alaska Community Action Program at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· 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 FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$226k
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$788kEducation$630kHousing & Shelter$518kFood & Nutrition$438kHuman Services$379kEnvironment$295kEmployment$145kYouth Development$88kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $381k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $910k
$33,456
Median grant
1
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KETCHIKAN INDIAN COMMUNITY$226,416
ALEUT COMMUNITY OF ST PAUL$125,000
QAWALANGIN TRIBE OF UNALASKA$86,014
COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA$65,765
NEWHALEN TRIBAL COUNCIL$64,859
SUNSHINE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$63,108
RENEWABLE ENERGY ALASKA PROJECT$63,043
CORDOVA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$57,713
ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KWETHLUK$57,357
ALASKA COALITION ON HOUSING$50,776
ISLAND GRAD PROJECT$50,000
NATIVE VILLAGE OF SCAMMON BAY$42,769
NATIVE VILLAGE OF KOTZEBUE$38,821
MANIILAQ ASSOCIATION$38,276
BETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION$37,051
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 (FY24–25, $376k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DENALI PRESCHOOL AND LEARNING CENTER: $95k → 7%DENALI PRESCHOOL AND LEARNING CENTER: $26k → 7%MANIILAQ ASSOCIATION: $58k → 20%KETCHIKAN WELLNESS COALITION: $11k → 9%MANIILAQ ASSOCIATION: $38k → 20%POLYNESIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALASKA: $18k → 10%HILLCREST CHILDRENS CENTER: $130k → 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.
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 22 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
32

Total granted

$2.3M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

68%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $508k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • AN
    ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM
    2× · 2024–2025 · $217k · revenue +18%
  • SC
    Sunshine Community Health Center Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $109k · revenue +9%
  • MA
    Maniilaq Association
    2× · 2024–2025 · $97k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • SS
    SITKA SOUND SCIENCE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $159k · revenue 0%
  • EA
    Eastern Aleutian Tribes
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
  • AC
    ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $145k · revenue +13%
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 Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
2
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
3
Qutekcak Native Tribe

Qutekcak native Tribe was created to promote the unity, self-determination and empowerment on the native population residing in Seward, Alaska and the surrounding areas.

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4
Pediatric Resource Center of Alaska
Human Services
5
Akeela Inc prv known as Akeela Treatment Services

To provide comprehensive behavioral health services including mental health, rehabilitative, clinical and prevention services to Alaskans, through the operation of substance use disorder residential and outpatient treatment programs,…

Health
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 Housing Inititatives Inc

The Organization owns and operates affordable housing untis in Anchorage, Alaska. The units are intended for rental to low-income individuals and families.

Housing & Shelter
8
Seaview Community Services

Administer programs designed to provide services, education, and consultation in the areas of mental health and substance use to the Seward, Alaska area.

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9
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
10
Alaska Community Development Corporation

To assist low income individuals and families with housing and housing improvements in Alaska.

Community Improvement
11
Association of Alaska Housing Authorities

Provide training and information to housing authority employees and representatives throughout the state of alaska.

Housing & Shelter
12
Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web

To operate an engagement center which provides peer support, resources and consumer directed programs to help mental health consumers, homeless persons and those recovering from substance abuse.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alaska Native Justice Center; the most unlike its peers is Big Lake Neighborhood Closet. 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

35 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. 35 of the 63 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
14/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KETCHIKAN INDIAN CORPORATION: $226,416 · OtherKETCHIKAN INDIAN CORPORATIONISLAND GRAD PROJECT: $150,000 · OtherISLAND GRAD PROJECTEastern Aleutian Tribes: $150,000 · OtherEastern Aleutian TribesORGANIZED VILLAGE OF SAXMAN: $132,720 · OtherORGANIZED VILLAGE OF SAXMANANNETTE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT: $125,708 · OtherTribal Government of St Paul Island: $125,000 · OtherCLARKS POINT VILLAGE COUNCIL: $113,392 · OtherQAWALANGIN TRIBAL COUNCIL: $110,062 · OtherNATIVE VILLAGE OF SCAMMON BAY: $108,000 · OtherORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KWETHLUK: $105,497 · OtherVILLAGE OF SOLOMON: $93,000 · OtherTHE BREAD LINE INC: $87,895 · OtherCCS Early Learning: $83,147 · Other+28 more: $864,593 · Other+28 moreALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM: $216,633 · HealthALASKA NATIVE T…ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $145,455 · HealthANCHORAGE COMMU…KACHEMAK BAY FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC: $130,327 · HealthKACHEMAK BAY FA…Sunshine Community Health Center Inc: $108,502 · HealthSunshine Commun…Jamhi Health & Wellness Inc: $65,973 · HealthJamhi Health & …COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $152,099 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUS…HILLCREST CHILDRENS CENTER: $130,007 · Human ServicesHILLCREST CHI…Early Learning Coalition: $120,445 · Human ServicesEarly Learnin…Maniilaq Association: $96,772 · Human ServicesManiilaq Asso…Big Lake Neighborhood Closet: $30,468 · Human ServicesBig Lake Neig…+2 more: $28,374 · Human ServicesAlaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness: $209,000 · Housing & ShelterAlaska Coal…BETHEL WINTER SHELTER LIONS CLUB: $127,523 · Housing & ShelterBETHEL WINT…Brother Francis Shelter Kodiak: $91,011 · Housing & ShelterBrother Fra…MAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING: $36,376 · Housing & ShelterMAT-SU YOUT…SITKA SOUND SCIENCE CENTER INC: $159,032 · EnvironmentRENEWABLE ENERGY ALASKA PROJECT: $96,000 · EnvironmentTYONEK TRIBAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $50,000 · EnvironmentKodiak KINDNESS Project: $80,706 · EducationAlaska Literacy Program Inc: $79,510 · EducationBETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $146,697 · Philanthropy
Other$2,475,430Health$666,890Human Services$558,165Housing & Shelter$463,910Environment$305,032Education$160,216Philanthropy$146,697

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM: $216,633 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness: $209,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetSITKA SOUND SCIENCE CENTER INC: $159,032 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $152,099 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $146,697 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetANCHORAGE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $145,455 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKACHEMAK BAY FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC: $130,327 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetHILLCREST CHILDRENS CENTER: $130,007 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetBETHEL WINTER SHELTER LIONS CLUB: $127,523 over 1y, 25% of budgetEarly Learning Coalition: $120,445 over 2y, 25% of budgetSunshine Community Health Center Inc: $108,502 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetManiilaq Association: $96,772 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRENEWABLE ENERGY ALASKA PROJECT: $96,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBrother Francis Shelter Kodiak: $91,011 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetTHE BREAD LINE INC: $87,895 over 1y, 10% of budgetCCS Early Learning: $83,147 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKodiak KINDNESS Project: $80,706 over 1y, 40% of budgetKAWERAK INC: $80,130 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlaska Literacy Program Inc: $79,510 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCORDOVA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $75,001 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetIdentity Inc: $68,387 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetJamhi Health & Wellness Inc: $65,973 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTYONEK TRIBAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $49,328 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING: $36,376 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBig Lake Neighborhood Closet: $30,468 over 1y, 89% of budgetBUNNELL STREET ARTS CENTER: $29,266 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAlaska Native Justice Center: $24,295 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPolynesian Association of Alaska Inc: $17,840 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetHospice of Homer: $15,780 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetSEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE: $10,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPT IN Kiana: $6,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP IN SERVING HUMANITY INCORPORATED: $5,304 over 1y, 4.9% 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 FoundationAlaska Children's Tru…Alaska Native Tribal …Rural Alaska Communit…Food Bank of AlaskaRichard L and Diane M…Valley Hospital Assoc…First Nations Develop…Alaska Conservation F…Alaska Humanities For…M J Murdock Charitabl…
The Alaska Community FoundationAK78.9× affinity40 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 · 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
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 Rural Alaska Community Action Program funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rural Alaska Community Action Program. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%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
    8report 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 63 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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