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Rural Alaska Community Action Program Foundation at a glance

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Rural Alaska Community Action Program Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$347k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$388kEducation$134kCommunity Improvement$104kYouth Development$56kEnvironment$53kCivil Rights$47kRecreation & Sports$47kReligion$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $271k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Southeast Regional Resource Center$25,000
Alaska Marine Safety Education Association$25,000
Native Village of Venetie Tribal Gov$18,579
OPT - In Kiana$15,000
Tuluksak Native Community IGAP$15,000
Bridges Community Resource Network$15,000
KUUGAQ$15,000
Native Village of Fort Yukon$14,500
Kennicot McCarthy Recreation Alliance$14,000
Sitka Conservation Society$12,100
Renewable Energy Alaska Project$11,000
Chilkoot Indian Association$10,400
Native Village of Port Lions$10,000
Early Learning Coalition$10,000
Native Village of Kluti-Kaah$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Early Learning Coalition: $10k → 7%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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$513k · 14 repeat orgs$860k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
57

Total granted

$513k
$605k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+16%

Still filing today

29%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • DW
    DANCING WITH THE SPIRIT
    3× · 2020–2022 · $193k
  • SR
    SOUTHEAST REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER
    4× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue -5%
  • OI
    OPT IN Kiana
    4× · 2019–2025 · $43k · revenue +372%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $68k
  • A
    ANSEP
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • FA
    FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +117%
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 Historical Publication Association
Education
2
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
3
The Aleut Foundation
Education
4
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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5
Northern Alaska Environmental Center

Since 1971, the northern alaska environmental center has promoted environmental conservation and sustainable resource stewardship in interior and arctic alaska through education and advocacy.

Environment
6
Alaska Sustainability Initiative

To advance solutions that build the resilience and sustainability of Alaska, for its current and future residents and the natural systems upon which they depend.

Animals
7
Arctic Encounter

The mission of the Arctic Encounter Symposium is to convene leaders and experts from every arena to tackle the shared interests and concerns of the United States and the global community as we look north to the last emerging frontierthe…

Environment
8
Katmai Conservancy

Katmai Conservancy supports the preservation of Katmai National Park and Preserve its unique ecosystems scenic character and associated natural and cultural resources by promoting greater public interest appreciation and support through…

Environment
9
Arctic Education Foundation
Education
10
Alaska Native Sisterhood Association

Cultural activities and classes - 20 participants per class - 6 classes

Human Services
11
Southeast Alaska Indiginous Transboundary Commissi

Protecting tribal land and waterways for future generations

Animals
12
Kenai Alive

The mission of Kenai Alive! is to change lifestyle behaviors on the Kenai Peninsula. It is also involved and is taking the lead in developing a Health Prevention Network in Kenai.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Renewable Energy Alaska Project; the most unlike its peers is Robert Aqqaluk Newlin Sr Memorial Trust. 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

32 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. 32 of the 97 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
15/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANCING WITH THE SPIRIT: $193,445 · OtherDANCING WITH THE SPIRITIndividual grant recipient: $67,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipientANSEP: $50,000 · Other+77 more: $723,704 · Other+77 moreFIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE: $40,000 · Community ImprovementALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLANDS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,684 · Community ImprovementALASKA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10,000 · Community ImprovementNATIVE MOVEMENT: $9,950 · Community ImprovementSOUTHEAST REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER: $60,000 · EducationOld Harbor Alliance: $5,000 · EducationALASKA MARINE SAFETY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterALASKA AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER INC: $14,500 · Public Safety & DisasterKennicot McCarthy Recreation Alliance: $14,000 · Public Safety & DisasterOPT IN Kiana: $43,108 · Youth DevelopmentSEE STORIES: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20,641 · Arts & CultureBUNNELL STREET ARTS CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center: $5,835 · Arts & CultureROBERT AQQALUK NEWLIN SR MEMORIAL TRUST: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBEST BEGINNINGS: $19,000 · PhilanthropyBRIDGES COMMUNITY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,034,899Community Improvement$90,634Education$65,000Public Safety & Disaster$53,500Youth Development$53,108Arts & Culture$41,476Philanthropy$34,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHEAST REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOPT IN Kiana: $43,108 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetFIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLANDS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,684 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALASKA MARINE SAFETY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHEALTHY ALASKA NATIVES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20,641 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBEST BEGINNINGS: $19,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetALASKA AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER INC: $14,500 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetKennicot McCarthy Recreation Alliance: $14,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetSITKA CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $12,100 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRAILMARKER MINISTRY: $12,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSEE STORIES: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTundra Womens Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALASKA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSKIKU INC FORMERLY NORDIC JOURNEYS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNATIVE MOVEMENT: $9,950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCopper River Native Association Inc: $6,491 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center: $5,835 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetKAWERAK INC: $5,452 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA COMMUNITY ACTION ON TOXICS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPrince William Sound Science & Technology Institute: $4,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBETHEL BROADCASTING INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANCHOR POINT SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds SOUTHEAST REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OPT IN Kiana ↗
  • Who funds FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ALEUTIAN PRIBILOF ISLANDS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA MARINE SAFETY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY ALASKA NATIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEST BEGINNINGS ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES COMMUNITY RESOURCE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Kennicot McCarthy Recreation Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SITKA CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TRAILMARKER MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds RENEWABLE ENERGY ALASKA PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SEE STORIES ↗

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 …The CIRI FoundationRural Alaska Communit…Alaska Humanities For…First Nations Develop…Seventh Generation Fu…Frances & David Rose …Museums Alaska IncAlaska Conservation F…
The Alaska Community FoundationAK53.4× affinity25 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 · The CIRI Foundation · Rural Alaska Community Action Program · Alaska Humanities Forum · First Nations Development Institute · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Frances & David Rose Foundation · Museums Alaska Inc · Alaska Conservation Foundation

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 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rural Alaska Community Action Program Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rural Alaska Community Action Program Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rural Alaska Community Action Program Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 97 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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