Alaska · Public charity
Sealaska Heritage Institute
To protect, perpetuate, and enhance the cultural, social, political and economic traditions for the tlingit, haida and tsimshian tribes of southeast alaska natives. The institute encourages and promotes the preservation and maintenance of their traditional culture, tribal organization, and lifestyle for the benefit of their youth and…
- $4.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $107,421
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,400,839
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $60M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Sealaska Heritage Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k 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 | 10 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $3.5M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.9M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $996k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $376k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juneau School District | $5,063,777 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Alaska | $3,627,076 | 7 | n/a |
| Southeast Regional Resource Center | $2,270,488 | 6 | 8% |
| Sitka School District | $1,016,404 | 7 | n/a |
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska | $460,359 | 3 | n/a |
| Klawock City School District | $285,117 | 6 | n/a |
| Ketchikan Indian Corporation | $252,362 | 2 | n/a |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough School | $95,513 | 4 | n/a |
| Huna Heritage Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Craig City School District | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juneau School District | $5,063,777 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Alaska | $3,627,076 | 7 | n/a |
| Southeast Regional Resource Center | $2,270,488 | 6 | 8% |
| Sitka School District | $1,016,404 | 7 | n/a |
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska | $460,359 | 3 | n/a |
| Klawock City School District | $285,117 | 6 | n/a |
| Ketchikan Indian Corporation | $252,362 | 2 | n/a |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough School | $95,513 | 4 | n/a |
| Huna Heritage Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Craig City School District | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Evergreen Elementary | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chatham School District | $28,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Annette Island School District | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Petersburg City School District | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hydaburg School District | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kootznoowoo Inc | $15,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Ccthita | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spruce Root Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hoonah City School District | $12,295 | 1 | n/a |
| Organized Village of Kake | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yakutat School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Hydaburg Cooperative Association | $5,450 | 1 | n/a |
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: Association of Alaska School Boards · The Alaska Community Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · Rasmuson Foundation · Alaska Conservation Foundation · New Venture Fund · Juneau Community Foundation · Alaska Children's Trust · Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium · Seattle Children's Hospital · National Forest Foundation
How this is measured
About Sealaska Heritage Institute
- How much does Sealaska Heritage Institute give?
- Sealaska Heritage Institute reported 12 itemized grants totaling $3,463,498, out of $4,769,384 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sealaska Heritage Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (89%), Arts & Culture (5%), Civil Rights (3%).
- Who are Sealaska Heritage Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Juneau School District ($5.1M), University of Alaska ($3.6M), Southeast Regional Resource Center ($2.3M).
- Does Sealaska Heritage Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sealaska Heritage Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Association of Alaska School Boards, The Alaska Community Foundation, First Nations Development Institute.
- Where is Sealaska Heritage Institute based?
- Sealaska Heritage Institute is based in AK.
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