Alaska · Public charity
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science
The alaska sealife center generates and shares scientific knowledge to promote understanding and stewardship of alaska's marine ecosystems.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $299,741
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $580,255
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $36M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.7M | 71% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $36k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $191k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $221k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $512k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $124k | 0% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alaska | $1,212,235 | 8 | n/a |
| Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies | $1,053,579 | 2 | 30% |
| Regents of the University of California | $728,080 | 3 | n/a |
| Chugach Regional Resources Commission | $649,241 | 3 | 6% |
| Alutiiq Heritage Foundation | $559,514 | 2 | 18% |
| Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute | $322,549 | 2 | 4% |
| University of Washington | $52,169 | 1 | n/a |
| North Coast Research LLC | $38,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Marine Science Association LLC Dba Wildlife Technology Frontiers | $35,872 | 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.
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How this is measured
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About Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science
- How much does Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science give?
- Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science reported 6 itemized grants totaling $1,383,225, out of $1,663,672 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Science & Tech (24%), Animals (23%).
- Who are Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Alaska ($1.2M), Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies ($1.1M), Regents of the University of California ($728k).
- Does Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alaska Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science based?
- Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science is based in AK.
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