Alaska · Public charity
Spruce Root Inc
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- $908k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $659k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $47,347
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $134,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $39M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Spruce Root Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k 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 | 11 | $617k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $891k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $352k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $355k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $364k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitka Conservation Society | $517,753 | 5 | 8% |
| Ecotrust | $177,080 | 3 | 1% |
| Renewable Energy Alaska Project | $144,000 | 4 | 4% |
| AWARE Inc | $95,347 | 2 | 1% |
| The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe Nonprofit | $93,250 | 2 | 82% |
| Organized Village of Kake | $76,540 | 2 | n/a |
| Shaan Seet | $60,701 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center | $42,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Craig Tribal Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitka Conservation Society | $517,753 | 5 | 8% |
| Ecotrust | $177,080 | 3 | 1% |
| Renewable Energy Alaska Project | $144,000 | 4 | 4% |
| AWARE Inc | $95,347 | 2 | 1% |
| The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe Nonprofit | $93,250 | 2 | 82% |
| Organized Village of Kake | $76,540 | 2 | n/a |
| Shaan Seet | $60,701 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center | $42,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Craig Tribal Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Southeast Conference | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Spruce Root Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: Rasmuson Foundation · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · The Alaska Community Foundation · Alaska Conservation Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Spruce Root Inc
- How much does Spruce Root Inc give?
- Spruce Root Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $658,529, out of $907,991 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Spruce Root Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (69%), Community Improvement (8%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Spruce Root Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Sitka Conservation Society ($518k), Ecotrust ($177k), Renewable Energy Alaska Project ($144k).
- Does Spruce Root Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spruce Root Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc, The Alaska Community Foundation.
- Where is Spruce Root Inc based?
- Spruce Root Inc is based in AK.
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