Alaska · Public charity
United Way of Anchorage
We unite caring people to give volunteer and take action to remove barriers to opportunities. Thats been our mission since we first started serving Alaska. It guides how we solve our communitys toughest challenges and is why weve been able to improve lives for almost 70 years.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $915k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $36,711
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $148,060
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations United Way of Anchorage funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 21 | $915k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $469k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $811k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $2.0M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $2.0M | 16% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $1.6M | 5% |
| FY2017 | 40 | $2.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Social Services | $908,770 | 8 | 2% |
| Salvation Army Anchorage | $840,707 | 8 | n/a |
| Camp Fire Alaska | $807,680 | 8 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska | $633,348 | 8 | 1% |
| Abused Women's Aid in Crisis Inc | $516,685 | 8 | 2% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $463,163 | 8 | 1% |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $367,771 | 5 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska | $364,482 | 6 | 6% |
| Alaska Literacy Program Inc | $358,970 | 7 | 9% |
| Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center Inc | $353,530 | 8 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Anchorage supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 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: The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · Alaska Children's Trust · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · Providence Alaska Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Anchorage Mayors Charity Ball · Swanson Family Foundation · Global Credit Union Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Anchorage
- How much does United Way of Anchorage give?
- United Way of Anchorage reported 21 itemized grants totaling $914,806, out of $3,631,980 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Anchorage fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Youth Development (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are United Way of Anchorage's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catholic Social Services ($909k), Salvation Army Anchorage ($841k), Camp Fire Alaska ($808k).
- Does United Way of Anchorage fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Anchorage?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, The Carr Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Anchorage based?
- United Way of Anchorage is based in AK.
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