How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Alaska?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Alaska, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rasmuson Foundation, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Alaska?

Corporation for Public Broadcasting gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Alaska, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Alaska?

$55M reached 130 arts and culture organizations in Alaska, from 193 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Alaska.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Alaska · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Alaska

$55M reached 130 arts and culture organizations in Alaska, from 193 funders, with no single one dominating.

$55M

granted

130

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

193 funders gave $55M to 130 arts and culture organizations in Alaska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Alaska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Alaska is Corporation for Public Broadcasting, at $11M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc, at $12M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Alaska

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Alaska, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Corporation for Public Broadcasting$11M 2Rasmuson Foundation$8M 3The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$5M 4Cook Inlet Tribal Council$5M 5The Ford Foundation$3M 6Atwood Foundation Inc$2M 7The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$2M 8The Alaska Community Foundation$2M 9Margaret a Cargill Foundation$1M 10Ocean Conservancy$971k

Arts and culture organizations in Alaska that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

120 other arts and culture organizations$16M

Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc$12M Alaska Public Media Inc$8M Koahnic Broadcast Corporation$5M Alutiiq Heritage Foundation$4M Sealaska Heritage Institute$3M

How to find arts and culture funders in Alaska

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Start with the funders already active in Alaska
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Alaska are Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rasmuson Foundation, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
63% of arts and culture money in Alaska comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alaska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Alaska?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Alaska, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rasmuson Foundation, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Alaska?: Corporation for Public Broadcasting gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Alaska, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Alaska?: $55M reached 130 arts and culture organizations in Alaska, from 193 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Alaska.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.