How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Alaska?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Alaska, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Flock Inc. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Alaska?

$56M reached 45 community development organizations in Alaska, from 165 funders. 22% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Alaska

Most of it comes from outside Alaska: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$56M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

165 funders gave $56M to 45 community development organizations in Alaska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Alaska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Alaska is Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, at $11M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Native Movement, at $18M.

Largest funders of community development in Alaska

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

1Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$11M 2Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium$3M 3Flock Inc$3M 4Rasmuson Foundation$3M 5Ndn Collective Inc$3M 6Possibility Labs$2M 7First Alaskans Endowment Foundation$2M 8National Philanthropic Trust$1M 9Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$1M 10Freedom Together Foundation$1M

Community development organizations in Alaska that draw the most

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

Native Movement$18M Spruce Root Inc$13M Cook Inlet Lending Center$6M Aleutian Pribilof Islands$5M

35 other community development organizations$3M

Bering Sea Fishermens Association$2M

How to find community development funders in Alaska

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Start with the funders already active in Alaska
The funders giving the most to community development in Alaska are Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Flock Inc. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
78% of community development money in Alaska comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alaska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Alaska?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Alaska, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Flock Inc. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Alaska?: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund gives the most to community development organizations in Alaska, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Alaska?: $56M reached 45 community development organizations in Alaska, from 165 funders. 22% 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.