How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Alaska?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Alaska, currently Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Alaska?

Rasmuson Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Alaska, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Alaska?

$43M reached 103 education organizations in Alaska, from 181 funders. 60% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Alaska

$43M reached 103 education organizations in Alaska, from 181 funders, with no single one dominating.

$43M

granted

103

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

181 funders gave $43M to 103 education organizations in Alaska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% of that came from funders also based in Alaska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Alaska is Rasmuson Foundation, at $6M.
The education organization drawing the most is University of Alaska Foundation, at $14M.

Largest funders of education in Alaska

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

1Rasmuson Foundation$6M 2Valley Hospital Association Inc$5M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 4Child Care Connection Inc$3M 5Alaska Pacific University Foundation$1M 6Sealaska Heritage Institute$1M 7The Alaska Community Foundation$1M 8Bill Stroecker Foundation$1M 9Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$1M 10Physician Assistants in Orthopaedic$1M

Education organizations in Alaska that draw the most

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

University of Alaska Foundation$14M

93 other education organizations$12M

Alaska Pacific University$4M Links Mat-Su Parent Resource$3M Outer Coast$1M Paos Foundation$1M

How to find education funders in Alaska

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Start with the funders already active in Alaska
The funders giving the most to education in Alaska are Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
40% of education money in Alaska comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alaska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Alaska?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Alaska, currently Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Alaska?: Rasmuson Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Alaska, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Alaska?: $43M reached 103 education organizations in Alaska, from 181 funders. 60% 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.