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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Alaska, currently The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit, Rasmuson Foundation, True North Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Alaska?

The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit gives the most to environment organizations in Alaska, $19M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Alaska?

$70M reached 76 environment organizations in Alaska, from 276 funders. 18% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Alaska

Most of it comes from outside Alaska: only 18% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$70M

granted

organizations

18%

from in-state

The short version

276 funders gave $70M to 76 environment organizations in Alaska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
18% of that came from funders also based in Alaska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Alaska is The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit, at $19M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust, at $19M.

Largest funders of environment in Alaska

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

1The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit$19M 2Rasmuson Foundation$5M 3True North Foundation$3M 4Ndn Collective Inc$2M 5National Rural Water Association$2M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 7The Alaska Center Education Fund$2M 8Novo Foundation$1M 9Alaska Conservation Foundation$1M 10Valley Hospital Association Inc$1M

Environment organizations in Alaska that draw the most

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

66 other environment organizations$20M

Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust$19M Native Conservancy$7M Alaska Conservation Foundation$5M Anchorage Park Foundation$3M Trustees for Alaska$3M Sitka Conservation Society$2M Alaska Rural Water Association$2M

How to find environment funders in Alaska

1
Start with the funders already active in Alaska
The funders giving the most to environment in Alaska are The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit, Rasmuson Foundation, True North Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
82% of environment money in Alaska comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alaska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Alaska?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Alaska, currently The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit, Rasmuson Foundation, True North Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Alaska?: The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit gives the most to environment organizations in Alaska, $19M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Alaska?: $70M reached 76 environment organizations in Alaska, from 276 funders. 18% 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.