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 Corporation, New Venture Fund, National Fish and Wildlife 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 Corporation gives the most to environment organizations in Alaska, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Alaska?

$175M reached 174 environment organizations in Alaska, from 495 funders. 21% 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

Environment funding in Alaska is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust leads, and the money reaches 174 groups. Most of it comes from outside Alaska: only 21% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$175M

granted

174

organizations

21%

from in-state

The short version

495 funders gave $175M to 174 environment organizations in Alaska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
21% 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 Corporation, at $20M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust, at $20M.

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 Corporation$20M 2New Venture Fund$8M 3National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$7M 4The Alaska Center Education Fund$7M 5True North Foundation$7M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 7Alaska Conservation Foundation$6M 8National Rural Water Association$5M 9The Alaska Community Foundation$5M 10Rasmuson Foundation$4M

Environment organizations in Alaska that draw the most

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

164 other environment organizations$82M

Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust$20M Native Conservancy$11M Alaska Conservation Foundation$11M The Alaska Center Education Fund$9M Trustees for Alaska$9M The Alaska Center$9M Alaska Community Action on Toxics$8M Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science$6M Sitka Conservation Society$6M Alaska Rural Water Association$5M

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 Corporation, New Venture Fund, National Fish and Wildlife 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
79% 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 Corporation, New Venture Fund, National Fish and Wildlife 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 Corporation gives the most to environment organizations in Alaska, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Alaska?: $175M reached 174 environment organizations in Alaska, from 495 funders. 21% 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.

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Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.