How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Alaska?

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Alaska, currently Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports 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 recreation and sports in Alaska?

$48M reached 261 recreation and sports organizations in Alaska, from 226 funders. 71% 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 · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Alaska

Funders are thin on the ground: 261 recreation and sports organizations share only 226 funders between them.

$48M

granted

261

organizations

71%

from in-state

The short version

226 funders gave $48M to 261 recreation and sports organizations in Alaska across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
71% of that came from funders also based in Alaska; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Alaska is Rasmuson Foundation, at $9M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Anchorage Park Foundation, at $6M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Alaska

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

1Rasmuson Foundation$9M 2Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation$8M 3The Alaska Community Foundation$5M 4Special Olympics Inc$3M 5Parks Education Foundation$2M 6The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust$1M 7M J Murdock Charitable Trust$1M 8Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation$1M 9Juneau Community Foundation$990k 10Midway USA Foundation Inc$960k

Recreation and sports organizations in Alaska that draw the most

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

251 other recreation and sports organizations$21M

Anchorage Park Foundation$6M Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation$5M Alaska Special Olympics DBA Special Olympics Alaska Inc$4M Hatcher Alpine Xperience$3M Challenge Alaska$1M Alaska Sctp Non Profit Corporation Aksctp Yes$1M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Alaska

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Start with the funders already active in Alaska
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Alaska are Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation. A funder already writing recreation and sports checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the recreation and sports 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
29% of recreation and sports money in Alaska comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Alaska.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Alaska?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Alaska, currently Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Alaska from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Alaska?: Rasmuson Foundation gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Alaska, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Alaska?: $48M reached 261 recreation and sports organizations in Alaska, from 226 funders. 71% 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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The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

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.