Alaska · Nonprofit
Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission
Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (Alaska) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,203,810 to it, the largest being WINDWARD FUND ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $321k
What Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission does
Mission
The core purpose of AITRC is "traditional resource stewardship." The core values are "survival; protect and enhance subsistence resources; and partnerships." The vision statement is "our way of life and cultural tradition is unified and strong. We are competent and responsible stewards of our resources." The mission statement is "with self-determination we will conserve, develop and use our resources for the maximum sustained benefit of our people."
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In the tax year the Critical Minerals Utilization program was added.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Tribal Wildlife Management Demonstration Project - Implementation of the MOA with the Secretary of the Interior for a tribal wildlife management demonstration project in the Ahtna Traditional Use Territory in central Alaska.
$809,381 spent$17,889 earned by the program40% of program spendingAhtna Cultural Research Documenting traditional ecological knowledge of snow and ice conditions and of caribou herds in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve as well as documenting an ethnographic overview and assessment of Ahtna Athabascan connections to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
$237,644 spent12% of program spendingCommunity Wildlife and Habitat Enhancement - Landscape planning for habitat for moose and caribou. Implementation of prioritized projects to improve productivity of moose and caribou habitat in the Ahtna Traditional Use Territory.
$215,006 spent11% of program spendingCritical Minerals Utilization Identify and prioritize abandoned mines and material sites on ANSCA lands within the Ahtna Territory. Analyze and understand the historic backgrounds of critical metals in the environment.
$189,893 spent9% of program spendingTribal Stewardship Planning Development of tribal stewardship plans and documents for Ahtna Villages to insure sustainable management of land, water and traditional food sources for the indigenous people of the Ahtna traditional use territory.
$184,690 spent9% of program spendingMigratory Bird Treaty - Management of the Migratory Bird Treaty Co-Management Council for the Ahtna region.
$139,001 spent7% of program spendingCommunity Infrastructure - Providing needed equipment and technical assistance for community infrastructure projects such as fuel breaks and other community infrastructure.
$131,960 spent7% of program spendingFisheries Management Fisheries monitoring and general management within the Ahtna Region watersheds. This includes close coordination and cooperation with State and Federal agencies to help plan, monitor, restore, enhance, and manage fisheries resources from a traditional and subsistence use approach.
$84,474 spent4% of program spendingTribal Agriculture Program Outreach - Capacity building and program outreach to tribal and historically underserved farmers and ranchers including Alaska Native Corporation land owners and Native Allotment land owners. This implements the MOA between AITRC/CRITR and the Secretary of Agriculture to promote a regional Tribal Conservation District in the Ahtna Traditional Use Territory.
$13,788 spent1% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,005,837.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.4M to $832k (−41%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 97% · 2018 97% · 2019 92% · 2020 89% · 2021 88% · 2022 89% · 2023 95% · 2024 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Anne Thomas
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $100k → $218k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 82% · 2020 100% · 2021 74% · 2022 70% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Alaska, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $494k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission is better cushioned than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.3M on record.
- Department of the Interior$2.9M
- Department of Commerce$1.2M
- Department of Health and Human Services$599k
- Environmental Protection Agency$501k
- Denali Commission$56k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alaska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission?
- Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (Alaska) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,203,810 to it, the largest being WINDWARD FUND ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,203,810 in grants to Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission?
- WINDWARD FUND is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alaska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing