Alaska · Nonprofit
Alaska Center for the Book
Alaska Center for the Book (Alaska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,300 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $18k
What Alaska Center for the Book does
Mission
ACB, an affiliate of the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress, is a non-profit, all volunteer organization celebrating the richness and diversity of language. We were founded in 1991 to stimulate public interest in literacy through the spoken and written word.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Reading Rendezvous: An annual book fair for children open to the public at no charge held on the grounds or adjacent park of the main public library in Anchorage. This event kicks off the Summer Reading program of the Anchorage Municipal Libraries. There are games, visiting authors, entertainment, prizes and balloons. Approximately 2000* attendees.
$5,441 spentof which $7,350 as grants33% of program spendingNational Bookfest in Washington D.C. An annual event sponsored by the Library of Congress. We send one or two delegates to man the Alaska table. Every state is represented by a table clebrating books and reading specific to their States. Funding provided by the Library of Congress.
$4,140 spentof which $3,859 as grants25% of program spendingAlaska Reads: An Alaskan book/author is chosen to be promoted around the State of Alaska with author visits, readings and workshops. This is a two year program.
$3,964 spent24% of program spendingGreat Reads.Library of Congress Great Reads features a selection of books chosen by expert panels and public nominations, celebrating local culture and heritage from all 50 States and Territories. These titles are part of the annual "Great Reads from Great Places" initiative, which highlights literature that reflects the unique stories of each state.
$1,373 spent8% of program spendingCreative Writing Contest.A statewide open to the public creative writing contest with categories for adults, teens and youth. Small cash awards for top winners.
$800 spent5% of program spendingAlaska Book Week.A week of events every October celebrating Alaska authors and books.
$486 spent3% of program spendingAnnual CLIA Award: An award given to one or more individuals or organizations for Contributions to Literacy in Alaska. Recipient receives a plaque and recognition.
$276 spent2% of program spendingVarious literary programs to promote and support literacy in Alaska including attendance at annual Ak Library Conference, event to celebrate Native Heritage Month, and other events.
$150 spent1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,630.
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 2023 to 2024, from $9k to $17k (+87%).
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 57% · 2018 30% · 2019 32% · 2020 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Alaska Center for the Book’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $800.
From the IRS filings of Alaska Center for the Book’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
Alaska Center for the Book leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of Alaska Center for the Book's grant income comes from Alaska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Alaska Center for the Book runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Alaska Center for the Book
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Alaska Center for the Book: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Alaska Center for the Book?
- Alaska Center for the Book (Alaska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,300 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Alaska Center for the Book have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,300 in grants to Alaska Center for the Book.
- Who is the largest funder of Alaska Center for the Book?
- RASMUSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Alaska Center for the Book 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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