Alaska · Nonprofit
ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION
ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION (Alaska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,300 to it, the largest being NATIVE MOVEMENT ($15,300). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $6
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $244k
What Alaska Native Arts Foundation does
Mission
To promote and celebrate the uniqueness of alaska native arts and heritage. Improve the economic well being of alaska native artists; invigorate education and training of the next generation of alaska native artists; increase awareness of alaska native cultures.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
To promote and celebrate the uniqueness of alaska native arts and heritage. Improve the economic well being of alaska native artists; invigorate education and training of the next generation of alaska native artists; increase awareness of alaska native cultures and create opportunities to inform about the diverse cultural expressions of alaska's indigenous peoples, and stimulate demand for and help establish fair market pricing for works of art by alaska native people.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION’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 NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
56% 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 ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION.
“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 NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alaska funders.
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 NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,741 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Government funding ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $325k on record.
- Small Business Administration$295k
- Denali Commission$30k
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 ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION: 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 NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION?
- ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION (Alaska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,300 to it, the largest being NATIVE MOVEMENT ($15,300). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $27,300 in grants to ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION?
- NATIVE MOVEMENT is the largest funder on record, with $15,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALASKA NATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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