Alaska · Nonprofit
ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION
ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being JIM AND VICKI JANSEN FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $76k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $161k
What Alaska Search and Rescue Association does
Mission
To provide support to various Alaskan search and rescue organizations through training funds resources to be used during a search and recognition of outstanding search efforts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Funding for large scale trainings and SAR equipment including: several wilderness first responder and wilderness first aid courses to teach SAR personnel wilderness medicine an underwater egress class to allow crash victims to escape from a helicopter in the water 2 firearms safety classes 2 water recovery classes for cadaver dogs and their handlers a remote extrication class for high angle rescues 2 avalanche rescue classes 2 K9 trailing workshops a statewide SAR symposium 2 wilderness area workshop for wilderness rescue dog teams Starlink communications equipment for incident command use during searchs and high angle rescue equipment. Approximatey 130 SAR personnel paricipated in the trainings which teach skills that will benefit hundreds of Alaskans.
$61,613 spent90% of program spendingDispatch mapping and communications software to aid in organizing and implementing large scale searches
$4,052 spent6% of program spendingRecognized the outstanding search and rescue volunteer of the year who was nominated by his peers.
$2,578 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,243.
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 $55k to $93k (+70%).
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 81% · 2018 72% · 2019 77% · 2020 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Jackie Ebert
Board President and Board Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION'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 SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION has grown faster than half of the 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION
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.
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION: 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 SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION?
- ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being JIM AND VICKI JANSEN FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION?
- JIM AND VICKI JANSEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALASKA SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION 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 1 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