Alaska · Nonprofit
ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE
ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE (Alaska) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,839 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($114,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $130k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $130k
- Net assets
- $62k
What Alaska Songbird Institute does
Mission
scientific research and education
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Creamer's Field Migration Station (CFMS) and Tree Swallow Ecology Projects are two long-term avian monitoring programs ton Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Fairbanks, Alaska. In 2024, ASI safely captured and banded 1,640 birds of 32 species on these projects, and monitored 76 nests. These efforts were supported by 2,765 volunteer hours. We offered 74 education programs including K-12 field trips and guided walks for 3,046 individuals. We trained 19 youth and teens who volunteered 1,153 volunteer hours. Tens of thousands more people were reached through social media and digital outreach, and many thousands more Alaskans and visitors were reached via informal presentations in the field, signage on trails, and an interpretive display in the Creamer's Refuge Visitor Center.
$92,151 spentof which $92,151 as grants95% of program spendingCommunity Education & Outreach-Included virtual STEM education projects for K-12 and community audiences. Community birding events and festivals; Produced outreach materials on birds and conservation in Alaska; maintained an educational website; provided resources and answered public inquiries about birds and birding in Alaska.
$4,905 spentof which $4,905 as grants5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $97,056.
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 2020 to 2021, from $51k to $107k (+112%).
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.
92% of ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE’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. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Tricia Blake
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $20k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 funders by total. 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 SONGBIRD INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 98% · 2022 84% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Alaska, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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
ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $169k on record.
- Department of the Interior$94k
- Environmental Protection Agency$75k
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 SONGBIRD INSTITUTE
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
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 SONGBIRD INSTITUTE: 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 SONGBIRD INSTITUTE?
- ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE (Alaska) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $129,839 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($114,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $129,839 in grants to ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $114,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALASKA SONGBIRD INSTITUTE 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 6 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