Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE
ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,816,662 to it, the largest being CAMPION FOUNDATION ($4,926,191). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Alaska Wilderness League does
Mission
Protect alaska's wild lands and waters by inspiring broad support for federal policy action.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Refuge - the arctic national wildlife refuge has been a primary focus of awl since its founding. Ever since congress voted to open up the arctic refuge coastal plain for oil and gas extraction in 2017, awl's primary goal has been restoring protections while stopping and limiting damage from any and all industrial activity associated with resource development. To secure this goal, awl works with members of congress to secure a wilderness designation and minimize impacts from the 2017 tax act, along with other policies that protect refuge lands for long-term sustainable uses. Awl's work includes educating and mobilizing americans including alaskans in their member and supporter network, while awl also leads likeminded organizations and entities who are also seeking long-term protections for this iconic landscape.
$1,373,806 spentof which $68,916 as grants55% of program spendingNational petroleum reserve alaska (npra) - alaska's western arctic is home to incredible biodiversity, featuring some of the longest migrations left on earth. At the same time, the npra is increasingly the focus of oil and gas companies who seek to extract billions of barrels of oil in the decades to come. After working with the biden administration to better protect this landscape, awl is now focused on keeping those protections in place, along with telling the story of what is at stake if current protections are lost. On top of deploying awl's networks of supporters, awl is also helping to create and lead elevation strategies that increase public awareness about this relatively unknown area of alaska's arctic, while opposing oil and gas projects that would lock the region into oil production through the 2050s and beyond.
$550,859 spentof which $7,197 as grants22% of program spendingArctic defense campaign - awl houses the central staff and serves as the fiscal sponsor for this collaborative campaign effort involving national and state-based conservation groups as well as indigenous organizations based in alaska. This recently expanded collaborative effort is now aimed at protecting both the national petroleum reserve-alaska and the arctic national wildlife refuge from oil extraction threats.
$389,622 spentof which $60,000 as grants16% of program spendingTongass - in southeast alaska, the tongass national forest has already transitioned to a post-clear cut logging economy, but for the past decade, policies of the government have lagged behind. After achieving stronger protections in years past, today awl is focused on protecting the roadless rule's applicability in the forest, and the transition away from large scale, clear cut old growth logging. To achieve this goal, and to keep public lands public in the region, awl works closely with partners both nationally and in alaska to push back against any legislation that would privatize public lands in this forest.rapid defense - defending alaska's public lands requires constant attention. Some threats like drilling the arctic refuge are high profile, and garner public scrutiny that awl will help to support through their long running advocacy efforts described above. However, other threats to the integrity of alaska's public lands are not as obvious, through the legislative process or via administrative action. With awl's policy expertise and office in alaska, awl is well equipped to analyze public land threats statewide, while awl simultaneously works to influence federal decisions…
$179,053 spentof which $2,387 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,493,340.
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 $6.3M to $10M (+62%).
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: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Kristen Miller
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 47 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $2.3M.
17 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 WILDERNESS LEAGUE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 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 WILDERNESS LEAGUE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
25% 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 WILDERNESS LEAGUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 36% · 2019 39% · 2020 25% · 2021 33% · 2022 42% · 2023 21% — 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
48% of ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 WILDERNESS LEAGUE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Alaska Wilderness League Action · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE?
- ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,816,662 to it, the largest being CAMPION FOUNDATION ($4,926,191). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $20,816,662 in grants to ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE?
- CAMPION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,926,191 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 94 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing