Alaska · Nonprofit
ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION
ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION (Alaska) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,178,398 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($4,083,298). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Anchorage Park Foundation does
Mission
Builds healthy parks and healthy people by mobilizing public support and financial resources for anchorage parks, trails, and recreation opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fiscal sponsorship - Anchorage Park Foundation receives funds and administers grants in support of other organizations for fundraising and community projects within the tax-exempt purposes of the foundation.
$603,485 spentof which $855 as grants35% of program spendingCommunity challenge grants - Anchorage Park Foundation's community challenge grant program supports community-led municipal park and trail improvement projects that benefit the public. This program has two overarching goals: (1) improve anchorage parks, trails and facilities (2) support individuals, neighborhoods, organizations and businesses that value volunteerism and stewardship for public lands.
$508,851 spentof which $152,711 as grants30% of program spendingNeighborhood parks & events: expenditures supported volunteer-driven park and trail improvement events in anchorage and funded the construction of neighborhood playgrounds that enhance public recreation and community spaces.
$142,843 spent8% of program spendingTrails initiative - the anchorage trails initiative is a community coalition that empowers citizens to speak up for walkable, bikeable transportation strategies and investments to increase connectivity, improve health and attract and retain top talent and investment to anchorage. Schools on trails: this program is designed to get students outside by empowering anchorage teachers with tools and training to enhance education through outdoor experiences. Connection to nearby parks, trails, and green spaces ignite an adventurous spirit and encourage a love of learning and introduce students to their closest environment. Youth employment in parks (yep)- yep is a 10-week summer program that hires anchorage teens to complete park improvement projects. Teens learn natural resource management job skills by building trails and restoring stream banks while increasing civic engagement, environmental awareness, and leadership skills. Yep is designed to positively engage a new generation of diverse young leaders as conservation stewards of public lands through meaningful job training, employment and education. Community tree planting: this program is improving the neighborhoods in anchorage by…
$457,739 spent27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,712,918.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.9M to $2.6M (+35%).
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 40% · 2018 20% · 2019 28% · 2020 22% · 2021 28% · 2022 25% · 2023 31% · 2024 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION’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. 3 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.
Board chair
Joelle Hall
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $581k → $1.4M.
9 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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 89% · 2018 82% · 2019 84% · 2020 79% · 2021 73% · 2022 72% · 2023 61% — 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
27% of ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
77% of ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alaska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $546k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.1M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$3.0M
- Department of the Interior$115k
- Department of Commerce$10k
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 ANCHORAGE PARK 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION?
- ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION (Alaska) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,178,398 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($4,083,298). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $6,178,398 in grants to ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION?
- RASMUSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,083,298 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANCHORAGE PARK 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.
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 39 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