Alaska · Nonprofit
BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP
BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP (Alaska) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,126,787 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($549,287). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $485k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $346k
What Bering Sea Elders Group does
Mission
Bseg's mission is to speak and work together as one voice to protect and respect our traditional ways of life, the ocean web of life that supports the resources we rely on, and our children's future. As elders, we are messengers to our children, our tribal councils, and the people who make decisions that affect our marine resources, ecosystem, and ways of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Gbmf 4: with support from the gordon and betty moore foundation (gbmf), the Bering Sea Elders Group (bseg) has refined its strategic plan, identified lear policy targets, and is well-positioned to represent tribal voices for the long term in safeguarding the northern bering sea from fishing,shipping and offshore development. Also, the northern bering sea climate resilience area tribal advisory council remains a powerful constituency for protecting 291,000 km2 of the northern bering sea by developing a new strategic plan to achieve durable protections for the area and engaging federal and state decision-makers.
$172,691 spentof which $50,000 as grants37% of program spendingGbmf 1 and gbmf 2. With support from the gordon and betty moore foundation (gbmf), the Bering Sea Elders Group (bseg) incorporated as a 501(c)3 organization and became well-positioned for representing tribal voices for the long-term protection of the northern bering sea. Also, bseg advocated for the north pacific fishery management council (npfmc) to better protect bering sea food webs and habitats from ecosystem-scale overfishing.
$97,804 spent21% of program spendingPew: with support from the pew charitable trusts, the Bering Sea Elders Group (bseg) addressed priorities included in the organizations approved strategic plan. These goals include: 1. Increasing natural resources protection advocacy; 2. Strengthening co-management initiatives; 3. Leveraging our partnerships for greater impact; and 4. Reinforcing our sustainability.
$56,258 spent12% of program spendingGbmf 3: with support from the gordon and betty moore foundation (gbmf), the northern bering sea climate resilience area (nbscra) federal task force and bering intergovernmental tribal advisory council (bitac) co-produced a salmon resilience plan. The intent was to protect 291,000-km2 area from bottom trawling and other fishing, shipping and offshore development impacts, as well as assist the bitac secure multi-year federal funding. Fndi: with support from the first nations development institute (fndi), the Bering Sea Elders Group (bseg) prioritized goals included in its fund development plan (ex. Reinforce sustainability), implemented various components of its communications plan, and continued to support in-person convenings of elder representatives that aimed to further natural resource protection. Nap: with support from the native americans in philanthropy (nap), the northern bering sea climate resilience area (nbscra) coalition provided a variety of assistance to the bering intergovernmental tribal advisory council (bitac). Assistance was provided in following areas (examples): consulting assistance in the development of a salmon resilience plan; identifying governance model…
$135,070 spent29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $461,823.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $636k to $731k (+15%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Jerry Ivanoff
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP’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
BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
39% 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 BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP.
“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
BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alaska, across 3 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k 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.
Organizations like BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP: 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 BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP?
- BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP (Alaska) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,126,787 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($549,287). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,126,787 in grants to BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP?
- GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $549,287 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERING SEA ELDERS GROUP 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 7 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