Alaska · Nonprofit
Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Cold Climate Housing Research Center (Alaska) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,586 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($348,296). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $450k
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Cold Climate Housing Research Center does
Mission
Advancing building science solutions for healthy and resilient homes in cold climates.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The four research homes were reclaimed by UAF, and this activity has been replaced by the Cold Climate Housing Education program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The four research homes were reclaimed by UAF, and this activity has been replaced by the Cold Climate Housing Education program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Building science research and cold climate housing education: conduct research on energy efficiency, cold climate building techniques and resilient housing designs as well as provide education to general public and industry professionals about cold climate building techniques and energy efficiency.
$637,799 spent$455,443 earned by the program59% of program spendingResearch test facility is maintained to support cold climate housing research and is rented to contract partner national laboratory of the rockies through alliance for energy innovation and a second partner contractor.
$449,345 spent41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,087,144.
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 $6.3M to $6.7M (+6%).
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 68% · 2018 59% · 2019 61% · 2020 44% · 2021 58% · 2022 61% · 2023 47% · 2024 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of Cold Climate Housing Research Center’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Griffin Hagle-Forster
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $21k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Cold Climate Housing Research Center’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
Cold Climate Housing Research Center leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 97% · 2018 95% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 58% — 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
91% of Cold Climate Housing Research Center's grant income comes from Alaska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Cold Climate Housing Research Center is better cushioned than half of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Cold Climate Housing Research Center receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
- Department of Energy$376k
- Department of Agriculture$335k
- Denali Commission$284k
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 Cold Climate Housing Research Center
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 Cold Climate Housing Research Center: 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 Cold Climate Housing Research Center?
- Cold Climate Housing Research Center (Alaska) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $449,586 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($348,296). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cold Climate Housing Research Center have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $449,586 in grants to Cold Climate Housing Research Center, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cold Climate Housing Research Center?
- RASMUSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $348,296 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cold Climate Housing Research Center 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing