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In Our Backyard

In Our Backyard (Alaska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,000 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($101,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$105k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$106k
Net assets
$449k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What In Our Backyard does

Mission

to provide transitional housing for unhoused seniors over 50 years of age.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. We supported transitional housing for multiple residents in 2025.

    $132,265 spentof which $8,484 as grants$105,431 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $132,265.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 0 ($0) Net assets 0 ($0)2025 Revenue 100 ($105k) Expenses 100 ($132k) Net assets 100 ($449k)
20242025
Revenue (100)Expenses (100)Net assets (100)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$0
$452k
20242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

20242025
Listed35
Joined·+2
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
2

From the IRS filings of In Our Backyard’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

In Our Backyard leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

95% of In Our Backyard's grant income comes from Alaska funders.

AK
MN

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

In Our Backyard holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−25% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve10.4mo · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like In Our Backyard

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

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AK

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for In Our Backyard: 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 In Our Backyard?
In Our Backyard (Alaska) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,000 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($101,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does In Our Backyard have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $106,000 in grants to In Our Backyard.
Who is the largest funder of In Our Backyard?
RASMUSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $101,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like In Our Backyard 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 2 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