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Juneau Economic Development Council

Juneau Economic Development Council (Alaska) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,575,500 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($2,500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.5M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$2.6M
Net assets
$5.0M
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What Juneau Economic Development Council does

Mission

To promote economic development in southeast Alaska.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Talent (workforce development) is focused on k12 education programming, primarily focused on extracurricular stem enrichment programming including the first robotics competition, summer science camp, afterschool stem handson workshops and activities, teacher professional development focused on engineering curriculum but also through facilitation of school based junior achievement programs

    $1,002,949 spentof which $107,363 as grants$90,610 earned by the program
    49% of program spending
  2. Developing regional industries includes implementation of local and regional industry cluster based initiatives that enhance the competitiveness of and develop opportunities for growth within the following mature and emerging industry sectors: visitor products; ocean products; renewable energy; research & development; mining supply; maritime; and the arts. Each cluster has developed a set of initiatives which range from public policy development to entrepreneurial support to community events such as the juneau maritime festival and demonstration project such as installation of electric vehicle charging stations.

    $452,061 spentof which $5,031 as grants$29,448 earned by the program
    22% of program spending
  3. Other programs include support for small business and entrepreneurship and delivery of core economic development.

    $336,862 spent$34,365 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  4. Support for juneau as a great city includes the choose juneau campaign which provides local community, economic, cultural and other information useful for employee recruitment and for others moving to juneau. This program provides administrative and financial management support for the juneau downtown business association.

    $241,439 spent$138,718 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,033,311.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($974k) Expenses 100 ($945k) Net assets 100 ($188k)2018 Revenue 104 ($1.0M) Expenses 106 ($1.0M) Net assets 103 ($193k)2019 Revenue 246 ($2.4M) Expenses 109 ($1.0M) Net assets 832 ($1.6M)2020 Revenue 133 ($1.3M) Expenses 138 ($1.3M) Net assets 832 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 2023 ($20M) Expenses 1835 ($17M) Net assets 2295 ($4.3M)2022 Revenue 260 ($2.5M) Expenses 208 ($2.0M) Net assets 2347 ($4.4M)2023 Revenue 218 ($2.1M) Expenses 206 ($1.9M) Net assets 2604 ($4.9M)2024 Revenue 1373 ($13M) Expenses 1434 ($14M) Net assets 2759 ($5.2M)2025 Revenue 257 ($2.5M) Expenses 278 ($2.6M) Net assets 2668 ($5.0M)
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Revenue (257)Expenses (278)Net assets (2668)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $7.4M to $15M (+104%).

$2.1M
$2.1M
$2.0M
$8.5M
$7.4M
$15M
$8.4M
$7.9M
$7.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 43% · 2018 34% · 2019 74% · 2020 57% · 2021 81% · 2022 21% · 2023 22% · 2024 92% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$29k
’17
$5k
’18
$1.4M
’19
−$669
’20
$2.4M
’21
$563k
’22
$179k
’23
−$182k
’24
−$128k
’25
8.7
months of
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

Garrett Shoenberger

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $810k.

Funder
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'20
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
2
2

From the IRS filings of Juneau Economic Development Council’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

Juneau Economic Development Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.

“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

Juneau Economic Development Council draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Alaska, across 2 states in all.

AK
MN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’20
’22
’23
Alaska out of state home

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

Government funding Juneau Economic Development Council receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $990k on record.

Federal$990k
grants $990kcontracts $0
22
23
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$990k

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 Juneau Economic Development Council

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Alaska Development Corporation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Juneau Economic Development Council?
Juneau Economic Development Council (Alaska) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,575,500 to it, the largest being MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION ($2,500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Juneau Economic Development Council have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,575,500 in grants to Juneau Economic Development Council, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Juneau Economic Development Council?
MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Juneau Economic Development Council 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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