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KNOM Radio Mission Inc

KNOM Radio Mission Inc (Alaska) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $287,896 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($67,025). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$288k
Net assets
$2.5M
13/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What KNOM Radio Mission Inc does

Mission

KNOM Radio Mission, Inc. exists to engage with listeners in Western Alaska to embrace the regions culture, empower spiritual growth, and expand opportunity for encountering Christ.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. KNOM's mission is to be a conduit for encountering Christ, empowering growth, and engaging listeners. The work is steeped in mission values: to be a friend and companion who provides respectful service based on Catholic ideals. KNOM's 20,000 listeners live across 100,000 square miles of remote Alaska. Most live in villages from the Bering Sea Coast and eastward toward the Alaskan interior. Radio is a source of faith, news and information. AM/FM Radio's "analog" signal, remains integral to the region's communications, as digital (i.e. web-based) means are often less reliable, especially during an emergency. For those with access, www.knom.org hosts many programs, productions, news, features and more. This site is free from advertising and sponsorships, thanks to the generosity of thousands of private benefactors.

    $995,355 spentof which $261 as grants$1,436,935 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $995,355.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2019 Revenue 130 ($2.0M) Expenses 99 ($1.4M) Net assets 126 ($3.0M)2020 Revenue 112 ($1.7M) Expenses 103 ($1.4M) Net assets 139 ($3.3M)2021 Revenue 105 ($1.6M) Expenses 113 ($1.6M) Net assets 140 ($3.3M)2022 Revenue 98 ($1.5M) Expenses 110 ($1.5M) Net assets 139 ($3.3M)2023 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 108 ($1.5M) Net assets 137 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 85 ($1.3M) Expenses 130 ($1.8M) Net assets 116 ($2.7M)2025 Revenue 117 ($1.8M) Expenses 142 ($1.9M) Net assets 108 ($2.5M)
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Revenue (117)Expenses (142)Net assets (108)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $2.6M to $3.2M (+23%).

$2.6M
$3.2M
$3.5M
$3.5M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$2.9M
$2.7M
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

92% of KNOM Radio Mission Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,735 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$144k
’18
$615k
’19
$294k
’20
$31k
’21
−$20k
’22
$38k
’23
−$508k
’24
−$165k
’25
0.8
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.

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Listed77777677
Joined·+1+0+3+1+1+1+1
No longer listed·1031201
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $66k → $20k.

7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 KNOM Radio Mission Inc’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

KNOM Radio Mission Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

66% 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 KNOM Radio Mission Inc.

23%
largest funder
53%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 98% · 2019 57% · 2020 27% · 2021 46% · 2022 29% · 2023 36% — 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

46% of KNOM Radio Mission Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

KNOM Radio Mission Inc draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Alaska, across 9 states in all.

AK
IL
OR
OH
NJ
CT
CA
LA
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Alaska out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KNOM Radio Mission Inc's revenue grew 17% between 2018 and 2025.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 6%Fundraising 16%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AK

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Questions and answers

Who funds KNOM Radio Mission Inc?
KNOM Radio Mission Inc (Alaska) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $287,896 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($67,025). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KNOM Radio Mission Inc have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $287,896 in grants to KNOM Radio Mission Inc, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KNOM Radio Mission Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $67,025 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KNOM Radio Mission Inc 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 20 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