Alaska · Nonprofit
MUSEUMS ALASKA INC
MUSEUMS ALASKA INC (Alaska) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,118,016 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($2,947,926). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $381k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $145k
What Museums Alaska Inc does
Mission
Museums alaska supports museums and cultural centers in alaska and enhances public understanding of their value.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants to ak museums to acquire art work by alaskan artists and assist with collections management needs; administration of grant program.
$213,683 spentof which $208,440 as grants$213,683 earned by the program63% of program spendingGrants to alaska native artists to support travel and lodging expenses related to visiting ak native collections in museums.
$49,211 spentof which $39,180 as grants$49,211 earned by the program14% of program spendingProfessional development webinars/cohorts/workshops/networking.
$6,900 spentof which $2,700 as grants$7,765 earned by the program2% of program spendingAll other programs
$69,603 spent$30,841 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $339,397.
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.
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 $127k to $213k (+68%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 14% · 2021 1% · 2022 30% · 2023 1% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $420k → $512k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MUSEUMS ALASKA 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
MUSEUMS ALASKA INC 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 95% · 2023 87% — 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
50% of MUSEUMS ALASKA INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
97% of MUSEUMS ALASKA INC's grant income comes from Alaska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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 MUSEUMS ALASKA INC
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 MUSEUMS ALASKA INC: 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 MUSEUMS ALASKA INC?
- MUSEUMS ALASKA INC (Alaska) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,118,016 to it, the largest being RASMUSON FOUNDATION ($2,947,926). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSEUMS ALASKA INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $3,118,016 in grants to MUSEUMS ALASKA INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSEUMS ALASKA INC?
- RASMUSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,947,926 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSEUMS ALASKA 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.
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 8 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