Alaska · Nonprofit
Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage
Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage (Alaska) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $787,859 to it, the largest being The Alaska Community Foundation ($322,151). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $788k
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage does
Mission
Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage (NSAA) is dedicated to promoting all forms of Nordic skiing as a healthy form of individual and family activity. NSAA's primary activity is to build, groom and maintain over 140 kilometers of spectacular world class trails in Anchorage. Since the 1960's, NSAA has been introducing Alaskans to cross country skiing and developing youth athletes through learn-to-ski programs, biathlon, Nordic ski jumping, and back-country tours. Each winter, NSAA hosts dozens of local and national-level ski competitions and community events for skiers of all ages and abilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nordic Competition consists of well-run events and races that NSAA hosts. Our Tour of Anchorage is the most popular, offering a 25K, 40K and 50K groomed course throughout Anchorage's trail system. It also includes the Anchorage Cup which is a series of races throughout the season that differs in distances and courses but challenges participants in both classic and skate disciplines. Other races in this grouping include: middle and high school races that NSAA officiates and grooms, as well as the SKAN24, a 24 hour race offered in the spring that challenges individuals and teams in a different way than other races.
$554,299 spentof which $5,435 as grants$559,524 earned by the program40% of program spendingDevelopmental Nordic Skiing includes NSAA ski school opportunities for all ages at all levels including junior Nordic program, adult lessons, biathlon and ski jumping. Promoting all forms of Nordic skiing as a healthy form of individual and family activity is our primary mission. NSAA achieves this with high quality coaches, well organized program and a huge volunteer component, all with the goal of instilling the love for outdoor winter fun through Nordic Skiing.
$528,050 spentof which $6,500 as grants$234,670 earned by the program38% of program spendingRecreational Programs covers NSAA programs and events that give participants unique outdoor experiences. NSAA Backcountry tours, the Hope Hut, Ski for Kids, the annual NSAA Ski Train and the Alaska Ski For Women event are all designed to give our community fun Nordic opportunities, some involving costumes and entertainment, other giving users off-the-trail, backcountry experiences that all levels can participate in.
$298,831 spentof which $11,750 as grants$168,530 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,381,180.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.3M to $3.4M (+45%).
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% · 2019 4% · 2021 7% · 2022 2% · 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
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 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $49k → $287k.
5 of 16 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 Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage’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
Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 62% · 2019 45% · 2020 98% · 2021 95% · 2022 45% · 2023 55% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
71% of Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage's grant income comes from Alaska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $349k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage?
- Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage (Alaska) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $787,859 to it, the largest being The Alaska Community Foundation ($322,151). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $787,859 in grants to Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage?
- The Alaska Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $322,151 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage 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 16 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