Alaska · Nonprofit
NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER (Alaska) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,422,692 to it, the largest being Tortuga Charitable Foundation ($465,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $895k
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Northern Alaska Environmental Center does
Mission
Since 1971, the Northern Alaska Environmental Center has promoted environmental conservation and sustainable resource stewardship in interior and arctic alaska through education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The arctic program advocates for habitat and wildlife protections in the arctic national wildlife refuge and the national petroleum reserve-alaska and marine mammal and migratory waterfowl habitat protection in the arctic ocean and outer continental shelf. Advocacy and grassroots organizing are done through collaborations with local tribes; state and national coalition work; and active public participation in comment submissions and at hearings that affect wild habitats. The arctic program produces educational outreach materials such as maps, images, videos, newsletters, and brochures to convey that arctic and interior alaska contain some of america's most special places-unspoiled landscapes with a diversity of healthy ecosystems, wildlife, and indigenous cultures that have thrived off the land for centuries. The arctic program and northern center work to preserve the quality of life for all inhabitants-now and for future generations.
$490,617 spentof which $15,000 as grants74% of program spendingThe clean water & mining program advocates for strong water resource protections connected to mineral extraction and related to transportation projects through: collaborations with local villages; participation at regional conferences and in alaska and national coalitions; submitting comment letters to agencies on planning and scoping documents; and producing educational materials-fact sheets and web content-to increase the number of informed individuals who can work to ensure clean rivers, healthy fish, and quality habitats for rural and urban settings.
$104,958 spentof which $5,000 as grants16% of program spendingEnergy and climate change: the northern center addresses climate change by promoting renewable energy and conservation efforts that reduce carbon emissions through: participation in and leadership in a coalition of statewide renewable energy coordinators; educating and engaging local utility ratepayers in renewable energy opportunities for interior alaska; and promoting clean energy solutions.
$37,895 spent6% of program spendingYouth and education: educating and developing youth in our community is strongly supported by the northern center membership through direct, designated donations. These funds directly support a local summer camp for children, environmental youth groups, and summer internships. Local & legislative: track and act upon alaska environmental issues-related legislation moving through local and alaska state legislative bodies.
$28,935 spentof which $14,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $662,405.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.9M to $2.5M (+30%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 8% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $44k → $442k.
10 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER’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
NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 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 NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 72% · 2019 27% · 2020 32% · 2021 24% · 2022 33% · 2023 18% — 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
47% of NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Alaska, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $706k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER has grown faster than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
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
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER?
- NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER (Alaska) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,422,692 to it, the largest being Tortuga Charitable Foundation ($465,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,422,692 in grants to NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER?
- Tortuga Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $465,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 28 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