Alaska · Nonprofit
NORTHERN HOPE CENTER
NORTHERN HOPE CENTER (Alaska) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,596 to it, the largest being The Alaska Community Foundation ($196,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $781k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $280k
- Net assets
- $151k
What Northern Hope Center does
Mission
The mission of the Northern Hope Center (NHC) is to provide adults with serious mental illness relief from isolation and stigma. The center provides a member-driven, member-run, comfortable and safe place. NHC promotes empowerment by providing opportunities free from the stress, guilt, shame, and demands of society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
We are in the process to be able to bill Medicaid for our services, further expanding our ability to support individuals in need. Additionally, we have completed our application to become Behavioral Health Certified and are in the process of obtaining CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accreditation. These significant milestones enhance our capacity to reach and serve our community members, particularly those who are in crisis. Achieving these certifications and accreditations is a crucial step in our mission to provide high-quality, comprehensive support. the enable us to better assist those in need during access to vital resources and services that promote stability, recovery, and long-term well-being form individauls facing challenging circumstances.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Northern Hope Center's Member Services program provides targeted financial and practical support to help members meet daily needs, reduce crises, and stay engaged in services. The program is designed to remove immediate barriers, allowing members to focus on recovery, housing, and employment. Assistance may include groceries, household items, personal hygiene and cleaning products, partial support for rent, deposits, and past-due utilities, as well as limited help with medical-related costs such as co-pays and pharmacy items. Member Services also supports transportation through taxi vouchers and other rides for medical appointments, job interviews, housing appointments, and essential errands. Laundry tokens, clothing, and limited gift cards for groceries, gas, or essential retail are provided when needed. Support is based on clear criteria and documented need, and staff work with each person to connect this assistance to simple, concrete goals such as keeping appointments, completing applications, or starting a new job.
$167,258 spentof which $167,258 as grants$167,258 earned by the program24% of program spendingNorthern Hope Center operates Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., offering a safe, structured drop-in environment for adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring challenges. While at the center, members have access to two meals per day (breakfast and lunch), with options to eat onsite or take meals to go. They can use computers, internet, and phones to manage benefits, housing, job search, and telehealth appointments, relax in a comfortable lounge with television and reading materials, and participate in craft and art activities led by staff, volunteers, or members. Food is purchased from local grocery stores, prepared at the center, and supplemented with donations from the Fairbanks Community Food Bank and member contributions. Donated food is either prepared onsite or sent home with members. The center functions as a consistent, stigma-free hub where people can eat, rest, connect with peers, and work on personal goals.
$418,813 spentof which $418,813 as grants$418,813 earned by the program59% of program spendingCase management and peer support are central to Northern Hope Center's model in FY 2025. The Case Manager and peer staff provide one-to-one assistance to help members navigate complex systems and sustain progress over time. This includes help with identification, Social Security applications, Medicaid and other benefits, housing applications, landlord communication, and tenancy issues. Staff also support members in scheduling and preparing for medical, behavioral health, and court appointments and coordinate with Tribal health organizations, community mental health providers, shelters, and justice partners. Basic budgeting, planning, and problem-solving skills are incorporated into this work, enabling members to strengthen their daily stability. Staff maintain regular contact, track progress, and adjust plans as needs change, which allows members to make measurable gains in housing, benefits, and treatment engagement.
$22,956 spentof which $22,956 as grants$22,956 earned by the program3% of program spendingDuring FY 2025, the Northern Hope Center will also expand and strengthen its services to better meet member needs. Peer crisis and stabilization activities offer de-escalation, safety planning, and warm handoffs as alternatives to unnecessary emergency room or jail involvement. Supported employment services help members and transition-age youth create resumes, conduct job searches, complete applications, prepare for interviews, and receive on-the-job support. At the same time, staff foster relationships with local employers. Housing navigation and tenancy support are organized to increase placements and housing stability. The Center is also extending developmentally appropriate peer support and skill-building to youth and young adults experiencing behavioral health, housing, or income instability. Together, these activities align Member Services, drop-in supports, case management, and program expansions into a coordinated, member-centered system that promotes quality of life, stability, and long-term outcomes.
$95,013 spentof which $95,013 as grants$95,013 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $704,040.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $89k to $198k (+121%).
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 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NORTHERN HOPE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Karen Blackburn
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income fell $87k → $36k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 HOPE 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 HOPE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 HOPE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 42% — 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.
Where its funders are
73% of NORTHERN HOPE CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $76k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Alaska funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $204k 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.
Against its field
NORTHERN HOPE CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTHERN HOPE 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTHERN HOPE CENTER: 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 NORTHERN HOPE CENTER?
- NORTHERN HOPE CENTER (Alaska) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,596 to it, the largest being The Alaska Community Foundation ($196,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHERN HOPE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $279,596 in grants to NORTHERN HOPE CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN HOPE CENTER?
- The Alaska Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $196,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN HOPE 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.
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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 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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