Alaska · Nonprofit
VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC
VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC (Alaska) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $466,722 to it, the largest being EDEN BRIDGE FOUNDATION ($158,800). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $467k
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What Victory Ministries of Alaska Inc does
Mission
We exist to connect people of all ages with god through christian camping and conference retreats.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Summer camps: over 1,000 total campers attended one of our camping sessions. At victory bible camp, we offer horse pack trips among other programs. At camp li-wa, we have added an outdoor adventure component to the programs. Camper fees include lodging, meals, and program activities.
$772,414 spent$466,247 earned by the program35% of program spendingConferences/retreats: retreats include weekend and week day groups from churches and other organizations who use our facility as an extension of their program and as part of our mission to connect people with god through our facilities and service. Also included are ministry sponsored retreats such as winter weekends, pastors conferences and home schooling retreats. Guest fees include housing, meals, and program activities.
$963,845 spent$581,798 earned by the program44% of program spendingHorseback riding, boarding, packing, provided to guest groups, campers and others.
$106,476 spent$64,272 earned by the program5% of program spendingAll other activities supporting the mission statement of the organization.
$339,602 spent$204,991 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,182,337.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.6M to $6.1M (+9%).
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.
52% of VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Ben Gerwig
Board chair/
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $26k → $65k.
8 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 VICTORY MINISTRIES OF 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
VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 64% · 2019 52% · 2020 83% · 2021 39% · 2022 43% · 2023 46% — 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
57% of VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
93% of VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC'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 $32k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Alaska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $435k 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
VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 611 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 611 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $81k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$81k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like VICTORY MINISTRIES OF 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC?
- VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC (Alaska) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $466,722 to it, the largest being EDEN BRIDGE FOUNDATION ($158,800). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $466,722 in grants to VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VICTORY MINISTRIES OF ALASKA INC?
- EDEN BRIDGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $158,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VICTORY MINISTRIES OF 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.
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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 13 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