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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Alaska

Imperigo has identified 158 funders that made 1,022 grants totaling $70.3M to 132 arts & culture organizations in Alaska, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Alaska

Total granted $70.3M
Funders 158
Grants 1,022
Organizations funded 132

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Cook Inlet Tribal Council
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 15.3% of their giving
$5.0M
2. Anchorage Concert Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $280K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
3. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
108 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2025
$28.8M
4. Museums Alaska Inc
52 grants to 23 organizations · largest $68K · through 2025 · 59.2% of their giving
$1.0M
5. The Alaska Community Foundation
128 grants to 62 organizations · largest $346K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$4.2M
6. Anchorage Symphony Orchestra Endowment Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $96K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$513K
7. Sitka Music Festival Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$237K
8. American Indigenous Tourism Association Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $187K · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$367K
9. Anchorage Mayors Charity Ball
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 18.6% of their giving
$178K
10. Association of Alaska School Boards
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$648K
11. Arctic Slope Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $347K · through 2020 · 4.9% of their giving
$347K
12. Juneau Community Foundation
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $109K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$536K
13. Alutiiq Heritage Endowment Trust Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2020 · 66.2% of their giving
$46K
14. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9785
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 75.9% of their giving
$38K
15. Homer Foundation
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 7.2% of their giving
$94K
16. Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 4.2% of their giving
$141K
17. Chugach Tribal Services
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$25K
18. Alcoholic Beverage Retailers Assoc Juneau Charr
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 23.5% of their giving
$20K
19. Federation of State Humanities Councils
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2025 · 1.6% of their giving
$250K
20. Matanuska Electric Association Charitable Foundation
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 7.5% of their giving
$50K
21. The Carol H Brice Family Center Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9K · through 2022 · 17.2% of their giving
$17K
22. Association of Performing Arts Professionals
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2021 · 2.4% of their giving
$50K
23. Tanana Valley Youth Sports Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 4.2% of their giving
$25K
24. Barrow Utilities and Electric Coop
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 4.0% of their giving
$10K
25. Valdez United Way
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2022 · 2.8% of their giving
$9K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Alaska, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 9 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Alaska. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Alaska, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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