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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Alaska

Imperigo has identified 173 funders that made 1,056 grants totaling $79.2M to 88 environment & conservation organizations in Alaska, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Alaska

Total granted $79.2M
Funders 173
Grants 1,056
Organizations funded 88

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $270K · through 2024 · 41.1% of their giving
$840K
2. Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 15.1% of their giving
$1.1M
3. National Rural Water Association
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $996K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$3.6M
4. The Alaska Community Foundation
71 grants to 33 organizations · largest $272K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$2.2M
5. The Holland America Line Foundation C/O Tax Department
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $81K · through 2023 · 9.4% of their giving
$155K
6. Alaska Run for Women
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$110K
7. Groundswell Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $212K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$797K
8. Douglas Island Pink & Chum Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $30K · through 2019 · 13.1% of their giving
$47K
9. The Pew Charitable Trusts
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $822K · through 2024
$2.0M
10. National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2025 · 4.0% of their giving
$119K
11. Matanuska Electric Association Charitable Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$46K
12. National Association of Conservation Districts
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $95K · through 2023
$444K
13. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024
$900K
14. California Community Foundation
24 grants to 7 organizations · largest $165K · through 2024
$2.5M
15. Copper River Prince William Sound Marketing Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 10.2% of their giving
$20K
16. Alaska Village Initiatives
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2019 · 33.3% of their giving
$8K
17. Museums Alaska Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$42K
18. Homer Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9K · through 2023 · 2.7% of their giving
$36K
19. Cook Inlet Tribal Council
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $127K · through 2021
$127K
20. Pioneers of Alaska
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2023 · 7.9% of their giving
$5K
21. Tides Foundation
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $290K · through 2024
$988K
22. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
23 grants to 13 organizations · largest $139K · through 2023
$801K
23. 10 Chefs Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 1.3% of their giving
$25K
24. Juneau Community Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$79K
25. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $185K · through 2023
$471K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Alaska, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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