Rural Alaska Community Action Program
Anchorage, AK · EIN 23-7350548. Reported 46 grants totalling $771,088 to 42 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Rural Alaska Community Action Program did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $12,264. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,112 and $19,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $67,750. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing With the Spirit | Fairbanks, AK | $197,850 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ansep | Anchorage, AK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Stebbins | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healthy Alaska Native Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hoonah Indian Association | Hoonah, AK | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska | Unalaska, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeast Regional Resource Center | Juneau, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Village of Larsen Bay | Larsen Bay, AK | $23,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Inc | Anchorage, AK | $22,684 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Native Village of Elim | Elim, AK | $20,346 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Best Beginnings | Anchorage, AK | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chilkoot Indian Association | Haines, AK | $17,950 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Four Winds Resource Center | Haines, AK | $17,336 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ella B Vernetti School | Koyukuk, AK | $17,231 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opt - in Kiana | Kiana, AK | $15,608 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louden Tribal Council | Galena, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Native Village of Mary's Igloo | Teller, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pilot Station | Pilot Station, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaska Avalanche Information Center | Valdez, AK | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oceans Alaska Marine Science Center | Ketchikan, AK | $13,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akiak Native Community | Akiak, AK | $13,310 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository | Kodiak, AK | $12,529 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trailmarker Ministries | Hooper Bay, AK | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safe | Dillingham, AK | $11,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kokhanok Village Council | Kokhanok, AK | $10,613 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eklutna Native Village | Chugiak, AK | $10,075 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lime Village Traditional Council | Soldotna, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| See Stories | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ski-Ku | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skiki Inc | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prince William Sound Eco Dev District | Cordova, AK | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haines Huts | Haines, AK | $8,650 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alutiiq Museum | Kodiak, AK | $8,112 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jilkatt Kwaan Heritage Center | Klukwan, AK | $5,835 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kawerak Inc | Anchorage, AK | $5,452 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeast Regional Resource Center (serrc) | Juneau, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southwest Regional Resource Center | Juneau, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wrangell Cooperative Association | Wrangell, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chevak Traditional Council | Chevak, AK | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nanwalek Ira Council | Nanwalek, AK | $2,602 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alice Hunter | Scammon Bay, AK | $1,355 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Village of Brevig Mission | Brevig Mission, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
3 of 42 (7%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 0%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Dancing With Spirit
Musical Instruments and Training - Dancing With the Spirit
Rural Alaska musical instrument program - Ansep
Support incoming freshmen prepare for college - Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska
Heart healthy culture and wellness - Southeast Regional Resource Center
Alaskan Academic Decathlon - Healthy Alaska Native Foundation
Healthy virtual connection for AK Native people
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 15 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | $205,801 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 4 | $97,093 | $12,804 |
| 2022 | 19 | $211,849 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 14 | $256,345 | $14,750 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Rural Alaska Community Action Program has 28 of them, worth $267,299. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Southeast Regional Resource Center | Juneau, AK | $25,000 |
| City of Stebbins | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 |
| Bridges Community Resource Network | Soldotna, AK | $15,000 |
| Opt-in Kiana | Kiana, AK | $15,000 |
| Native Village of Fort Yukon | Fort Yukon, AK | $14,500 |
| Oceans Alaska Marine Science Center | Ketchikan, AK | $13,950 |
| Sitka Conservation Society | Sitka, AK | $12,100 |
| Kokhanok Village Council | Kakhanok, AK | $10,613 |
| Chilkoot Indian Association | Haines, AK | $10,400 |
| Alaska Business Development Center | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 |
| Tundra Women's Coalition | Bethel, AK | $10,000 |
| Bunnell Street Arts Center | Homer, AK | $10,000 |
| Lime Village Traditional Council | Soldotna, AK | $10,000 |
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AK | $9,950 |
| Salamatof Tribe | Kenai, AK | $9,848 |
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $12,264. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alaska.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Rural Alaska Community Action Program's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 731 E 8TH Avenue, Anchorage, AK, 99501. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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