Copper Valley Electric Association
Glennallen, AK · EIN 38-3737079. Reported 78 grants totalling $122,643 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Copper Valley Electric Association 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 $1,212. Half of everything it gave fell between $750 and $2,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $7,323. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment - Wise | Copper Center, AK | $8,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Terminal Radio Inc Kchu | Valdez, AK | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth Rally | Ancourage, AK | $7,947 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Copper River Watershed Project | Cordova, AK | $7,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Icua Youth Rally | Anchorage, AK | $7,323 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Copper River Ems | Glennallen, AK | $5,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valdez Adventure Alliance | Valdez, AK | $5,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hhes 2023 5TH Grade Field Trip | Valdez, AK | $5,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valdez Museum & Historical Archive | Valdez, AK | $4,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Copper River Basin Child Advocacy Center | Glennallen, AK | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valdez Senior Center | Valdez, AK | $3,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Copper River Hockey Club | Glennallen, AK | $3,540 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valdez Youth Court | Valdez, AK | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valdez City Schools - 8TH Grade Science | Valdez, AK | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copper Valley Community Library | Glennallen, AK | $2,779 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Valdez Youth Wrestling Club | Valdez, AK | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valdez City Schools - 6TH Grade Science | Valdez, AK | $2,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment | Copper Center, AK | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ghs Geography and Travel Class | Glennallen, AK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valdez City Schools - Middle School Home Eclife Skills | Valdez, AK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glennallen Nordic Ski Booster Club | Glennallen, AK | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sound Wellness Alliance Network | Valdez, AK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upstream Learning | Glennallen, AK | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valdez Avalanche Center | Valdez, AK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roar | Glennallen, AK | $1,413 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Copper Valley Historical Society | Glennallen, AK | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emergency Assistance & Food Bank of Valdez | Valdez, AK | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Glenn-Rich Fire Dept | Glennallen, AK | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valdez Imagination Library | Valdez, AK | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vhs National Close-Up | Valdez, AK | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anna Price | Valdez, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copper River Wrestling Booster Club | Gakona, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crsd - Passports Class Trip | Glennallen, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glennallen Activities Booster Club | Glennallen, AK | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jessica Hale | Copper Center, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kelsie Friendshuh | Copper Center, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kenny Lake Public Library | Copper Center, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reese King | Valdez, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valdez City Schools - National Close Up (high School) | Valdez, AK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glennallen Elementary Library | Glennallen, AK | $855 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crsd - High School Home Ec | Glennallen, AK | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valdez Torpedoes Swim Club | Valdez, AK | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valdez City School - 6TH Grade Life Skills | Valdez, AK | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Kindness | Valdez, AK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cherubim Palomar | Valdez, AK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hayden Howard | Valdez, AK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kenny Lake Library | Copper Center, AK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| William Matthews | Glennallen, AK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valdez Co-Op Preschool | Valdez, AK | $436 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glennallen Elementary K-3 Grades | Glennallen, AK | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Copper River Native Association | Copper Center, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stepping Stones Learning Center | Valdez, AK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
18 of 52 (35%) 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 50%, 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.
- Icua Youth Rally
YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING (EDUCATION). - Terminal Radio Inc Kchu
VALDEZ TRANSMITTER PROJECT; TRANSMITTER, STUDENT INTERNSHIPS, RADIO CLUB FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. GETTING MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN PUBLIC RADIO - Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment - Wise
IN-CLASS SCIENCE PROGRAMS; BRANCH OUT TO ASSIST STUDENTS LEARNING AT HOME. PARTNER WITH LIBRARIES TO PROVIDE LEARNING MATERIAL PACKS - Copper River Ems
EMS TRAINING IN COPPER RIVER VALLEY - Hhes 2023 5TH Grade Field Trip
END OF YEAR TRIP TO FAIRBANKS TO STAY AT CAMP LI-WA. INCLUDES CAMP ACTIVITIES, BUS TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND ROOM AND BOARD. - Valdez City Schools - 8TH Grade Science
FUNDS TO SUPPORT GUIDE SERVICES FOR 3 DAY FIELD TRIP TO KENNICOTT.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $24,776 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 16 | $26,612 | $1,356 |
| 2023 | 20 | $33,824 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 19 | $37,431 | $1,850 |
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.
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 $1,212. 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 Copper Valley Electric Association's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 45, Glennallen, AK, 99588. 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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