Alaska Humanities Forum
Anchorage, AK · EIN 92-0042123. Reported 70 grants totalling $694,500 to 67 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Alaska Humanities Forum, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A70Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $8,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $23,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ktoo Public Media | Juneau, AK | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alaska Jewish Historical Museum and Cultural Center | Anchorage, AK | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Artchange Inc | Sitka, AK | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| See Stories | Anchorage, AK | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southwest Alaska Arts Group | Bethel, AK | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bethel Broadcasting Inc | Bethel, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bunnell Street Arts Center | Homer, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Alaskans Institute | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Juneau Community Foundation | Juneau, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kawerak Inc | Nome, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Language Conservancy | Bloomington, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North American Traditional Indian Values Enrichment Program Inc | Sitka, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center | Haines, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Spirit of Youth | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aakw Kwaan Coalition Council | Douglas, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaska Childrens Trust | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alaska Public Media Inc | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chugach Regional Resources | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Data for Indigenous Justice | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ketchikan Wellness Coalition | Ketchikan, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keys to Life | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kokhanok Village Council | Kokhanok, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Village of Shaktoolik | Shaktoolik, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Out North | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Affinity Films Inc | Homer, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alaska Aviation Museum Endowment | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alaska World Affairs Council | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alutiiq Heritage Foundation | Kodiak, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anchorage Museum Association | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Athabascan Fiddlers Association Inc | Fairbanks, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Best Beginnings | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies | Homer, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City and Borough of Juneau | Juneau, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Denali Arts Council | Talkeetna, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Denali Education Center | Denali Park, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fairbanks Childrens Museum | Fairbanks, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fraternal Order of Alaska State Troopers Charity Corporation | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homer Council on the Arts | Homer, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Homer Society of Natural History Inc | Homer, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Identity Inc | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Juneau Arts and Humanities Council | Juneau, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Koahnic Broadcast Corporation | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kodiak Historical Society | Kodiak, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kuac Friends Group | Fairbanks, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Morris Thomspon Cultural & Visitors Center | Fairbanks, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of the Aleutians | Unalaska, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Outer Coast | Sitka, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sealaska Heritage Institute | Juneau, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sitka Historical Society Inc | Sitka, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Story Works Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Talkeetna Historical Society | Talkeetna, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Folk School | Fairbanks, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Alaska | Fairbanks, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Valdez Museum and Historical Archive Association Incorporated | Valdez, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association | Anchorage, AK | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alaska Black Caucus | Anchorage, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Historical Society | Anchorage, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alaska Literacy Program Inc | Anchorage, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alaska Veterans Museum | Eagle River, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anchorage International Film Festival | Anchorage, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bristol Bay Historical Society Inc | Naknek, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clausen Memorial Museum | Petersburg, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Interior and Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation Inc I a a | Fairbanks, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kodiak Maritime Museum and Art Center | Kodiak, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Alaska Transporation and Industry Inc | Wasilla, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Qizhjeh Heritage Institute | Anchorage, AK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
3 of 67 (4%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 of 67 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 50 | $489,000 | $8,000 |
| 2021 | 7 | $75,500 | $8,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | $50,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 8 | $80,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Alaska. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $8,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Alaska.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alaska Humanities Forum's own Form 990 Schedule I 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: 421 W 1ST Ave Suite 200, Anchorage, AK, 99501.
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