Rasmuson Foundation
Historical FunderAnchorage, Alaska · EIN 91-6340739 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$17.7M
Organizations funded300
Typical grant$5,000
Total assets$845.4M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,000 and $30,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | GRANTS MANAGER |
|---|---|
| Address | 301 W NORTHERN LIGHTS BLVD 601, ANCHORAGE AK 99503 |
| Phone | 9072972700 |
| Form and materials | APPLICATION INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.RASMUSON.ORG |
| Deadlines | TIER 1 AND 2 GRANT PROGRAMS - NO DEADLINES ARTS GRANTS AND SABBATICAL AWARDS - SEE WWW.RASMUSON.ORG |
| Restrictions | TAX EXEMPT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND TRIBES; INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALASKA RESIDENTS |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
5% of grants went outside Alaska.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Community Land Trust | Anchorage, AK | Food business incubator facility | $1,000,000 |
| Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services | Fairbanks, AK | Fairbanks vacant/blighted housing project | $1,000,000 |
| The Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Affiliate program | $1,000,000 |
| The Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Support camp organizations statewide | $1,000,000 |
| Alaska State Council on the Arts | Anchorage, AK | Support regranting and flexible fund deployment | $750,000 |
| Residential Youth Care Inc | Ketchikan, AK | Community youth center in ketchikan | $600,000 |
| The Foraker Group | Anchorage, AK | Sustaining support | $600,000 |
| Juneau Housing First Collaborative | Juneau, AK | Forget-Me-Not manor: phase 3 | $500,000 |
| University of Alaska Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Ansep acceleration academy 10-year program | $500,000 |
| City of Soldotna | Soldotna, AK | Soldotna field house | $450,000 |
| Museums Alaska Inc | Anchorage, AK | Art acquisition and collections management fund for alaska museums | $448,350 |
| Raven Radio Kcaw Coastalaska | Sitka, AK | Radio translator upgrade | $400,000 |
| Alaska Trails | Anchorage, AK | Alaska long trail | $375,200 |
| Alaska Coalition on Housing & Homelessness | Juneau, AK | Supporting an integrated homelessness response system | $360,000 |
| Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness | Anchorage, AK | Integrated homelessness response team | $350,000 |
| Girdwood Inc | Girdwood, AK | Construction of childcare facility | $350,000 |
| Recover Alaska | Anchorage, AK | Three-Year operational grant | $300,000 |
| Anchorage Park Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Community challenge grant | $285,000 |
| City of Bethel | Bethel, AK | Animal care and control facility | $250,000 |
| Hope Community Resources Inc | Anchorage, AK | Housing renovations | $250,000 |
| Municipality of Anchorage Girdwood Parks and Recreation | Girdwood, AK | Construction of the winner creek suspension bridge | $250,000 |
| North Star Council on Aging (Fairbanks Senior Center) | Fairbanks, AK | Senior center renovations | $250,000 |
| Rural Alaska Community Action Program Inc | Anchorage, AK | Permanent supportive housing renovations | $250,000 |
| Sultana New Ventures LLC | Anchorage, AK | Uaa social work expansion project | $250,000 |
| The Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Nonprofit retrofit fund | $250,000 |
| The Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Strengthening organizations | $250,000 |
| The Great Land Trust | Anchorage, AK | Potter marsh watershed park | $250,000 |
| US Department of Interior | Washington, DC | Federal indian boarding school initiative | $250,000 |
| Volunteers of America Alaska | Anchorage, AK | Facility upgrades | $250,000 |
| True North Recovery Inc | Wasilla, AK | Ketchikan treatment services renovation | $247,500 |
| Interior Regional Housing Authority | Fairbanks, AK | Tanacross washeteria | $200,000 |
| For the Kids Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Vehicles for donation program improvements in anchorage | $181,000 |
| Denali Family Services | Anchorage, AK | Facility upgrades | $155,740 |
| Valley Residential Services | Wasilla, AK | Workforce housing units in wasilla | $150,000 |
| Louden Tribe (Galena Village) | Galena, AK | Swimming pool and activity center upgrades | $130,000 |
| Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiatives | Homer, AK | Senior housing | $120,000 |
| The Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Housing alaskans: a public private partnership | $111,000 |
| In Our Backyard Inc | Anchorage, AK | Prefabricated homes | $101,000 |
| Christian Health Associates | Anchorage, AK | Anchorage project access and cornerstone recovery | $100,000 |
| Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services | Fairbanks, AK | Housing policy and affordable housing development | $100,000 |
| Koahnic Broadcast Corporation | Anchorage, AK | Digital broadcast upgrades and studio improvements | $100,000 |
| Providence Alaska Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Behavioral health clinic model in anchorage and kodiak | $100,000 |
| Alaska Library Network | Anchorage, AK | Digitization of alaska historical documents | $83,000 |
| Alaska Trails | Anchorage, AK | General support | $81,200 |
| Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living | Fairbanks, AK | Facility renovations | $76,600 |
| Covenant House Alaska | Anchorage, AK | Integrated homelessness response system | $75,000 |
| Volunteers of America Alaska | Anchorage, AK | Integrated homelessness response system | $75,000 |
| Alaska Humanities Forum | Anchorage, AK | Tikahtnu-Cook inlet national heritage area feasibility study | $50,000 |
| Asa'carsarmiut Tribe | Mountain Village, AK | Sabbatical for catherine moses | $50,000 |
| Cyrano's Theatre Company | Anchorage, AK | Sabbatical award | $50,000 |
| Denali Education Center | Denali Park, AK | Sabbatical award | $50,000 |
| Hospice of the Central Peninsula | Soldotna, AK | Sabbatical award | $50,000 |
| Prince William Sound Science and Technology Institute | Cordova, AK | Sabbatical award | $50,000 |
| United Tribes of Bristol Bay | Dillingham, AK | Sabbatical award | $50,000 |
| Valley Transit | Wasilla, AK | Sabbatical award | $50,000 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Pick.click.give. initiative | $48,429 |
| Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission | Glennallen, AK | Land acquisition for future environmental and food security complex | $35,000 |
| Central Area Rural Transit System | Soldotna, AK | Accessible vans | $35,000 |
| Juneau Jazz and Classics Inc | Juneau, AK | Equipment to modernize festival operations | $35,000 |
| Kenai Peninsula Food Bank | Soldotna, AK | Septic system replacement | $35,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 300 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alaska Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Arctic leadership initiative | $5,000,000 |
| Alaska State Council on the Arts | Anchorage, AK | Regranting programs and sustaining core support | $1,200,000 |
| Foundation Health Partners | Fairbanks, AK | Behavioral health expansion project | $1,000,000 |
| National Forest Foundation | Missoula, MT | Alaska cabins project | $1,000,000 |
| Museums Alaska Inc | Anchorage, AK | Alaska art fund & collection management fund and sustaining support | $900,000 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Camp intiative fund | $500,000 |
| Hatcher Alpine Xperience Dba Skeetawk | Palmer, AK | Snowmaking infastructure | $500,000 |
| Southcentral Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Behavioral health expansion project | $500,000 |
| Bethel Community Services Foundation | Bethel, AK | Construction of a food bank and pantry | $475,000 |
| Sealaska Heritage Institute | Juneau, AK | Sealaska indigenous science building | $425,000 |
| Chilkoot Indian Association | Haines, AK | Restoration of the noow hit tribal house | $400,000 |
| Alaska Coalition on Housing & Homelessness | Juneau, AK | Strategic plan & coc expansion | $360,000 |
| Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness | Anchorage, AK | Implementation of the anchored home plan | $275,000 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Nonprofit retrofits for health and housing program | $250,000 |
| Ketchikan Wellness Coalition | Ketchikan, AK | Office expansion | $100,000 |
| Anchorage Opera Company | Anchorage, AK | Alaska artist development program & theater technology | $85,000 |
| United Way of Anchorage | Anchorage, AK | General support | $30,300 |
| Eastern Washington University Foundation | Cheney, WA | Cstem | $20,000 |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | Greatest need: unrestricted alumni fund | $16,668 |
| Church on the Rock | Wasilla, AK | General support | $12,000 |
| Juneau Community Foundation | Juneau, AK | Youth & education fund, future generations fund | $11,000 |
| Americans for the Arts | Washington, DC | General support | $10,000 |
| Set Free Alaska Inc | Wasilla, AK | General support | $8,600 |
| St Benedict Parish | Anchorage, AK | General support | $7,600 |
| Food Bank of Alaska Inc | Anchorage, AK | General support | $2,800 |
| Carleton College | Nothfield, MN | General support | $2,500 |
| Alaska Public Media Kska Kakm | Anchorage, AK | General support | $2,400 |
| St Mary's Episcopal Church | Anchorage, AK | General support | $2,200 |
| Aware Inc | Juneau, AK | General support | $2,000 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | School of business fund and school of public policy fund | $2,000 |
| Juneau Housing First Collaborative | Juneau, AK | General support | $2,000 |
| University of Alaska Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Kaayistaan alaska native studies scholarship fund | $1,500 |
| St John United Methodist Church | Anchorage, AK | General support | $1,440 |
| Heartreach Center Inc | Wasilla, AK | General support | $1,200 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Nourished communities fund | $1,031 |
| Southeast Alaska Independent Living Inc | Juneau, AK | General support | $1,030 |
| Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation | Palmer, AK | Willow parks & trails | $1,020 |
| Alaska Community Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Camps initiative - native students | $1,000 |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center | Anchorage, AK | General support | $1,000 |
| Alaska Native Justice Center | Anchorage, AK | General support | $1,000 |
| Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska | Anchorage, AK | General support | $1,000 |
| Coastalaska Inc | Wrangell, AK | General support | $1,000 |
| Covenant House Alaska | Anchorage, AK | General support | $1,000 |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Geneva, NY | General support | $1,000 |
| Juneau Arts and Humanities Council | Juneau, AK | Education | $1,000 |
| Perseverance Theatre Inc | Douglas, AK | Indigenous play/playwriters | $1,000 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | The full dartmouth experience | $1,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Harvard college fund - areas of greatest impact | $668 |
| Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic | Homer, AK | General support | $517 |
| Anchorage Affordable Housing and Land | Anchorage, AK | General support | $500 |
| First Alaskans Institute | Anchorage, AK | General support | $500 |
| Juneau Nordic Ski Club | Juneau, AK | General support | $500 |
| St Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish | Anchorage, AK | General support | $468 |
| Anchorage Community Land Trust | Anchorage, AK | General support | $400 |
| University of Alaska Foundation | Anchorage, AK | Designated for giorgio chrimat culinary arts scholarship | $400 |
| United Way of Anchorage | Anchorage, AK | Fighting homelessness/abused women's aid in crisis | $300 |
| YWCA Alaska | Anchorage, AK | General support | $300 |
| Alaska Legal Services Corporation | Anchorage, AK | General support | $200 |
| Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage | Anchorage, AK | General support | $200 |
| Singletrack Advocates | Anchorage, AK | General support | $200 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17,659,981 | 370 |
| 2023 | $29,327,665 | 749 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 13, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503169349103645
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 91-6340739
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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