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This is a list of organizations that the Foundation feels may be of interest to many applicants, grantees and other interested parties. The list is not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of all resources available to the grantseeker.
Nonprofit Capacity Building:
The Foraker Group
The Foraker Group has three major goals to help enhance Alaska's nonprofit sector. First, to build the state's philanthropic infrastructure by helping nonprofit organizations function at capacity. Second, to provide high-quality, cost-effective technical services. Third, to increase the skills of the volunteers and staff working in the sector.
www.forakergroup.org
Alaska Organizations:
Alaska Community Foundation
Alaska Community Foundation is a nonprofit public charity promoting personal philanthropy and providing financial management, strategic development and donor development services to communities, organizations and donors across Alaska.
www.alaskacf.org
United Way of Anchorage
Connecting people, knowledge, and resources to build a better community for all.
www.liveunitedanchorage.org
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Alaska Conservation Foundation is a community foundation for the environment that receives and awards grants throughout the state to protect the integrity of Alaska's ecosystems and to promote sustainable livelihoods for Alaska's communities and people.
www.akcf.org
Alaska Federation of Natives
The mission of AFN is to enhance and promote the cultural, economic and political voice of the entire Alaska Native community.
www.nativefederation.org/flash.html
Alaska Humanities Forum
The mission of the Alaska Humanities Forum is to use the wisdom and methods of the humanities to enrich the civic, intellectual and cultural life of all Alaskans.
www.akhf.org
First Alaskans Institute (FAI)
FAI's mission is to help develop the capacities of the Alaska Native people and communities. It will act as a facilitator, a convener and a catalyst of action by the larger Native community - focusing attention on critical issues and raising them to a higher level of public consciousness and information.
www.firstalaskans.org
Private Foundations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org
Carnegie Corporation of New York
www.carnegie.org
Casey Family Programs
www.casey.org
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
www.nccbuscc.org/cchd
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
www.mott.org
Charlotte Martin Foundation
www.charlottemartin.org
Children First for Oregon
www.cffo.org
Coca-Cola Foundation
www2.coca-cola.com/citizenship/foundation_coke.html
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
www.cpb.org
Development Training Institute
www.dtinational.org
Fannie Mae Foundation
www.fanniemaefoundation.org
First Nations Development Institute
www.firstnations.org
Ford Foundation
www.fordfound.org
Fred Meyer Foundation
www.fredmeyer.com/corpnewsinfo_charitablegiving_art4_foundation.htm
Hearst Foundation
www.hearstfdn.org
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
www.hmjackson.org
JEHT Foundation
www.jehtfoundation.org
Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
www.kongsgaard-goldman.org
Lumina Foundation for Education
www.luminafoundation.org
Marguerite Casey Foundation
www.caseygrants.org
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
www.murdock-trust.org
Nathan Cummings Foundation
www.nathancummings.org
NCB Development Corporation
www.ncbdc.org/ncbdc/contents.nsf/index.htm
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Network
www.soros.org
Paul G. Allen Foundations
www.pgafoundations.com
REI Foundation
www.rei.com/aboutrei/gives02.html
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
Rockefeller Foundation
www.rockfound.org
Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org
The Hugh & Jane Ferguson Foundation
fdncenter.org/grantmaker/ferguson/index.html
The John A Hartford Foundation
www.jhartfound.org
The Kresge Foundation
www.kresge.org
The Leighty Foundation
www.leightyfoundation.org
The Wallace Foundation
www.wallacefoundation.org
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
www.wkkf.org
Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
fdncenter.org/grantmaker/gerbode
Corporate Foundations:
ConocoPhillips
www.conocophillips.com/community/index.htm
Microsoft
www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving
Wells Fargo Foundation
www.wellsfargo.com/about/charitable/ak_guidelines.jhtml
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation
www.wellsfargo.com/about/wfhf_oview.jhtml
Government Agencies:
Federal - State
The Denali Commission
The Denali Commission is an innovative federal-state partnership established by Congress in 1998 to provide critical utilities, infrastructure, and economic support throughout Alaska. Its focus encompasses five major categories of improvements: Energy; Health Care Facilities; Training; Intergovernmental Coordination; and Other Infrastructure.
www.denali.gov
Federal
Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
ANA promotes the goal of social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders, including Native Samoans. Self-sufficiency is that level of development at which a Native American community can control and internally generate resources to provide for the needs of its members and meet its own economic and social goals.
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ana
Economic Development Administration (EDA)
EDA's mission is to enhance community success in attracting private capital investment to generate jobs, help retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically-distressed areas of the United States. EDA assistance is available to rural and urban areas of the Nation experiencing high unemployment, low income, or other severe economic distress.
www.osec.doc.gov/eda
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD's mission is to help facilitate a decent, safe, and sanitary home and suitable living environment for every American through creating opportunities for homeownership; providing housing assistance for low-income persons; working to create, rehabilitate and maintain the nation's affordable housing; enforcing the nation's fair housing laws; helping the homeless; spurring economic growth in distressed neighborhoods; and helping local communities meet their development needs.
www.hud.gov
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts enriches our Nation and its diverse cultural heritage by supporting works of artistic excellence, advancing learning in the arts, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the country.
www.arts.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
www.neh.gov
US Department of Agriculture Rural Development
Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. Its financial programs support such essential public facilities and services as water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities and electric and telephone service. It promotes economic development by supporting loans to businesses through banks and community-managed lending pools. Rural development also provides technical assistance to help communities undertake community empowerment programs.
www.rurdev.usda.gov
State of Alaska
Alaska Department of Community & Economic Development
Promotes a healthy economy and strong communities across Alaska.
www.dced.state.ak.us
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
Provides Alaskans with access to safe, quality, affordable housing.
www.ahfc.state.ak.us
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Provides leadership in advocacy, planning, implementing and funding of a comprehensive integrated mental health program to improve the lives and circumstances of its beneficiaries. It is the only organization of its kind in Alaska dedicated to assisting those who experience mental illness; mental retardation or similar disabilities; chronic alcoholism with psychosis; or Alzheimer's disease or related dementia.
www.mhtrust.org
Alaska State Council on the Arts
The Rasmuson Foundation collaborates with The Alaska State Council on the Arts for the Harper Performing Arts Touring Fund. The Council, a continuing partnership between the public and private sectors, champions an enriched atmosphere for lifelong participation in Alaska's rich artistic diversity.
www.eed.state.ak.us/aksca
Philanthropic Industry Groups:
Council on Foundations
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization that serves the public good by promoting and enhancing responsible and effective philanthropy.
www.cof.org
Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org
Philanthropy Northwest
Philanthropy Northwest's mission is to create stronger Northwest communities through effective philanthropies. Its core purpose is to strengthen the philanthropy of its members located in or funding throughout Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada.
www.philanthropynw.org
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