Rasmuson Foundation new awards: wilderness cabins, youth programs, a rural elders home and more
Cabins in the wilderness, new ways of working with Alaska’s youth, and an assisted living home in the Bering Strait region are among the areas of investment recently approved by the Rasmuson Foundation board of directors. At its biannual meeting, the board approved more than $6.5 million in awards.Film Festival on Friday: Magnetic stories of 6 Alaskans
The stories of six leaders who helped shape Alaska's political, social and cultural landscape are told in the documentary series “Magnetic North: The Alaskan Character.” Clips from five of them, framed around a theme of resilience, will show Friday at the Anchorage International Film Festival.Nonprofits, earthquake survey has been extended!
To Alaska nonprofit organizations: How did Friday's massive earthquake impact your work? Please complete this short survey so others can know how to help.Tribal leader, radio station manager among 2019 sabbatical recipients
Time to think. Time to reconnect with friends and family. Time to let your organization grow — without you. Leaders of five Alaska nonprofit organizations will get that treasured time through a 2019 Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Award.‘And Now We Rise: A Portrait of Samuel Johns’
Among the films coming up at the Anchorage International Film Festival is Alaska-made “And Now We Rise.” It's a title fitting for this moment in Alaska.‘Bright light in the middle of dark winter’
An animated poem to mankind. Portraits of great Alaskans. Hip-hop, Arctic-style. The 10-day Anchorage International Film Festival begins Friday.Maybe you’re the one we’re looking for
We admit it. We expect A LOT out of our team. We live, breathe and love our mission to promote a better life for Alaskans, and it shows in the work we do, every day. Help us grow, so we can do even more.
We stand with Pittsburgh. In anguish, we long for heroes.
There’s a scene in “The Godfather” where Michael Corleone goes to the hospital to see his gravely injured father. He’s shocked to find there are no police guarding the hospital and quickly engages Enzo, the baker, to stand with him on the hospital steps, trying to look tough, to deter bad guys from entering to finish the Don off.
Remembering Bill Tsurnos: ‘Builder of men’ committed to powerful and meaningful change
Note: Bill Tsurnos came to Alaska in 2007 to help Cook Inlet Tribal Council start Chanlyut Enterprises Inc., a recovery and prison reentry program that offers men a new beginning away from self-destructive behavior. He ran the program until his death on Oct.
Media Mentions
- Rasmuson Foundation makes $6.5M in statewide grants - KTVA 11 - The Voice of Alaska December 13
- News briefs for the week of Dec.12: Rasmuson Sabbatical recipients announced, author talk planned for city museum | Juneau Empire December 13
- Alaska Journal | Movers and Shakers for Dec. 16 December 13
- Rasmuson Foundation awards over $750,000 to Sitka nonprofits - KCAW December 12