Leaders of five Alaska nonprofit organizations and two tribal governments have been named as recipients of a 2020 Rasmuson Foundation Sabbatical Award.
Rasmuson Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Distinguished Artist Award. The nomination period opened Tuesday, October 1. The deadline for nominating artists is Monday, December 16.
Meet our new team members! They bring expertise in visual and performing arts, human resources, philanthropy, health education and media. Two grew up in Anchorage.
Just as the Anchorage community is making progress to address the persistent issue of homelessness, cuts to the State of Alaska budget are certain to worsen the problem and push more people—including women, children, seniors and those with disabilities—onto the streets and into camps.
Anyone who spends much time around Rasmuson Foundation President and CEO Diane Kaplan knows she's a fierce visionary. Now she's being recognized for it.
One makes traditional dolls of sealskin, leather and grass. Another performs in drag. There's an author writing a book about female mixed martial arts and poets exploring themes of the Arctic and climate change. Meet Rasmuson Foundation's 2019 Individual Artist Award recipients.
He's a writer and narrator, radio producer and researcher, soundscape artist and filmmaker. And now Richard Nelson is the Foundation's 2019 Distinguished Artist. Read why he was selected and about his life study of Alaska here.
Executive director sabbaticals can strengthen nonprofit organizations, according to a new report jointly released today by the Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program; the Barr Foundation; the Durfee Foundation; the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund; the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust; and Rasmuson Foundation.
