Fairbanks

Initiative News July 13, 2015

Time is now to address alcohol impacts

Lifelong Fairbanksan and Rasmuson Board member Jeff Cook cares a lot about the health of his community. That's why he lauds “Paths to Recovery: Solving Alaska’s alcohol problem,” a series of articles produced through the partnership of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and Recover Alaska. Read his post.

Grantee Updates December 13, 2012

Still Echoes

Rasmuson Foundation has launched a new series of videos that add to the web-based collection of stories we call “Glimpses of Who We Are.” Today we share the fourth in that series - a piece that questions the origins of artistic inspiration.

Grantee Updates March 1, 2010

PRIs leverage dollars beyond grants

The 2010 grants outlook blog garnered a lot of interest in Program-Related Investments, and we thought more explanation was in order. PRIs allow foundations like Rasmuson to put its financial assets to work in the community as low interest loans or other types of financial guarantees.

Grantee Updates January 4, 2010

2010: the forecast calls for a busy year

Welcome to 2010! The new year is in full swing as evidenced by media coverage of Pick.Click.Give and the 2010 US Cross Country Skiing National Championships / 2010 Vancouver Olympics tryouts. A Substance Abuse Work Group meeting convenes later this week to build upon the dialogue that began in 2009.

Grantee Updates October 20, 2008

The credit crunch hits home

By now some of the root causes of the current world-wide credit crisis are familiar to everyone. We’ve heard over and over about subprime mortgages, risky jumbo mortgages, and their family of products: adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), 2-28 loans, interest-only payments, option ARMs, no-doc loans.