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About This Profile

Across the United States, the charitable sector generates incredible impact on both communities and economies. This profile is a snapshot of major statistics about Alaska’s charitable community. It’s designed to give you a broad sense of the scale and diversity of nonprofits, foundations, and charities  across the state. A downloadable PDF version is available above.

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Number of Alaska Nonprofit Organizations

• All nonprofit organizations: 5,765
• 501(c)(3) Public Charities (includes some religious organizations): 4,447
• 501(c)(3) Private and Public Foundations: 317
• Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations*: 599

* includes civic leagues, chamber of commerce, veterans organizations, etc

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Economic Impact of the Alaska Nonprofit Sector

• Employs 44,100 – 11% of the state’s workforce
• Generates more than $6.98 billion in annual revenues
• Holds assets of $12.7 billion
• Alaska foundations annually give over $42.4 million
• Alaskans give $325.5 million to charity each year, representing 2.8 percent of household income

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Public Charities and Foundations Benefit Alaska Communities

Deliver vital community services

• Bean’s Café operates as a day shelter with 800 daily meals served and provides referrals for wrap-around support services, including veteran services and financial counseling. In 2018, the program worked with community partners to provide and distribute 745,961 meals.

Promote culturally responsive social services

• The Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) serves more than 12,000 native Alaskan and American Indian people. Its array of support services include education, workforce training, family preservation and support for addiction and substance abuse recovery. Evaluation found its two-year residential recovery men’s program saves the Alaska Department of Corrections nearly $1 million per year.

Contribute to vibrant communities

• The Foraker Group is dedicated to building a healthy and sustainable Alaska nonprofit sector. The Foraker Group trains nonprofit leaders and convenes over 500 Alaska nonprofit leaders in its Leadership Summit.

Training girls for STEM careers

• The Girl Scouts of Alaska nurtures 6,000 girls each year. Programming includes STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities and interactive distance learning. This builds on national research that found girls are interested in STEM careers but need more exposure and adult support.

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Sources

Note: The “nonprofit sector” encompasses organizations that are defined as tax-exempt under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. This includes both public charities and private foundations [501(c)(3)] and other nonprofits such as civic league organizations [501(c)(4)]. Exceptions are noted when relevant.

Employment Information

Best estimate based on available data from the following sources:

The 2019 nonprofit employment report, Lester M. Salamon and Chelsea L. Newhouse, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, Nonprofit Employment Bulletin #47, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, 2019 {Data is 2016, page 3}

http://ccss.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/01/2019-NP-Employment-Report_FINAL_1.8.2019.pdf

Breakdown by Nonprofit Service Area

Alaska’s Nonprofit Sector Generating Economic Impact December 2014 Report, The Foraker Group, https://www.forakergroup.org/wp-content/uploads/filebase/foraker_documents/foraker_documents/Generating%20Economic%20Impact,%20Dec%202014.pdf

 

Number of Nonprofits

The Foraker Group. Alaska’s Nonprofit Sector: Generating Economic Impact, January 2018, https://www.forakergroup.org/wp-content/uploads/filebase/Research/Alaskas-Nonprofit-Sector-Generating-Economic-Impact-Jan-2018.pdf

Asset and Revenues

The Foraker Group. Alaska’s Nonprofit Sector: Generating Economic Impact, January 2018, https://www.forakergroup.org/wp-content/uploads/filebase/Research/Alaskas-Nonprofit-Sector-Generating-Economic-Impact-Jan-2018.pdf

 

Urban Institute, National Center for Charitable Statistics, “Registered Nonprofit Organizations by State (BMF 12/2015)” http://nccsweb.urban.org/tablewiz/bmf.php {Data are 2015}

 

Foundation Giving

The Foundation Center, FC Stats: “Foundation Stats: Total Giving” {Data are 2015}

http://data.foundationcenter.org/#/foundations/all/state:AK/total/list/2015

Individual Giving

How America Gives, 2014. The Chronicle of Philanthropy. {Data are 2012}. https://philanthropy.com/interactives/how-america-gives#search

 

Nonprofit Examples:

Bean’s Café: https://www.beanscafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Website-Version-Annual-Report-2019-1.pdf
Cook Inlet Tribal Council: https://citci.org/about/what-we-do/

Foraker Group: https://www.forakergroup.org/site/index.cfm/calendar.catalog_category?typeid=16

Girl Scouts of Alaska: https://www.girlscoutsalaska.org/en/our-council/about.html and

https://www.girlscouts.org/en/about-girl-scouts/girl-scouts-and-stem.html

 

As of September 2019

 

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