Funding search · EIN 920097153 · Anchorage, AK
Museums Alaska
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 56
- grants reported
- $1.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $18,921
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Alutiiq Heritage Foundation3 grants · $134,226
- Alaska Native Heritage Center3 grants · $86,300
- Sealaska Heritage Institute2 grants · $79,799
- University of Alaska Fairbanks3 grants · $67,039
- Aleutian Pribilof Islands Assoc2 grants · $49,920
- Anchorage Museum Association1 grant · $36,959
- Museum of the Aleutians Association2 grants · $36,742
- Cape Fox Cultural Foundation2 grants · $36,000
- Sitka Sound Science Center1 grant · $35,000
- Bristol Bay Historical Society2 grants · $34,920
Giving over time
Grant history
All 56 reported grants, largest first.
- $55,000
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Aaf & cmf grants
- $53,313
Alutiiq Heritage Foundation · Kodiak, AK · 2022
Aaf, cmf, and intern
- $45,482
Alutiiq Heritage Foundation · Kodiak, AK · 2024
Cmf/aaf, scholarship
- $44,884
Sealaska Heritage Institute · Juneau, AK · 2023
Art acquisition/coll
- $36,959
Anchorage Museum Association · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Aaf & cmf grants
- $35,431
Alutiiq Heritage Foundation · Kodiak, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $35,000
Sitka Sound Science Center · Sitka, AK · 2024
Aaf, scholarship
- $34,915
Sealaska Heritage Institute · Juneau, AK · 2024
Cmf and aaf grant
- $33,194
Ketchikan Museums · Ketchikan, AK · 2023
Acquire art, digitiz
- $32,067
University of Alaska Fairbanks · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
Art acq/collections
- $29,920
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Assoc · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Cmf grant
- $25,743
Sheldon Jackson Museum · Sitka, AK · 2024
Aaf, scholarship
- $25,711
Friends of the State Library · Juneau, AK · 2022
Aaf & cmf grant
- $24,119
First Alaskans Institute · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Programming grant
- $21,007
Sitka Historical Society · Sitka, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $21,000
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Collections/artist
- $20,000
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Assoc · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $20,000
Bristol Bay Historical Society · Naknek, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $20,000
Native Village of Eyak · Cordova, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $20,000
University of Alaska Fairbanks · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Aaf grant
- $20,000
Cape Fox Cultural Foundation · Ketchikan, AK · 2023
Cmf grant
- $20,000
Morris Thompson Cultural and Visito · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
Acquire art
- $20,000
Fraternal Order of Alaska State · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Cmf grant
- $19,994
Aunt Claudia'S Doll'S a Museum · Juneau, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $19,986
Eagle Historical Society & Museums · Eagle, AK · 2022
Cmf grant
- $19,532
Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center · Haines, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $19,110
City of Wasilla · Wasilla, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $18,942
Museum of the Aleutians Association · Unalaska, AK · 2022
Cmf, aaf, & interns
- $18,900
Anchorage Museum Assocation · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $17,800
Museum of the Aleutians Association · Unalaska, AK · 2024
Cmf and aaf grants
- $16,602
Homer Society of Natural History · Homer, AK · 2024
Cmf, scholarship
- $16,000
Cape Fox Cultural Foundation · Ketchikan, AK · 2022
Cmf grant
- $15,682
Fairbanks Children'S Museum · Fairbanks, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $15,000
Alaska Museum of Science and Nature · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Art purchase
- $14,972
University of Alaska Fairbanks · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Cmf grant
- $14,920
Bristol Bay Historical Society · Naknek, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $14,156
Kodiak Historical Society · Kodiak, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $13,748
Kodiak Historical Society · Kodiak, AK · 2024
Cmf, scholarship
- $12,720
Fairbanks Children'S Museum · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Cmf grant
- $12,000
Alaska Children'S Museum · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $11,733
Interior and Arctic Aeronautical · Fairbanks, AK · 2022
Cmf and interships
- $11,500
Friends of Jensen-Olson Arboretum · Juneau, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $11,303
City of Ketchikan · Ketchikan, AK · 2022
Aaf & cmf grants
- $10,698
City and Borough of Juneau · Jueau, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $10,300
Alaska Native Heritage Center · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Aaf grant
- $8,535
Palmer Museum of History and Art · Palmer, AK · 2024
Cmf grant
- $8,437
Aunt Claudias Dolls a Museum · Juneau, AK · 2022
Cmf grant
- $8,404
Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum · Sitka, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $7,400
Valdez Museum & Historical Archive · Valdez, AK · 2022
Intership grant
- $7,400
Wasilla Museum · Wasilla, AK · 2022
Internship grant
- $6,589
Kodiak Maritime Museum and Art Cent · Kodiak, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $6,500
Native Village of Eyak · Cordova, AK · 2022
Aaf grant
- $6,400
Friends of the Juneau-Douglas · Juneau, AK · 2022
Internship grant
- $5,741
Valdez Museum & Historical Archive · Valdez, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $5,524
Alaska Jewish Museum · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Collections project
- $5,500
Friends of the State Library · Juneau, AK · 2024
Aaf grants
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Rasmuson Foundation2,941 grants · $128.6M
- Child Care Connection729 grants · $91.4M
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium194 grants · $109.4M
Similar purposes
- The Candace and Richard S Weeks Family57 grants · $1.5M
- The Morton Arboretum115 grants · $2.6M
- Www Foundation478 grants · $33.1M
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