Alaska Community Action on Toxics

What Alaska Community Action on Toxics does

Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental health and reproductive justice organization founded in 1997 and headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The organization works throughout the unceded territories of Alaska's Indigenous Peoples — particularly with Yupik communities such as Savoonga, Gambell, and Elim — to eliminate human exposure to toxic chemicals emanating from industrial and military sources. ACAT delivers its mission through three programmatic pillars: Advocacy, Policy and Civic Engagement; Environmental Health and Justice Education (EHJ); and Community-Based Participatory Research. Its end beneficiaries are Alaska communities affected by PFAS, military, and mining contamination, with secondary audiences of Community Health Aides, healthcare professionals, and the general public reached through webinars and educational materials.

ACAT's core products and underlying technology are content- and research-oriented rather than software-driven. Key offerings include the Protecting Our Mamaqs breast cancer prevention toolkit (with fact cards published in Yugtun/Yupik and English), a topical library of toxic fact sheets covering PFAS, flame retardants, pesticides, mining, and military toxics, the CHE-Alaska webinar series, monthly newsletters, and joint investigative reports such as The Arctic's Plastics Crisis co-authored with IPEN. Distribution is primarily through ACAT's own website (akaction.org), direct community-based participatory research field engagements with tribal villages, and webinars hosted under the CHE-Alaska sub-brand. There are no APIs, mobile apps, or AI/ML components in the product portfolio.

The business model is donation- and grant-funded rather than commercial. ACAT accepts individual donations through its website, raises funds via community events such as Alaska Run for Women, and pursues foundation grants to support litigation, research, and education work. Revenue mechanics include litigation-driven advocacy outcomes (e.g., EPA chemical dispersant rule), legislative wins (Alaska House Bill 25 polystyrene phaseout, 2025), and international human-rights advocacy (UN Special Rapporteur complaint, March 2025). Customer/funder concentration is not disclosed; end beneficiaries are highly distributed across Alaska but institutional grantors likely represent a concentrated revenue base. The organization is led by founder and Executive Director Pamela Miller, with Environmental Health and Justice Director Vi Pangunnaaq Waghiyi serving on the federal White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

Name

Alaska Community Action on Toxics

Legal name

Alaska Community Action on Toxics

Website

https://akaction.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) is an Anchorage-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 1997, that empowers Alaska Native and rural communities to eliminate toxic chemical exposure through education, community-based participatory research, and advocacy on PFAS, military, and mining contamination.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Health Advocacy

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pollution Prevention & Toxics Reduction (BPAGAGAJ), Environmental Education & Outreach (BPAGAGAH), Environmental Policy, Advocacy & Litigation (BPAGAGAG)

Keywords

• Environmental health advocacy
• Toxic chemical education
• Community-based research
• Environmental justice organizing
• Public health policy

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Alaska Community Action on Toxics is a nonprofit environmental health and justice organization that empowers Alaska communities to eliminate exposure to toxic substances through collaborative community-based participatory research, shared science, environmental health education, grassroots organizing, and policy advocacy. Its offerings include educational toolkits, toxic chemical fact sheets, webinars, newsletters, and published reports that serve affected communities, Indigenous peoples, healthcare professionals, and the general public.

Product overview

Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) operates as a non-profit environmental health organization offering educational resources and advocacy programs rather than a commercial technology product. The organization's offerings consist of educational toolkits, fact sheets, webinars, newsletters, and published reports focused on eliminating toxic chemical exposure and advancing environmental justice in Alaska. Key offerings include the 'Protecting Our Mamaqs' breast cancer prevention toolkit with multilingual fact cards, curated fact sheets covering diverse toxicological topics, the CHE-Alaska webinar series on environmental health issues, monthly newsletters, and the 'Arctic's Plastic Crisis' report published jointly with IPEN.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHE-Alaska: Collaborative on Health and the Environment - Alaska, a part of CHE's international network addressing environmental impacts on human health across the lifespan.

Products and services

• Protecting Our Mamaqs: An Environmental Health Toolkit for Breast Cancer Prevention

Quantifiable outcome

• Filed formal complaint with UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights regarding U.S. military's toxic legacy on Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerACAT's Executive Director Pamela Miller serves as Co-Chair of IPEN, a coalition of more than 600 environmental health and justice organizations working in 124 countries. ACAT co-authored 'The Arctic's Plastics Crisis' report with IPEN. IPEN works to eliminate toxic chemicals globally through international treaties and policy advocacy.
• AK Public Interest Research Group (AKPIRG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership and collaboration with AKPIRG for translation of the Protecting Our Mamaqs toolkit fact cards into Yugtun (Yupik) language.
• Alaska Run for WomencoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAlaska Run for Women has supported ACAT's work for more than a decade, making the Protecting Our Mamaqs toolkit and other resources possible through annual fundraising runs.
• Native Village of GambellflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn March 2025, ACAT and the Native Village of Gambell filed a formal complaint with the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights addressing the U.S. military's toxic legacy on Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island).
• Native Village of SavoongaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn March 2025, ACAT and the Native Village of Savoonga filed a formal complaint with the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights addressing the U.S. military's toxic legacy on Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island).
• Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHE-Alaska is part of CHE's broader network, an international partnership of almost 5,000 individuals and organizations in 87 countries and all 50 US states committed to addressing environmental impacts on human health across the lifespan. ACAT hosts the CHE-Alaska webinar series.
• International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication of 'The Arctic's Plastics Crisis: Toxic Threats to Health, Human Rights, and Indigenous Lands From the Petrochemical Industry' report synthesizing evidence from more than 250 studies on plastics, petrochemicals, and climate change threats to Arctic Peoples.
• Native MovementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on energy justice issues and just transition advocacy in Alaska, including opposition to mining projects that disproportionately burden Indigenous communities.
• Earth Island InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-plaintiff with ACAT in lawsuit prompting EPA to update regulations on chemical dispersants used in oil spill responses.
• Cook InletkeepercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-plaintiff with ACAT in lawsuit prompting EPA to update regulations on chemical dispersants used in oil spill responses.
• ALERT ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-plaintiff with ACAT in lawsuit prompting EPA to update regulations on chemical dispersants used in oil spill responses.
• EarthworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on mining impacts advocacy, with Bonnie Gestring from Earthworks presenting on CHE-Alaska webinars about critical minerals and mining impacts in Alaska.
• Breast Cancer Prevention PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization focused on eliminating toxic chemicals linked to breast cancer. Nancy Buermeyer presented on CHE-Alaska webinar about pinkwashing and prevention.
• Breast Cancer ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that coined the term 'pinkwashing.' Dr. Krystal Redman presented on CHE-Alaska webinar about corporate pinkwashing practices.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ak_action
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alaska-community-action-on-toxics
• Facebookfacebook.com/akaction

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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