The Alaska Community Foundation

Name

The Alaska Community Foundation

Legal name

The Alaska Community Foundation

Website

https://alaskacf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donor-Advised Funds: ACF manages donor-advised funds where donors contribute assets and receive tax deductions while ACF handles administration and grantmaking. Donors direct grants to qualified charities over time.
2. Capacity-Building Grants to Nonprofits: ACF designs and deploys competitive grant programs supporting nonprofit organizational capacity, including redesigned capacity-building grants of $5,000-$10,000 for crisis response.
3. Scholarship Administration: ACF administers scholarship funds established by donors, providing administrative support, guideline development, and IRS compliance for scholarship awards to Alaskan students.
4. Disaster Relief Fund Management: ACF rapidly deploys disaster relief funds raised from donors to affected communities, such as the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund ($3.3+ million deployed) and Voices Across Alaska Fund ($2.9 million awarded).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Alaska Community Foundation is a statewide community foundation that manages donor-advised charitable funds, endowments, and competitive grant programs (capacity-building, social justice, vocational, and crisis-response funds) for the benefit of Alaskans. It administers a comprehensive scholarship program for Alaskan students and serves as a grant administrator for state and federal programs (e.g., the Rural Health Transformation Program). ACF also convenes an affiliate network of 12 regional community foundations across Alaska to deploy resources to nonprofits, students, and disaster-affected communities.

Product overview

The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) operates as a statewide philanthropic platform providing charitable fund management, grantmaking, and scholarship services. The core offerings include the Alaska Fund and Community Leadership Fund for general charitable giving, specialized crisis response funds (Voices Across Alaska Fund, Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund), social justice grant programs, workforce development grants (Vocational Fund for Alaska's Future), and a comprehensive scholarship program. ACF also manages workplace giving programs, disaster recovery initiatives, and coordinates a network of 11 affiliate community foundations statewide. The platform connects donors with causes through online portals, the Pick.Click.Give. PFD donation program, and capacity-building grants to strengthen Alaska's nonprofit sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alaska Fund: A fund that connects generosity with responsive grantmaking, meeting needs statewide and shaping Alaska's future.
• Community Leadership Fund
• Voices Across Alaska Fund (VAA)
• Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund
• Social Justice Fund
• Strengthening Organizations Grants

Products and services

• Alaska Fund A general charitable fund enabling Alaskans to help Alaskans through responsive grantmaking guided by local voices and community needs statewide.
• Community Leadership Fund Fund that powers ACF's role as a unifying force bringing together people, resources, and ideas to strengthen nonprofits and communities across Alaska.
• Voices Across Alaska Fund (VAA) A rapid-response initiative established to stabilize, protect, and reimagine public broadcasting in Alaska after federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
• Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund Emergency and recovery fund providing relief to Western Alaska communities impacted by severe storms including Typhoon Halong.
• Social Justice Fund Supports community-based organizations focusing on root causes of social, economic, and environmental injustices; created by John Rubini and Clare Bertucio with a $1 million pledge and a $10 million over 10 years goal.
• Alaska Native Social Justice Fund Focused grant program supporting Native Alaskan organizations working on social justice projects in their communities; established by the Marguerite E. Casey Foundation.
• Pick.Click.Give. Program allowing Alaskans to donate a portion of their Permanent Fund Dividend to qualifying charities; ACF proudly manages this statewide initiative.
• Strengthening Organizations Grants Capacity-building grants of $5,000-$10,000 redesigned to support Alaska nonprofits facing disruption from federal funding changes.
• Scholarship Program Comprehensive scholarship program awarding over 140 scholarships totaling over $1.25 million annually to Alaskan students pursuing higher education.
• Vocational Fund for Alaska's Future Supports organizations building a skilled workforce in Alaska's natural resource development industries; awarded over $300,000 in 2025.
• Camp Initiative Summer camp funding initiative launched by Rasmuson Foundation at ACF; 40 camps across Alaska received over $755,000 in 2025.
• Hilcorp Employee Giving Program Employee giving program where Hilcorp seeds each new eligible employee's charitable fund with $2,500 and matches contributions dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000 annually, with Fund Portal access provided through ACF.
• Affiliate Community Foundations Network Network of 11 affiliate community foundations including Chilkat Valley, Chugiak Eagle River, Cordova, Golden Heart, Jessica Stevens, Kenai Peninsula, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Palmer, Petersburg, and Seward, plus Sitka Legacy Foundation.
• Rural Health Transformation Program Administration ACF serves as the selected grant administrator for the Rural Health Transformation Program, managing $272 million in federal rural health care funding including application intake, review coordination, and award administration on behalf of the Alaska Department of Health.

Quantifiable outcome

• 140+ students received scholarships totaling over $1.25 million in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Public Media CompanymajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 January 2026Public Media Company provided approximately $460,000 in grants to help KUAC restore programming after federal funding cuts, working with ACF's Voices Across Alaska Fund.
• Foraker GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2025ACF partners with Foraker Group in coordinated crisis response to support Alaska's nonprofit sector facing federal grant cancellations and funding changes. Foraker provides expertise on federal funding impact analysis for nonprofits.
• Rasmuson FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2025Long-standing partnership including joint funding of the Camp Initiative (over $755,000 to 40 camps in 2025). Rasmuson Foundation is a key co-funder of youth programs and nonprofit support.
• Philanthropy NorthwestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2025ACF participates in Philanthropy Northwest convenings and receives recognition for disaster response efforts. Partnership provides networking and resource mobilization for Alaska nonprofits.
• Municipality of AnchorageminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2021Partner in 'Open for Summer' Camps Initiative providing grants to help children access summer programs post-pandemic.
• Alaska Department of Health and Social ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2021Partner in 'Open for Summer' Camps Initiative supporting youth across Alaska.
• Pick.Click.Give.coreOthersACF proudly manages Pick.Click.Give., a charitable giving program allowing Alaskans to make donations through the Permanent Fund Dividend.
• BP Energy CenterminorOthers
• HilcorpmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerHilcorp Employee Giving Program at ACF: Each newly eligible employee's charitable fund is seeded with $2,500, with Hilcorp matching employee contributions dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000 per year. Fund Portal access provided through ACF.
• Affiliate Community FoundationscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of 12 regional community foundations: Chilkat Valley, Chugiak Eagle River, Cordova, Golden Heart, Jessica Stevens, Kenai Peninsula, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Palmer, Petersburg, Seward, and Sitka Legacy.
• Alaska Department of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACF serves as selected grant administrator for the Rural Health Transformation Program, managing $272 million in federal rural health care funding including application intake, review coordination, and award administration.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fidelity Charitable: Largest U.S. sponsor of donor-advised funds (a core ACF product line). Competes for the same Alaskan and national donor dollars via a national DAF platform rather than a community-led model.
• The Cleveland Foundation: First U.S. community foundation, operating a much larger legacy endowment and broader program scope including civic advocacy. Direct business-model match to ACF but at materially greater scale.

Direct peers

• Silicon Valley Community Foundation: Operates one of the largest community foundation DAF programs in the U.S. along with scholarship, disaster, and pass-through grant programs. Directly comparable in product mix and tech-enabled fund administration.
• Chicago Community Trust: One of the oldest and largest U.S. community foundations, providing donor-advised funds, competitive grants, scholarships, and policy advocacy. Same business model as ACF but at urban scale.
• Oregon Community Foundation: Statewide community foundation managing hundreds of component funds, scholarship programs, and pass-through grants. Directly comparable to ACF in structure (charitable funds, affiliate-style regional reach, scholarship administration).
• New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: Statewide community foundation offering DAFs, scholarships, and competitive grants across dispersed small communities, with affiliate-style regional structure similar to ACF's 12 affiliate network.
• The Seattle Foundation: Large multi-state community foundation running donor-advised funds, competitive grants, scholarships, and disaster response in the Pacific Northwest. Closely mirrors ACF's product mix at substantially larger scale.
• Maine Community Foundation: Statewide community foundation serving rural and geographically dispersed communities with donor-advised funds, scholarship administration, and disaster relief — closely analogous to ACF's role in Alaska.
• Rasmuson Foundation: Alaska's largest private foundation, headquartered in Anchorage. Co-funds major ACF initiatives (e.g., Camp Initiative) and operates overlapping statewide grantmaking and capacity-building programs, making it ACF's closest functional peer in the same geography.
• Foraker Group: Alaska-based nonprofit infrastructure organization partnering with ACF on coordinated crisis response and capacity-building across the state's nonprofit sector. Operates a similar statewide convener role for Alaska philanthropy and nonprofit leadership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AlaskaCF
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-alaska-community-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/akcommunityfoundation
• Xx.com/akcommunity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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