Rasmuson Foundation - Helping others is an Alaska tradition

Popular Large Grant Program Returns for Alaska Organizations

Rasmuson Foundation returns to its Tier 2 grant program, making it easier for Alaska organizations to find support for projects that benefits Alaskans.

Volunteers Keep Alaska Going

Blog Posts

Time, talent, treasure: Across Alaska, volunteers show us there’s more than one way to give back.

Statewide Regional Convenings set for September 28

Announcements & Press Releases

Alaska nonprofit, Tribal, and community leaders are invited to a series of virtual Regional Convenings on September 28.

Being Alaskan: The Local MacGyver

Joe Williamson embodies a classic Alaska skillset: doing the best you can with what you’ve got.

55Alaska communities awarded projects in 2025.

$24.4 millionTotal grants and investments in 2025.

$574 millionTo benefit Alaska, since 1955.

Our mission: empowering Alaskans to help each other

“Helping others is an Alaska tradition.” Rasmuson Foundation’s work is guided by these words from our founder, Elmer Rasmuson. We are an Alaska-based family philanthropic organization, led by the priorities and needs of Alaska’s communities. Through grantmaking, we invest in the people, nonprofits, communities, and tribes working to make Alaska a healthier, more vibrant place.

Learn more about Foundation funding, our team, and how we show up in community:

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Board Chair Adam Gibbons, Vice Chair Natasha von Imhof, and Treasurer Jay Gibbons share a moment in Ketchikan in June 2023. (Photo by Jason Baldwin)

Grantmaking in action

Alaskans help each other — it’s who we are. Our partners put Foundation funding to work through projects big and small, igniting change in their communities.