Covenant House Alaska
Rasmuson Foundation Awards $3.8 Million
At its November 16 meeting, Rasmuson Foundation directors approved grants for 14 organizations around the state.Foundation announces $8.7 million in grants, awards
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cassandra Stalzer, 907-334-0520
Anchorage, AK – The Rasmuson Foundation Board of Directors announced $8.7 million in grants, program-related investments (PRIs) and initiative funding, bringing the total amount of funds awarded since 1955 to more than $250 million.
Meeting Nov.

A place for teenagers to go when they don’t have any other place…
On this cold December evening, as a group of citizens in this Anchorage community gather in a little downtown park, I remember a March night in 1983. Three teenagers, Samantha, Kris and I were somewhere in the Tennessee hills, on a Trailways bus, leaving behind chaos and confusion, bad parents, bad friends, bad lives, heading for something, anything better.
Tier 1 Awards Announced
For Immediate Release
Contact: Cassandra Stalzer, (907) 334-0520
Anchorage, AK – Rasmuson Foundation announced that in the first quarter of 2014 it made 31 Tier 1 awards for a total of $ 674,713. An alphabetized list of awards is attached. Past awards are also searchable online here.
Media Mentions
- The development of Nordic skiing in Anchorage is documented in new book ‘On Track!’ March 30
- Expanded Bean’s Café offering 10K daily meals March 22
- Juneau artist Crystal Worl takes Tlingit culture to the national level — through a postage stamp - Alaska Beacon March 22
- Juneau artist Crystal Worl takes Tlingit culture to the national level — through a postage stamp March 22