To empower low-income alaskans through advocacy, education, affordable housing and direct services that respect our unique values and cultures.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $787K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $15.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.8 months of spending in cash, plus $15.5M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $893K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.9M
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$25.7M
Spent
$27.2M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$30.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$25.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$25.7M
FY2021$27.9M
FY2022$28.8M
FY2023$31.3M
FY2024$38.8M
FY2025$36.7M
Expenses
$27.2M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$27.2M
FY2021$28.1M
FY2022$29.1M
FY2023$32.1M
FY2024$38.7M
FY2025$38.5M
Net assets
$30.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$30.1M
FY2021$31.5M
FY2022$33.0M
FY2023$36.5M
FY2024$36.9M
FY2025$37.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1992.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $24.1M Management & general 11% · $3.1M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

32 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$264,818Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$151,457Pt VII · Sec A
Chief People and Culture Officer
$144,003Pt VII · Sec A
Division Director
$131,408Pt VII · Sec A
Division Director
$126,487Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$112,859Pt VII · Sec A
Division Director
$106,359Pt VII · Sec A
Division Director
$103,978Pt VII · Sec A

L Tiel Smith’s $213K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 36th percentile of top reported officer pay among 572 $10–100M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Patrick Anderson Thru 91421————$270,510—
Patrick Anderson———$208,296—$264,818
L Tiel Smith$212,748$212,688$230,125$175,140$154,736$151,457
Jasmine Boyle$182,213$158,468$149,175———
Elizabeth Milliken$171,844$124,676$104,206———
Robert Marquez$153,438$137,410————
Barbara Bell——$149,256$148,429$146,681$144,003
Sarah Sandbak———$142,871$137,518$59,578

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers low-income Alaskans by providing early childhood education, housing and weatherization services, substance abuse prevention, and community development programs across rural communities.

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3 programs · $20.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

The child development division provides early childhood and family support services to prenatal women, children and families in 24 communities across alaska, serving 936 children and their families. The programs offered include head start, early head start, parents as teachers, and the child development center in anchorage.

$11.3Mprogram expense
02

Rural cap is an accredited behavioral health provider with a supportive housing division operating 285 affordable housing units for low-income individuals in anchorage and provides five clinical programs across eight locations, offering behavioral health services, following the intensive case management model, to individuals in housing…

$6.4Mprogram expense
03

Fifteen self-help housing homebuyers received technical assistance and project oversight in soldotna and took occupancy to their new homes on may 1, 2020. Nine self-help homebuyers began construction of their homes in soldotna in early september, 2020. Construction is estimated to be completed on the homes in november, 2021.

$2.9Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 87 grants · $4.8M · 2020–2024
Ketchikan Indian CommunityFY2024$226,416
Aleut Community of St PaulFY2024$125,000
Qawalangin Tribe of UnalaskaFY2024$86,014
Covenant House AlaskaAK · FY2024$65,765
Newhalen Tribal CouncilFY2024$64,859
Organized Village of KwethlukFY2024$57,357
Island Grad ProjectFY2024$50,000
Native Village of Scammon BayFY2024$42,769
Native Village of KotzebueFY2024$38,821
Maniilaq AssociationAK · FY2024$38,276
Galena Village-Louden TribeFY2024$33,456
Early Learning CoalitionAK · FY2024$25,684
Kawerak INCAK · FY2024$25,592
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$25.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$507K
Money outPt IX
$27.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$24.1M
Managementcol C$3.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$30.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$39.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
32
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$21.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$507K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$77K
Total revenueLn 12$25.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$15.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.2M
Other assetsLn 15$6.6M
Total assetsLn 16$39.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.9M
Net assetsLn 32$30.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5523
VolunteersI 61,500
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.3M$15.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.9M$10.2M
Total assetsLn 16$38.1M$39.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M$8.9M
Net assetsLn 32$30.2M$30.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$705K$705K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$13.2M$12.4M$853K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.0M$3.3M$658K
Accounting feesLn 11c$116K$116K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.6M$1.9M$627K
Office expensesLn 13$416K$341K$74K
OccupancyLn 16$2.0M$2.1M−$169K
TravelLn 17$665K$626K$39K
InterestLn 20$159K$93K$65K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$505K$374K$131K
InsuranceLn 23$294K$231K$62K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.6M$2.7M−$58K
All other expensesLn 24e$108K$108K$471
Total functional expensesLn 25$27.2M$24.1M$3.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $36.7M$38.5M−$1.8M$37.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $38.8M$38.7M$21K$36.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $31.3M$32.1M−$852K$36.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $28.8M$29.1M−$386K$33.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $27.9M$28.1M−$166K$31.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $25.7M$27.2M−$1.6M$30.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $25,651,239 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $21,458,217$21,780,631
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,168,914$3,363,182
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $423,615$507,426
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $25,050,746$25,651,239
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $16,860,735$17,861,527
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $10,276,842$9,379,162
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $27,137,577$27,240,689
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,086,831−$1,589,450
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $25,651,239 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$21,070,221
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$710,410
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$21,780,631
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,363,182$3,363,182
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $584,393$584,393
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$76,967−$76,967
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,363,182 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $507,426$25,651,239
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $27,240,689 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $705,469$705,469
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $12,352,114 · Management $853,429$13,205,543
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,292,949 · Management $657,566$3,950,515
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $116,300$116,300
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,942,436 · Management $627,031$2,569,467
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $341,358 · Management $74,144$415,502
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,121,524 · Management −$168,865$1,952,659
IX-17 TravelPrograms $625,694 · Management $39,231$664,925
IX-20 InterestPrograms $93,325 · Management $65,189$158,514
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $374,207 · Management $130,513$504,720
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $231,162 · Management $62,404$293,566
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,653,334 · Management −$57,916$2,595,418
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $107,620 · Management $471$108,091
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $24,135,723 · Management $3,104,966 · Fundraising $0$27,240,689
Part X · Balance sheet $38,972,487 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,409,690$1,904,999
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $4,148,845$3,618,781
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $628,763$758,923
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $178,648$304,638
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,883,713$10,230,573
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $14,289,994$15,542,626
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $6,568,849$6,611,947
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $38,108,502$38,972,487
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,446,946$2,129,399
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $957,790$2,535,081
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $962,633$1,122,316
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,935,766$8,896,271
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $29,750,425$29,678,595
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $422,311$397,621
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $30,172,736$30,076,216
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $38,108,502$38,972,487
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $30,076,216 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$25,651,239
XI-2 Total expenses$27,240,689
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,589,450
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$30,172,736
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$240,285
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,252,645
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$30,076,216

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