Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1992.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
31 people listed on the 990; $739K paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See Rural Alaska Community Action Program INC executive salaries →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 15aNo
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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The child development division provides early childhood and family support services to prenatal women, children and families in communities across alaska, serving 643 children and their families. The programs offered include head start, early head start, parents as teachers, and the child development center in anchorage.
Rural cap is an accredited behavioral health provider with a supportive housing division operating affordable housing units for low-income individuals in anchorage and provides one clinical programs across four locations, offering behavioral health services, following the intensive case management model, to individuals in housing who…
Community development team programs served individuals from more than 98 communities in FY23 through a variety of capacity building and wellness activities. These include americorps, vista and elder mentor programs, in addition to several training and technical assistance initiatives.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 34 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 27 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 29 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 26 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $936K | $6.8M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $18.6M | $20.4M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $9.3M | $8.6M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $43.7M | $52.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $10.8M | $15.8M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $33.0M | $36.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $642K | $642K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $14.0M | $11.6M | $2.4M | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $655K | $546K | $109K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $4.1M | $3.4M | $687K | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $14K | $14K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $221K | $221K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2.6M | $2.6M | $8K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $556K | $386K | $170K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $2.2M | $2.5M | −$258K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $26K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $50K | $50K | ||
| InterestLn 20 | $130K | $66K | $63K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $499K | $373K | $125K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $265K | $210K | $55K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.7M | $1.9M | −$166K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $3.2M | $3.0M | $207K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $32.1M | $27.7M | $4.4M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 18, 2026 | $36.7M | $38.5M | −$1.8M | $37.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2025 | $38.8M | $38.7M | $21K | $36.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 15, 2024 | $31.3M | $32.1M | −$852K | $36.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2023 | $28.8M | $29.1M | −$386K | $33.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $27.9M | $28.1M | −$166K | $31.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 4, 2021 | $25.7M | $27.2M | −$1.6M | $30.1M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $31,262,715 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 23 of 23 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $31,262,715 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $32,114,534 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $52,360,295 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $36,523,636 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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