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Below are foundations that
give to individuals:
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Contact: Nick Hardigg, Exec. Dir.
441 W. 5th Ave., Ste. 402
Anchorage, AK 99501-2340
Telephone: (907) 276-1917 Fax: (907) 274-4145
E-mail: acfinfo@akcf.org
URL:
http://alaskaconservation.org/
Awards grants to protect the integrity of Alaskan ecosystems
and promote sustainable livelihoods among Alaskan communities
and peoples; awards to honor outstanding environmental volunteer
activists and professionals, and to sustain community development.
Alaska Humanities Forum
421 W. 1st St., Ste. 300
Anchorage, AK 99501-1661
Telephone: (907) 272-5341 Fax: (907) 272-3979
URL: http://www.akhf.org
The forum uses the wisdom and methods of the humanities to
enrich the civic, intellectual and cultural life of all Alaskans.
The forum engages Alaskans in humanities-based projects and
innovative programs which are either funded by the Forum or run
directly by the Forum.
Alaska Kidney Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Suzanne Goodrich, Exec. Dir.
3000 A St., Ste. 410
Anchorage, AK 99503
Telephone: (907) 563-8550
The foundation works to prevent kidney disease, increase detection
of early kidney disease, empower kidney patients through education,
improve kidney patient health care, enhance the quality of life for
kidney
patients, increase organ donation, and support kidney disease
research.
The Aleut Foundation
Contact: Leatha Merculieff, Exec. Dir.
703 W. Tudor Rd., Ste. 102
Anchorage, AK 99503
Telephone: (907) 646-1929 Fax: (907) 646-1949
URL:
http://www.thealeutfoundation.org/
The foundation awards grants and college scholarships to original
enrollees
and the descendants of original enrollees of the Aleut Corporation,
beneficiaries and the descendants of beneficiaries of the Aleutian
Pribilof
Islands Restitution Trust, and original enrollees and the
descendants of
original enrollees of the Isanotski Corporation.
The CIRI Foundation
3600 San Jeronimo Dr., Ste. 256
Anchorage, AK 99508-2870
Telephone: (907) 793-3575 Fax: (907) 793-3585
E-mail:
tcf@thecirifoundation.org
Additional Telephone: (800) 764-3382
URL:
http://www.thecirifoundation.org
The foundation supports organizations involved with Alaska Native
heritage and education and awards scholarships, grants, and
fellowships
to Alaska Natives.
The Homer Foundation
Contact: Joy Steward, Exec. Dir.
P.O. Box 2600
Homer, AK 99603-2600
Telephone: (907) 235-0541 Fax: (907) 235-0542
URL: http://www.homerfund.org
The foundation seeks to enhance the quality of life for the citizens
of
the greater Homer area by promoting philanthropic and charitable
activities.
Koniag Education Foundation
Contact: Tyan Selby, Exec. Dir.
6927 Old Seward Hwy., Ste. 103
Anchorage, AK 99518
Fax: (907) 562-9023
E-mail: kef@alaska.com
URL:
http://www.koniageducation.org
The foundation awards college scholarships and career development
grants
to Alaska Native shareholders and descendants of shareholders of
Koniag, Inc.
Sealaska Heritage Institute
Contact: Rosita Worl, Pres.
1 Sealaska Plz., Ste. 201
Juneau, AK 99801-1249
Telephone: (907) 463-4844 Fax: (907) 586-9293
URL:
http://www.sealaskaheritage.org
The foundation seeks to harness all available resources to preserve,
promote,
and maintain the cultures and heritage of the Tlingit, Haida, and
Tsimshian people
for the benefit of present and future generations and the public; to
encourage and
support cultural heritage cooperation among all tribes and
organizations; to
encourage and foster the education of Native Americans so that the
public may
benefit from their talents; and to cooperate with other heritage
programs.
Sitnasuak Foundation
c/o Board of Directors
P.O. Box 905
Nome, AK 99762-0905
Scholarship awards to individuals from Nome, Arkansas for higher
education.
Peter Rooney Wrangell Community Foundation
Contact: Janelle Privett, Pres.
P.O. Box 775
Wrangell, AK 99929-0775
Telephone: (907) 874-2074
URL: http://peterrooneyfund.org
Grant awards to individuals age of 18 or younger who have been
diagnosed with
leukemia, and are residents of Alaska, and need to travel for
treatments.
