Alaska Geographic
“Promote discovery and stewardship of Alaska’s public lands.”
67 years on the ground, 79 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Cooperating association serving Alaska’s national parks, forests, and refuges. Operates bookstores and supports education and interpretation across Alaska’s federal lands.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “Connects people to Alaska's public lands through the creation and delivery of educational products and programs.” as filed.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Production of Visitor Guides
$1.4M, 33% of spendingClassroom curriculum, books, films, and other educational products and materials. Eight or more distinct visitor guides, two or more books and/or films, and various other educational publications produced annually in…
Including $916,649 granted onward, most of it ($880,602) to National Park Service.
Read it as they filed it
PRODUCTION OF VISITOR GUIDES, CLASSROOM CURRICULUM, BOOKS, FILMS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS. EIGHT OR MORE DISTINCT VISITOR GUIDES, TWO OR MORE BOOKS AND/OR FILMS, AND VARIOUS OTHER EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED ANNUALLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THREE FEDERAL AND STATE LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR USE BY VISITORS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Distribution of Educational
$1.3M, 32% of spendingAnd interpretive materials to visitors and users of Alaska’s public lands. Approximately one million individuals were provided information about 35 national parks, forests, and other publicly held lands.
Read it as they filed it
DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS TO VISITORS AND USERS OF ALASKA'S PUBLIC LANDS. APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION INDIVIDUALS WERE PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT 35 NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS, AND OTHER PUBLICLY HELD LANDS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Development and presentation of experiential education
$628K, 15% of spendingDevelopment and presentation of experiential education programs for teachers, youth, guides and the general public. Programs are both daily and multi-day in length.
Read it as they filed it
DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS, YOUTH, GUIDES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PROGRAMS ARE BOTH DAILY AND MULTI-DAY IN LENGTH. MANY ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLEGE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS, REFUGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA. MORE THAN 100 PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
79 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$3,340,605 programs, $883,805 management, $0 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at Alaska Geographic? Claim this page.
Those 17 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Alaska Geographic is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $2,958,704 |
| 2012 | $2,975,655 |
| 2013 | $3,103,464 |
| 2014 | $3,310,264 |
| 2015 | $2,814,531 |
| 2016 | $3,422,325 |
| 2017 | $2,972,666 |
| 2018 | $3,186,077 |
| 2019 | $3,240,520 |
| 2020 | $1,604,059 |
| 2021 | $2,376,291 |
| 2022 | $4,204,543 |
| 2023 | $4,998,148 |
| 2025 | $6,228,182 |
From $3.0M in 2011 to $6.2M in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024). FY25 is the highest year on file.
Their ground
Alaska Geographic is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Alaska congressional delegation averages 4 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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