Alaska Conservation Foundation

Founded in 1980, the Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF) is the only public foundation dedicated to conservation in Alaska, connecting thousands of committed donors and businesses worldwide with more than a hundred grassroots conservation organizations in Alaska.

ACF serves as funder and supportive resource for a diverse community of nonprofits working to protect and wisely manage Alaska’s natural resources. Over the last 30 years, ACF has awarded more than $33 million in grants to over 200 Alaskan organizations and individuals.  In fiscal year 2010, ACF issued over $4 million in grants — the largest year of grantmaking ever, surpassing the previous year’s record of $2.3 million. 

Through strategic funding, ACF supports Alaska’s most critical issues, fosters problem solving and innovation, and protects Alaska’s incredible yet vulnerable ecosystems, communities and economies.

EIN

92-0061466

CFD Code

0522884

King County Charity Code

2589

Snohomish County/PUD Code

3003

Address

441 West 5th Avenue, Suite 402
Anchorage
AK
99501

Phone number

(907) 276-1917

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In recent years political and economic landscapes have shifted, threatening the continued viability of many of Alaska’s conservation organizations. Snowy Owl by Tim Leach. Bad economic times have increased the pressure for more development of Alaska’s non-renewable resources, regardless of environmental cost. And as that demand grows so does the amount of money being spent by multinational corporations to promote resource development. While Alaska conservation organizations have been challenged to gain public support, build capacity and raise critical funding. Investing in leadership and capacity is the most critical need for most nonprofits. Yet, it is often overlooked. When many of Alaska’s organizations lost leadership in 2008, it was evident ACF needed to increase the level of support for the next generation of conservation leaders and organizations.
 
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Mission

Alaska Conservation Foundation builds strategic leadership and support for Alaskan efforts to take care of wild lands, waters, and wildlife, which sustain diverse cultures, healthy communities, and prosperous economies.