Accepts applications
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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $4,136,799 | $3,868,715 | $3,638,491 | $63,872,272 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 3% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNNELL STREET ARTS CENTERHOMER, AK | HERITAGE CONTRACT | $15,000 | 2020 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Wirz | CEO | 40.0 | $159,676 |
| Jeff Gonnason | CHAIRMAN | 0.5 | $6,250 |
| Ryan Newton | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 0.5 | $5,350 |
| Deanna Sackett | DIRECTOR |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $62,752,364 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $4,765,798 | $4,942,346 | $5,136,019 | $59,623,492 | $58,430,490 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $2,733,822 | $4,455,621 | $4,118,713 | $55,325,069 | $53,706,493 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $5,973,660 | $4,563,772 | $4,251,464 | $68,131,766 | $66,861,926 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $3,809,706 | $4,499,524 | $4,216,632 | $65,227,557 | $63,803,419 |
| JWM ELDERS & YOUTH 2023 ARTS INTEGRATION |
| $15,000 |
| 2023 |
| QUINHAGAK HERITAGE INCORPORATEDQUINHAGAK, AK | ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD | $15,000 | 2024 |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CHICAGO, IL | JWM GRANT | $15,000 | 2020 |
| FRIENDS OF THE AK STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES & MUSEUMJUNEAU, AK | JWM GRANT | $15,000 | 2020 |
| KODIAK HISTORICAL SOCIETYKODIAK, AK | JWM 2023 HEALING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS | $15,000 | 2023 |
| COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL INCANCHORAGE, AK | HERITAGE CONTRACT | $15,000 | 2020 |
| COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL INCANCHORAGE, AK | HERITAGE PROJECT GRANT 2023 - 2024 NYO GAMES | $15,000 | 2023 |
| ALASKA NATIVE JUSTICE CENTERANCHORAGE, AK | EPG COLOR OF JUSTICE | $15,000 | 2022 |
| FRIENDS OF THE AK STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES & MUSEUMJUNEAU, AK | EXPLORING ALASKA NATIVE GUT: EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS, AND ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT | $15,000 | 2021 |
| MUSEUM OF THE ALEUTIANS ASSOCIATIONUNALASKA, AK | ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD | $15,000 | 2024 |
| CLARE SWAN EARLY LEARNING CENTERANCHORAGE, AK | EDUCATION PROJECT GRANT 2023 - TSIL'QU ENHANCEMENT | $15,000 | 2023 |
| MORRIS THOMPSON CULTURAL AND VISITORS CENTERFAIRBANKS, AK | ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARD | $14,850 | 2024 |
| BETHEL COUNCIL ON THE ARTSMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BETHEL, AK | THE PAST LIVING IN THE PRESENT PROJECT | $14,100 | 2021 |
| PRATT MUSEUMHOMER, AK | JWM BSAC ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE | $14,000 | 2022 |
| OUTER COASTSITAK, AK | HERITAGE CONTRACT | $14,000 | 2020 |
| BUNNELL STREET ARTS CENTERHOMER, AK | JWM BSAC ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE | $14,000 | 2022 |
| NATIVE MOVEMENTFAIRBANKS, AK | JWM YAAW KOO.EEX' CEDAR WEAVING & ROBE MAKING | $14,000 | 2022 |
| ALASKA ARTS & CULTURE FOUNDATIONANCHORAGE, AK | JWM 2023 RECONNECT, REFRESH, RENEW: STATEWIDE CONFERENCE | $13,750 | 2023 |
| COOK INLET HOUSING AUTHORITYANCHORAGE, AK | HERITAGE PROJECT GRANT 2023 - DENA'INA AND AHTNA PLACE | $13,601 | 2023 |
| NATIVE PEOPLES ACTION COMMUNITY FUNDANCHORAGE, AK | WELLNESS AND HEALING THROUGH OUR CULTURE & CONNECTIONS | $13,400 | 2021 |
| ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTERANCHORAGE, AK | HERITAGE CONTRACT | $12,777 | 2020 |
| BUNNELL STREET ARTS CENTERHOMER, AK | JWM GRANT | $12,777 | 2020 |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CHICAGO, IL | VOICES FROM CEDAR: DIGITAL LEARNING | $12,000 | 2021 |
| ANCHORAGE MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONANCHORAGE, AK | JWM GRANT | $12,000 | 2020 |
| 0.5 |
| $4,250 |
| Jessica Greiner | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $4,000 |
| Susan Wells | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $3,500 |
| Kyla Morris | VICE PRESIDENT | 40.0 | $0 |
| Louis Nagy Jr | VICE CHAIRMAN | 0.5 | $0 |
| Cheryl Wilga | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Cynthia Muller | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Rayna Bird | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Daniel Mitchell | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Donna James | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Wight | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202442909349100509
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202302779349100825
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202222869349100867
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202142849349100024
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.