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Grant recipient EIN 45-5066055Philanthropy and grantmaking

Who funds Best Beginnings?

11 private foundations gave Best Beginnings in Anchorage, AK $192,962 across 29 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

29 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Carr Foundation IncAnchorage, AK 2024

    Support general charitable purposes

    $5,000
  2. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2024

    General support

    $1,000
  3. Rural Alaska Community Action Program FoundationAnchorage, AK 2023

    Statewide Imagination Library Conference

    $19,000
  4. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2023

    General support

    $250
  5. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $84
  6. The CIRI FoundationAnchorage, AK 2022

    Epg expanding opportunities for ak native students

    $25,000
  7. The Carr Foundation IncAnchorage, AK 2022

    Support general charitable purposes.

    $5,000
  8. Ima FoundationWichita, KS 2022

    Program services

    $250
  9. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $128
  10. The CIRI FoundationAnchorage, AK 2021

    Best beginnings' engaging alaska native students in early literacy project

    $35,000
  11. The Carl and Gretchen Gould Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    Childhood education support.

    $8,500
  12. Castele Family FoundationLakewood, OH 2021

    General Support

    $2,000
  13. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2021

    General support

    $1,000
  14. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $109
  15. The CIRI FoundationAnchorage, AK 2020

    Heritage contract

    $20,000
  16. AT&T FoundationDallas, TX 2020

    Health & Human Services

    $4,000
  17. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2020

    General support

    $1,706
  18. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $110
  19. The CIRI FoundationAnchorage, AK 2020

    Employee matching grant

    $100
  20. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2019

    Redistribute imagination library books statewide

    $24,815
  21. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2019

    General support

    $2,100
  22. Frances & David Rose FoundationAnchorage, AK 2019

    Unrestricted

    $500
  23. Crowley Cares FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $150
  24. Crowley Cares FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $120
  25. The Carl and Gretchen Gould Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2018

    Childhood education support.

    $33,500
  26. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2018

    General support

    $2,000
  27. Crowley Cares FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,080
  28. Rasmuson FoundationAnchorage, AK 2018

    First ladies tea

    $400
  29. Crowley Cares FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    General & Unrestricted

    $60

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other philanthropy and grantmaking organizations in Anchorage, AK and are not among Best Beginnings’s funders above.

  1. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 11 grants Preselected only $2,963,406 to similar organizations
  2. Atwood Foundation IncAnchorage, AK 21 grants Accepts applications $1,060,914 to similar organizations
  3. Wells Fargo FoundationMinneapolis, MN 6 grants Preselected only $295,000 to similar organizations
  4. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 9 grants Accepts applications $1,455,000 to similar organizations
  5. Ellsworth FoundationAnchorage, AK 2 grants Preselected only $215,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 9 grants Accepts applications $45,880 to similar organizations
  7. Gottstein Family FoundationAnchorage, AK 7 grants Preselected only $39,000 to similar organizations
  8. Trustage Foundation IncMadison, WI 2 grants Preselected only $30,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 45-5066055 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.