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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$895,417
Total expenses
$1,090,861
Contributions and grants received
$759,660
Grants paid
$31,923
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$135,484
Other revenue
$273
Total assets, end of year
$1,676,890
Total liabilities, end of year
$72,137
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,604,753
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$472,539
Management and general expenses
$526,888
Fundraising expenses
$91,434
Program service expenses (Part III)
$472,539

Program services were 43.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $759,160

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,006 · excluded $68,006

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $600

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $10,967

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$10,367

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$10,367 · excluded -$10,367

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $240,871

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $173,393

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $67,478

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $67,478 · excluded $67,478

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,580

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,433

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,147 · excluded $7,147

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $3,493 · excluded $3,493

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,493

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $31,923 · program services $31,923

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,240 · management and general $99,240

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $586,156 · program services $303,791 · management and general $218,559 · fundraising $63,806

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,330 · program services $8,521 · management and general $66,659 · fundraising $1,150

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,602 · program services $25,876 · management and general $25,259 · fundraising $5,467

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,400 · management and general $13,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,374 · program services $23,800 · management and general $10,700 · fundraising $5,874

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,042 · program services $2,558 · management and general $2,484

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $51,202 · program services $19,705 · management and general $24,931 · fundraising $6,566

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,040 · management and general $9,040

  • 17 · Travel

    total $93,035 · program services $52,290 · management and general $33,088 · fundraising $7,657

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,745 · program services $2,500 · management and general $2,245

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,859 · management and general $14,859

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,407 · program services $1,005 · management and general $3,164 · fundraising $238

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISC SERVICE CHARGES

    total $2,540 · program services $200 · management and general $2,340

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $1,477 · program services $250 · management and general $750 · fundraising $477

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $369 · management and general $170 · fundraising $199

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $120 · program services $120

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,005 · end of year $193

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $203,219 · end of year $162,046

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $333,313

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $156,003

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $170,277 · end of year $177,310

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,598,176 · end of year $1,337,591

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year -$250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $59,584 · end of year $72,137

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $157,548

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $170,277

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,586,268 · end of year $1,604,753

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SINCE 1971, THE NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER HAS PROMOTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP IN INTERIOR AND ARCTIC ALASKA THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.

  • THE ARCTIC PROGRAM ADVOCATES FOR HABITAT AND WILDLIFE PROTECTIONS IN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE-ALASKA AND MARINE MAMMAL AND MIGRATORY WATERFOWL HABITAT PROTECTION IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING ARE DONE THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL TRIBES; STATE AND NATIONAL COALITION WORK; AND ACTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN COMMENT SUBMISSIONS AND AT HEARINGS THAT AFFECT WILD HABITATS. THE ARCTIC PROGRAM PRODUCES EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH MATERIALS SUCH AS MAPS, IMAGES, VIDEOS, NEWSLETTERS, AND BROCHURES TO CONVEY THAT ARCTIC AND INTERIOR ALASKA CONTAIN SOME OF AMERICAS MOST SPECIAL PLACES-UNSPOILED LANDSCAPES WITH A DIVERSITY OF HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, WILDLIFE, AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES THAT HAVE THRIVED OFF THE LAND FOR CENTURIES. THE ARCTIC PROGRAM AND NORTHERN CENTER WORK TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL INHABITANTS-NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

    Expenses $182,636 · Grants $20,623

  • THE CLEAN WATER & MINING PROGRAM ADVOCATES FOR STRONG WATER RESOURCE PROTECTIONS CONNECTED TO MINERAL EXTRACTION AND RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THROUGH: COLLABORATIONS WITH LOCAL VILLAGES; PARTICIPATION AT REGIONAL CONFERENCES AND IN ALASKA AND NATIONAL COALITIONS; SUBMITTING COMMENT LETTERS TO AGENCIES ON PLANNING AND SCOPING DOCUMENTS; AND PRODUCING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS-FACT SHEETS AND WEB CONTENT-TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INFORMED INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN WORK TO ENSURE CLEAN RIVERS, HEALTHY FISH, AND QUALITY HABITATS FOR RURAL AND URBAN SETTINGS.

    Expenses $179,444 · Grants $1,000

  • YOUTH AND EDUCATION: EDUCATING AND DEVELOPING YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY THE NORTHERN CENTER MEMBERSHIP THROUGH DIRECT, DESIGNATED DONATIONS. THESE FUNDS DIRECTLY SUPPORT A LOCAL SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN, ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH GROUPS, AND SUMMER INTERNSHIPS.

    Expenses $109,351 · Grants $10,000

  • THE SOVEREIGN INUPIAT FOR A LIVING ARCTIC (SILA) IS A GROUP OF INUPIAT PEOPLES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT STRIVE FOR A SUSTAINABLE, EQUITABLE SOCIETY ACROSS THE ARCTIC SLOPE AND COASTAL PLAIN.

    Expenses $1,108 · Grants $300

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elisabeth Dabney

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $99,240
    From this org
    $99,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chad Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Busby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffery Groenke

    VICE PRES/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kasey Keogh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krystal Lapp

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Molly Nakayama

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barrett Ristroph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513219349318811

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