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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LET EVERY WOMAN KNOW - ALASKA.

Totals

Total revenue
$340,522
Total expenses
$336,285
Contributions and grants received
$338,689
Grants paid
$46,531
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,833
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$523,456
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,779
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$519,677
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$290,939
Management and general expenses
$45,346
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$290,939

Program services were 86.5% 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

    $86,820

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $16,295

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $235,574

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,833 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    $86,820

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $46,531 · program services $46,531

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $142,000 · program services $113,600 · management and general $28,400 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,260 · program services $0 · management and general $4,260 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,857 · program services $9,486 · management and general $2,371 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,480 · program services $0 · management and general $2,480 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,510 · program services $1,510 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,634 · program services $6,476 · management and general $2,158 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,295 · program services $8,471 · management and general $2,824 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,306 · program services $0 · management and general $2,306 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Service Charges

    total $547 · program services $0 · management and general $547 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Awareness Weekend Expenses

    total $35,023 · program services $35,023 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Any Mountain Expenses

    total $53,038 · program services $53,038 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Support Groups & Education

    total $11,331 · program services $11,331 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,473 · program services $5,473 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $104,562 · end of year $177,370

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $414,208 · end of year $342,031

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,055

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,330 · end of year $3,779

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $515,440 · end of year $519,677

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Let Every Woman Know - Alaska is dedicated to raising awareness, sharing information, and saving lives through local education of all Alaskans and support for those women.

  • In 2024 The Any Mountain Project undertook an expedition, bringing a group of ovarian cancer survivors, caregivers, and doctors to attempt to climb Mt. Baker. They did this to raise awareness awareness about Ovarian Cancer and raise funds that went directly to ovarian cancer research.

    Expenses $109,372 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $102,014

  • The 16th annual Alyeska Climbathon went virtual and took place from September 7th, 2024. Nearly 400 dedicated climbers hit the mountain! A heartfelt thank you to our event partner Alyeska Resort, event sponsors: Advanced Oncology Associates, Seagan, Caris Life Sciences, Dimond Vision Clinic and Mooses/Broke/BearTooth, and all the climbers and generous donors who helped raise $100,000. 100% of funds stay in the state of Alaska with 25% going to the Girdwood Health Clinic and 75% to Let Every Woman Know-Alaska to further our mission of gynecologic cancer awareness and support for Alaskan women and families faced with a GYN cancer diagnosis.

    Expenses $67,071 · Grants $21,531 · Revenue $101,026

  • The 12th annual virtual Gynecologic Cancer Awareness & Arts of Healing Weekend took place January 2nd-4th, 2024. Weekend features included an Art Showcase displayed at the Georgia Blue Gallery with sales online, a free one-day Gynecologic Cancer Course on Zoom and the Trend Alaska Fashion Show Saturday night. People registered for the weekend events with virtual attendance throughout Alaska, the US and even internationally! Roughly $80,000 was raised to further LEWKs mission of gynecologic cancer awareness, education, and support in Alaska.

    Expenses $66,357 · Revenue $115,579

  • LEWK continues to offer annual survivor retreats, complementary counseling and oncology massage services, as well as informal patient/survivor connection gatherings. LEWK has a healthy lifestyles campaign, encouraging exercise by having teams at the Gold Nugget Triathlon, healthy lifestyles campaign, encouraging exercise by having teams at the Gold Nugget Triathlon,

    Expenses $48,139 · Grants $16,804

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Joanie Mayer Hope

    Director, President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Marsha Burns

    Director, Secretary, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Connie Sankwich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffany Briggs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristy Despars

    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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • Alaska Women's Cancer Care LLC

    Unrelated · Office Lease · AK · 0% owned · share of income $0

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502829349301620

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