Rasmuson Foundation

00000192-9c9b-dda9-a1f3-dedbc4cb0000There’s good news on the generosity front in Alaska. The PFD Charitable Contributions Program – Pick.Click.Give. – continues to grow in three core metrics: number of Alaskans contributing, total amount they are giving, and percentage of participants among those who file for their dividend online.Earlier this year, 26,093 Alaskans used Pick.Click.Give. to donate part or all of their $900 dividend to causes they support.Read more.

https://youtu.be/mXu_PWurpa0Executive burn out? Maybe you need a break...Nonprofit and tribal executives, listen up! Are you tired and stressed? Haven’t had a vacation in months or years? A sabbatical may be just what you need. Learn more.

https://youtu.be/ys_hEhKjM_0Sitka basket and textile weaver Teri Rofkar has been named the 2013 Rasmuson Distinguished Artist. The $40,000 award recognizes an artist with stature and a history of creative excellence. Learn more.

Last month, Rasmuson Foundation launched a new series of videos that add to the web-based collection of stories we call “Glimpses of Who We Are.” In this edition, filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean features Cathy Tagnak Rexford's poem, "Luis Gonzalez Palma never took a picture here" through footage and imagery of the North and its people.Click for more.

Last month Rasmuson Foundation launched a new series of videos that add to the web-based collection of stories we call “Glimpses of Who We Are.” Today we share the second in that series – a whimsical, possibly mysterious short by film maker Ellen Frankenstein.Learn more.

https://youtu.be/hSNPBELVtcwToday we launch the next generation of our nonprofit sector Glimpses, this time working with media artists to tell stories in a digital domain.The first, “Little Mikey” by Pat Race, kicks off the series. Other artists we will feature include Bob Curtis Johnson, Brian George Smith, Ellen Frankenstein and Andrew MacLean.Learn more.

Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson, social catalyst and one of Alaska’s most endeared philanthropists, died on July 30, 2012, at her home in Anchorage, Alaska.Mrs. Rasmuson spent her life breaking barriers, challenging conventions, and seeking to improve opportunities for those around her.Read more.

00000192-9ca2-dda9-a1f3-defb769c0000He went to college to study chemistry and never dreamed of being an artist. Today, artist Kes Woodward of Fairbanks was awarded the 2012 Rasmuson Distinguished Artist Award, which recognizes artists with stature and a history of creative excellence and accomplishments in the arts.Read more.

Calling all Alaskan artists: Rasmuson Foundation just opened the application period for its annual Individual Artist Awards grant program, and it’s more inclusive than ever.

Calling all Alaskan artists: Rasmuson Foundation just opened the application period for its annual Individual Artist Awards grant program, and it’s more inclusive than ever.The awards are designed to support Alaskan artists at various stages in their career and creative development working in many artistic disciplines. New this year, the field of presentation and interpretation was added to the fellowship category, opening the award to actors, dancers, musicians, vocalists and other performance artists.Learn more.