Choggiung Educational Endowment

Private foundation · Grantmaker Dillingham, AK EIN: 92-0155519

Choggiung Educational Endowment is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Dillingham, AK. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $505K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $500. Net investment income was $39K.

Choggiung Educational Endowment at a glance

In short: Choggiung Educational Endowment gave $500 across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $500), mostly in Alaska. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$500
-98.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-93.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$500
-70.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$500
Total assets
$504,644
+9.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Alaska (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Choggiung Educational Endowment funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

57 grants across all recorded years

57<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 57 grants of 57 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Dillingham

How Choggiung Educational Endowment gives

  • Giving fell 98% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 23% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K1 grant2020 13 grants2021 12 grants2022 16 grants2023 15 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $500 (2025) to $27K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $500.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$504,644$49,059$5,554$5001$7,090$39,161$31,399
2024$461,138$54,124$32,337$25,61615$31,587$30,286$25,772
2023$439,351$41,196$27,681$24,32916$29,866$19,252$23,782
2022$428,146$45,528$34,863$21,68812$32,574$29,660$25,064
2021$414,063$37,950$32,848$27,43313—$30,199$25,704
2020$405,492$40,758$38,885$26,1341—$22,666$23,138

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Choggiung Educational Endowment reported a distributable amount of $31K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Choggiung Educational Endowment is led by Crystal Leonetti, Chairman on every filing since 2023; none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Crystal Leonetti

    Chairman

    On filings since 2023

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jean Barrett

    Officer

    Chair → Chairman, 2021

    Chairman → Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Heyano

    Officer

    On filings since 2020

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marina Hiratsuka

    Officer

    On filings since 2020

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Frank Woods III

    Officer

    On filings since 2023

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (3)
  • Former: Ida Backford (2020–2022) — Officer
  • Former: Inez Bielefeld (2020–2022) — Officer
  • Former: Sheila Schroeder (2021–2022) — Officer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Choggiung Educational Endowment

How much does Choggiung Educational Endowment give each year?

Choggiung Educational Endowment gave $500 across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $26K across 15 grants.

How large is Choggiung Educational Endowment?

Choggiung Educational Endowment reported $505K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $7K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $31K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

What is Choggiung Educational Endowment?

Choggiung Educational Endowment is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Dillingham, AK. It holds $505K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Choggiung Educational Endowment operate?

Choggiung Educational Endowment has awarded grants in Alaska.

What is Choggiung Educational Endowment's EIN?

Choggiung Educational Endowment's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 92-0155519. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 31, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 31, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 9, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 9, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 30, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 26, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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