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Healing Hand Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Juneau, AK EIN: 92-0177320 Website

Healing Hand Foundation is a charitable organization that provides assistance to help meet some of the unfunded medical and health care related needs of searhc beneficiaries and veterans.

Healing Hand Foundation at a glance

In short: Healing Hand Foundation gave $57K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $57K), mostly in Alaska. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$57,417
+19.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$57,417
Median grant
$57,417
Total assets
$2,159,137
+10.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
Alaska (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

How to apply to Healing Hand Foundation

Who Healing Hand Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Southeast Alaska Regional Health: $57KSoutheast Alaska RegionalHealth$57K

The largest 2025 recipient was Southeast Alaska Regional Health ($57K).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 4 (75%).

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

Juneau

How Healing Hand Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 21% from 2022 to 2025. Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150KTotal only2021 2 grants2022 1 grant2023 Total only2024 1 grant2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $26K (2023) to $112K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $57K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Juneau, AKMedical Assistance$57,417
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$2,159,137$173,082$268,501$57,4171$100,164
2024$1,952,520$212,578$166,169$48,157Total only$113,735
2023$1,641,716$129,214$113,876$26,1301$95,890
2022$1,568,978$175,521$148,206$47,3572$68,043
2021$2,003,294$89,406$161,483$111,892Total only$57,269

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Healing Hand Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Healing Hand Foundation is a public charity, based in Juneau, AK. IRS filing data is available from 2021 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $57K. Net investment income was $100K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Healing Hand Foundation is led by Desiree Jackson, President since 2024 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 10 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Desiree Jackson

    President

    Board President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph Kahklen

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Irene Tupou

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leatha Merculieff

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Peterson

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judean Gordon

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa McCormick

    Prior Executive

    Executive Di → Prior Executive, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    18 hrs/week

    $30K (2021) → $31K (2025)

  • Sherry Patterson

    Board Secretary

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Carle

    Board Vice President

    Board Member → Board V. President, 2024

    Board V. President → Board Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christine Woll

    Executive Di

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Corrine Garza (2021–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Sarah Griffith (2021–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Roald Helgesen (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Charles Clement (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: George Reifenstein Jr. (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Harriet Brouillette (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Marcelo Qunito (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: McHugh Pierre (2021) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Melissa McCormick — Prior Execut: $31KMelissa McCormickPrior Execut$31K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $31K, to Melissa McCormick (Prior Execut).

Frequently asked questions about Healing Hand Foundation

How much does Healing Hand Foundation give each year?

Healing Hand Foundation gave $57K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $48K in grants paid.

How large is Healing Hand Foundation?

Healing Hand Foundation reported $2.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $173K.

Where does Healing Hand Foundation operate?

Healing Hand Foundation has awarded grants in Alaska.

What is Healing Hand Foundation's EIN?

Healing Hand Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 92-0177320. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.

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

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 16, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 13, 2025)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 18, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2024

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