Kodiak Area Native Association

Public charity · Grantmaker Kodiak, AK EIN: 92-0038225

To elevate the quality of life of the people we serve.

Kodiak Area Native Association at a glance

In short: Kodiak Area Native Association gave $76K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $19K), mostly in Alaska. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$75,764
+91.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
4
+33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$18,941
+43.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$10,082
Total assets
$137,112,181
-1.3% 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.

Who Kodiak Area Native Association funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

Alaska Legal Services Corp: $50KAlaska Legal Services Corp$50KKodiak Community Support: $12KKodiak Community Support$12KSun'aq Tribe of Kodiak: $8KSun'aq Tribe of Kodiak$8KKodiak Middle School PTSA dba PTA Alaska Congress: $6KKodiak Middle School PTSA dbaPTA Alaska Congress$6K

The largest 2025 recipient was Alaska Legal Services Corp ($50K). Together the top 4 received $76K.

Grant Size Distribution

17 grants across all recorded years

15<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 15 grants of 17 (88%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

Cities

KodiakAnchorageMankatoOuzinkiePort Lions

How Kodiak Area Native Association gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−19%). 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 only2019 2 grants2020 1 grant2021 5 grants2022 4 grants2023 3 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $20K (2021) to $133K (2019). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $76K.

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
Alaska Legal Services Corp Anchorage, AKTo support "Partnering for Native Health". Partnering for Native Health is a project that seeks to build a network of Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs) in tribally operated healthcare facilities throughout the nation to address the health harming civil legal needs of their patients.$50,000
Kodiak Community Support Kodiak, AKDonations$12,164
Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak Kodiak, AK—$8,000
Kodiak Middle School PTSA dba PTA Alaska Congress Kodiak, AKKHS Track & Field Donation & Donation to Art Club$5,600
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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$137,112,181$60,970,930$57,789,045$75,7644$2,007,181
2024$138,926,822$53,840,746$56,910,337$39,6003$2,729,995
2023$149,660,080$56,637,793$48,558,818$97,0024$776,708
2022$116,478,581$51,664,455$41,000,544$93,9555$568,851
2021$96,479,777$48,228,696$36,272,459$20,0001$242,530
2020$69,012,516$45,526,336$30,788,370$25,2252$560,223
2019$54,899,385$35,067,111$30,049,084$132,646Total only$389,289

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

About Kodiak Area Native Association

Based on IRS filings

Kodiak Area Native Association is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Kodiak, AK. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $137.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $76K. Net investment income was $2.0M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Kodiak Area Native Association is led by Michael Pfeffer, Chief Executive Officer since 2023 (on filings since 2019); all 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Michael Pfeffer

    Chief Executive Officer

    Chief Operating Officer → COO & CEO, 2021

    COO & CEO → Chief Executive Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    37.5 hrs/week

    $274K (2019) → $595K (2025)

  • Loretta Nelson

    Chair

    Chairperson → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    $16K (2019) → $17K (2025)

  • Alex Panamaroff Jr.

    Director

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $16K (2019) → $17K (2025)

  • Elise Pletnikoff

    Chief Medical Director

    Chief Medical Officer → Medical Director, 2024

    Medical Director → Chief Medical Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    37.5 hrs/week

    $268K (2019) → $376K (2025)

  • Larry Chichenoff

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $4K (2020) → $18K (2025)

  • Nancy Nelson

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    $5K (2022) → $17K (2025)

  • Stella Krumrey

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    $3K (2023) → $17K (2025)

  • Chrislyn Hoen

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    $7K (2023) → $18K (2025)

  • Teacon Simeonoff

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    $4K (2024) → $17K (2025)

  • Katie Gray

    Medical Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    37.5 hrs/week

    $293K (2025)

  • Cheryl Christofferson

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $16K (2019) → $17K (2025)

  • Evan Jones

    Physician

    On filings since 2019

    37.5 hrs/week

    $258K (2019) → $305K (2025)

  • Phyllis Amodo

    Vice Chair

    Vice Chairperson → Director, 2023

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $16K (2019) → $17K (2025)

  • Sam Chelmo

    Physician

    On filings since 2019

    37.5 hrs/week

    $263K (2019) → $337K (2025)

  • Stephen Tullis

    Staff Dentist

    On filings since 2021

    37.5 hrs/week

    $219K (2021) → $264K (2025)

  • Jeannine Marsh

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    $5K (2022) → $18K (2025)

  • Ali Vayani

    CFO

    On filings since 2024

    37.5 hrs/week

    $74K (2024) → $206K (2025)

Former officers (17)
  • Former: Desiree Eluska (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Derek Bowers (2022–2024) — Physician
  • Former: Pablo Gonzalez (2022–2024) — Dental Director
  • Former: Alfred Cratty Jr. (2019–2023) — Director Passed Away
  • Former: Margaret Roberts (2019–2023) — Director Passed Away
  • Former: Andrew Teuber Jr. (2019–2022) — Chief Executive Officer
  • Former: Gary Watson (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Yvonne Mullen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Speridon Simeonoff Sr. (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Adam Colton (2021) — Physician
  • Former: Brett Bass (2021) — Dental Director
  • Former: Cristin O'Grady (2019–2020) — Physician
  • Former: Heidi Baines (2019–2020) — Clinical Director
  • Former: Vickie Novak (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Travis Perkins (2020) — Dental Director
  • Former: Arnold Kewan (2019) — Director
  • Former: David Eluska Sr. (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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

Michael Pfeffer — Chief Executive Officer: $595KMichael PfefferChief Executive Officer$595KElise Pletnikoff — Chief Medical Director: $376KElise PletnikoffChief Medical Director$376KSam Chelmo — Physician: $337KSam ChelmoPhysician$337KEvan Jones — Physician: $305KEvan JonesPhysician$305KKatie Gray — Medical Director: $293KKatie GrayMedical Director$293KStephen Tullis — Staff Dentist: $264KStephen TullisStaff Dentist$264KAli Vayani — CFO: $206KAli VayaniCFO$206KJeannine Marsh — Treasurer: $18KJeannine MarshTreasurer$18KLarry Chichenoff — Director: $18KLarry ChichenoffDirector$18KChrislyn Hoen — Director: $18KChrislyn HoenDirector$18KLoretta Nelson — Chair: $17KLoretta NelsonChair$17KPhyllis Amodo — Vice-Chair: $17KPhyllis AmodoVice-Chair$17KStella Krumrey — Director: $17KStella KrumreyDirector$17KAlex Panamaroff — Director: $17KAlex PanamaroffDirector$17KNancy Nelson — Director: $17KNancy NelsonDirector$17KTeacon Simeonoff — Director: $17KTeacon SimeonoffDirector$17KCheryl Christofferson — Secretary: $17KCheryl ChristoffersonSecretary$17K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $595K, to Michael Pfeffer (Chief Executive Officer). 17 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Kodiak Area Native Association

How much does Kodiak Area Native Association give each year?

Kodiak Area Native Association gave $76K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $40K across 3 grants.

What is Kodiak Area Native Association's typical grant size?

Kodiak Area Native Association's median grant in 2025 was $10,082, and its average grant was $18,941, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Kodiak Area Native Association give grants?

Kodiak Area Native Association gives mostly in Alaska: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Kodiak, AK (3 grants).

Does Kodiak Area Native Association give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Kodiak Area Native Association's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

How large is Kodiak Area Native Association?

Kodiak Area Native Association reported $137.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $61.0M.

What is Kodiak Area Native Association?

Kodiak Area Native Association is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Kodiak, AK. It holds $137.1M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Kodiak Area Native Association's EIN?

Kodiak Area Native Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 92-0038225. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 9, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 15, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 18, 2026)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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