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“a lot of times that we do a project, we fundraise for that project, and if we don't have enough our board member will come in and say, okay, let's do another fundraising, or let's donate in to try to get this program going”
Speaker
Unidentified speaker
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
June 9, 2026

From the transcript

So, a lot of times that we do a project, we fundraise for that project, and if we don't have enough our board member will come in and say, okay, let's do another fundraising, or let's donate in to try to get this program going. So all those programs that you see every year, it's out of the pocket, and sometimes we apply for grants. We're 501, and sometimes we apply for grants, and if we don't get the grants, we'll do fundraising and whatever we can get, but the programs still continue. But the, you know, the 'Cause whatever it is, we have to cut down our funding according. Okay.

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