Ketchikan nonprofit organizations have received nearly $24,000 through the state’s Pick.Click.Give. program.
The program allows Alaskans to donate part or all of their Permanent Fund Dividends to qualified state nonprofit organizations that have registered for the charitable-giving program.
Nearly 30,000 Alaskans donated through Pick.Click.Give. this year. That’s 5.5 percent of the 543,879 people who filed for a 2016 Permanent Fund Dividend.
The total amount pledged statewide is nearly $3.2 million.
Among the Ketchikan-based nonprofit organizations registered with the program, Ketchikan Humane Society received the most – about $6,700; followed by First City Homeless Services Day Shelter at $3,800.
Below is a list of the local organization that participated in this year’s Pick.Click.Give. program, and the amounts donated.
- Ketchikan Humane Society – $6,725
- First City Homeless Services Day Shelter – $3,800
- KRBD – $2,100
- Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad – $1,600
- First City Players – $1,575
- First City Council on Cancer – $1,525
- Love In Action – $1,525
- Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library – $1,150
- Ketchikan Pioneers Home Foundation – $850
- Ketchikan Community Foundation – $825
- Ketchikan Wellness Coalition – $725
- Ketchikan Youth Initiatives – $725
- Ketchikan Community Concert Band – $500
- UAS Ketchikan – $75
- Total: $23,700
