Save Ak Spots
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Save AK Spots, SAS is a 501(C)3 nonprofit that creates community cleanup opportunities and stewardship content that encourages Alaskans to improve Alaska's environmental health as stewards of the Last Frontier.
- Income
- $1,040
- Spending
- $0
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- Save AK Spots, SAS is a 501(C)3 nonprofit that creates community cleanup opportunities and stewardship content that encourages Alaskans to improve the Great Land's environmental health as stewards of the Last Frontier. SAS has organized trash cleanups throughout different areas across the Last Frontier, improving the lands and waters that provide so much to so many Alaskan residents. Our mission is to stop litter from happening in Alaska is the reason why we started Save AK Spots, and with the help of AK Way stewards, doing the right thing for the Last Frontier's environmental health, we will keep it the Great Land for generations to come.
- Save AK Spots partnered with Power Full Effects and Alaska Waste for cleanup efforts in Meadow Lakes, Alaska during May of 2023. Volunteers helped cleanup trash along railroad tracks, running track, and wooded areas removing garbage to prevent future trashing and improvement the area's environmental conditions
- Save AK Spots provided various cleanup efforts throughout 2024 to improve the environmental health of the Last Frontier. SAS is part of an AK Way Stewardship campaign that promotes Alaskan stewards doing the right thing for Alaska's ecological health by handling trash disposal responsibly and encouraging others to do likewise.
- Save AK Spots completed a cleanup in Houston Alaska in May of 2025. Volunteers were able to cleanup two different locations during the time that was allocated. Equipment, dumpster, and supplies were all donated to the community project.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2021.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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