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At Alaska Venture Fund, we follow a model of working that honors both Alaska’s place and its scale. We call it our “beaver and crane” approach. Beavers build where they live and make things work in real time, cranes connect those successes happening on the ground into policy, investment and global learning. The Alaska Native Birthworkers Community (ANBC) is a perfect example of this model. Hosted at Alaska Venture Fund, ANBC is rebuilding the circle of care that once surrounded Alaska Native birth at the community level. They are training Indigenous doulas, offering culturally matched support for families and helping parents bring new life into the world surrounded by language, tradition and community. That’s the beaver work in our approach: hands-on, human, rooted in culture and love of a specific place. But ANBC’s founders are also cranes — advocating for policy, systems change, educating medical providers and reframing what safe, culturally grounded birth care can look like in Alaska and beyond. By supporting ANBC, we’re not just supporting a service — we’re investing in a model of how local care and systems change can move together. Learn more about our Alaska model: https://lnkd.in/g2XR3r3c

“Traditional philanthropy often divides itself between small, community-focused grants and big, system-wide initiatives. In Alaska, that separation doesn’t make sense. Here, the local and the global are bound together, in our ecosystems, our economies and our people.” Alaska’s communities are small but our scale is massive; what happens in one place can ripple through a whole region, the state or even the world. Alaska’s vast impact inspires our “beaver and crane” approach: we support local innovators who are testing solutions on the ground that fit their communities—and connect their work to the policy and partnerships that can carry those lessons further. This is, as AVF's Managing Partner Erin Dovichin explains, how meaningful change starts: rooted in community, carried by conviction and scaled through the power of vision and partnership. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gibBF8Sq

Real change begins in the places that people call home—and in the hands of the people experiencing its challenges and possibilities. This sits at the heart of Alaska Venture Fund’s “beaver and crane” approach: beavers build where they live and make things work, cranes connect local successes to statewide policy, national investment and global learning to help others do the same. In our latest article, AVF Managing Partner Erin Dovichin shares more about this approach, and how Alaska’s vastness and interconnectedness make it both a strength and a necessity for our work. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g2XR3r3c

Real change begins in the places that people call home—and in the hands of the people experiencing its challenges and possibilities. This sits at the heart of Alaska Venture Fund’s “beaver and crane” approach: beavers build where they live and make things work, cranes connect local successes to statewide policy, national investment and global learning to help others do the same. In our latest article, AVF Managing Partner Erin Dovichin shares more about this approach, and how Alaska’s vastness and interconnectedness make it both a strength and a necessity for our work.

"Our goal is to ensure Alaska keeps moving forward on energy: diversifying its generation, strengthening its infrastructure and positioning itself to take full advantage of the next wave of clean energy opportunities." After serving as an energy committee aide in the Alaska State Legislature, Shaina Kilcoyne has returned to Alaska Venture Fund to lead our Clean Energy Program. We sat down with Shaina to discuss how AVF is advancing resilient, affordable and locally-led energy projects across the state.

"Our goal is to ensure Alaska keeps moving forward on energy: diversifying its generation, strengthening its infrastructure and positioning itself to take full advantage of the next wave of clean energy opportunities." — Shaina Kilcoyne, AVF Clean Energy Program Director Alaska has the clean energy resources to assert our energy independence and make energy prices more affordable across the state. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g6VJ2tdm