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From the Chronicle of Philanthropy
April 6, 2011, 10:22 am
Alaska residents pledged more than $1.5-million this year to nonprofits as part of a program that encourages residents to give a portion of state dividend payments they receive to charity.
The effort is tied to Alaska’s permanent fund dividend program, which gives Alaskans one quarter of the royalties collected through oil and natural-gas drilling projects. Each Alaska resident gets an equal payment, which typically ranges from $300 to just under $2,000 annually.
Three years ago, the state began encouraging residents to consider giving some of their dividends to charity through a program called “Pick. Click. Give.”