Press Release: Sitnasuak Gives Back – Our 2018 Community Donations

Nome, Alaska | December 21, 2018

Giving back to our community is very important to Sitnasuak Native Corporation and demonstrates our shared values of cooperation, sharing, respecting others, and pride in culture.  During 2018, we are pleased to have shared more than $300,000 in donations to support nonprofits, schools, education programs, scholarships and youth services.

Chairman Bobby Evans shares, “We are honored to be a funding partner with community organizations as a way to give.  Sitnasuak and our family of businesses have had a great year in 2018 and were able to financially support our schools and students, and cultural and social programs.  We are looking forward to the success of these valuable programs and their long-term impacts with individual to community wellness.”

The Sitnasuak donations and charitable contributions in 2018 included the following:

• Sitnasuak Foundation scholarships – in excess  of $160,000
• Nome Public Schools Inupiaq Immersion Education $50,000
• Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center (NACTEC) secondary skill and job training $50,000
• Nome Emergency Shelter Team (NEST) to combat homelessness $30,000
• Perseverance Theatre Winter Bear Project addressing suicide $25,000
• Nome Public Schools Elementary School Mascot Project and DC Trip $7,500
• Alaska Native Heritage Center language app development $5,000
• Nome Native Youth Olympics traditional and cultural education $3,500
• Iḷisaqativut Inupiaq second language learning $3,000
• Kawerak for the Bering Strait Regional Conference $2,500
• Alaska Business Development Center (ABDC) Volunteer Tax Project $1,500
• Northwest Campus Western Alaska Inter-disciplinary Science Conference $1,200
• Koahnic Broadcast Corporation/KNBA Radio $1,000
• Alaska Native Justice Center $1,000
• ABDC Lemonade Day Support $500

The donations maximize and take advantage of the State of Alaska education tax credits – which are important to supporting our schools and local education programs. Each contribution also provides important benefits to communities, Shareholders and Descendants.

Ms. Bobbi Quintavell, President and CEO, shared “At Sitnasuak we believe our social and cultural responsibility as an Alaska Native Village Corporation is integral to strengthening our community, our people, and our culture.  We are very proud of our 2018 donations that contribute to our community and support the overall quality of life among our people. Sitnasuak was able to make significant donations during 2018 that supports much needed services – particularly in Rural Alaska.  We encourage all organizations and students to succeed.”

About Sitnasuak Native Corporation

Sitnasuak is headquartered in Nome, Alaska, with operations in Nome, Anchorage, Wasilla, California, Virginia and Puerto Rico.  Sitnasuak’s family of companies and brands include Bonanza Fuel, Bonanza Express, Fidelity Title Agency of Alaska, Mat-Su Title Agency, Nanuaq, Mocean, SNC Technical Services, SNC Manufacturing, Aurora Industries and Sitnasuak Applied Technologies. SNC is one of the Alaska Native village corporations created in 1971 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).  Today, SNC is the largest of 16 village corporations in the Bering Straits region, with over $134 million in annual revenues.  SNC is owned by almost 2,900 Alaska Native Shareholders. For additional information on Sitnasuak as well as our business products and services, please visit our website at www.snc.org or like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Sitnasuak/.

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