Alaska Business Development Center, Inc.

Alaska Business Development Center, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, provides tax assistance and representation services to low-income and underserved populations across Alaska as a prime recipient of federal grants, with no federal contract prime or subcontractor footprint. The organization's federal award portfolio is concentrated in three IRS grant programs: the Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITC) program (CFDA 21.008), the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program (CFDA 21.009), and the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) program. Alaska Business Development Center holds no position on federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; its federal transacting consists entirely of annual and multi-year grants from the Internal Revenue Service.

The organization's concrete service delivery spans three core tax-assistance streams. Under the LITC program, Alaska Business Development Center provides direct tax representation before the IRS and other tribunals on federal tax matters for low-income Alaskans and non-native English speakers whose household incomes do not exceed 250 percent of federal poverty guidelines, delivers educational workshops on taxpayer rights and responsibilities with emphasis on English as a Second Language populations, and conducts advocacy to improve IRS administration. The VITA Matching Grant program funds the organization to deliver free tax return preparation and filing services to low-to-moderate income individuals, persons with disabilities, non-native English speakers, Native Americans, rural residents, military members and their families, and elderly taxpayers whose earned income does not exceed Earned Income Tax Credit thresholds, with a requirement to ensure at least 90 percent of prepared returns serve eligible populations and to file all eligible returns electronically. Under the TCE program, Alaska Business Development Center trains and provides technical assistance to volunteers and delivers free tax counseling, assistance, and return preparation to taxpayers 60 years of age or older, with an expectation to ensure at least 65 percent of electronically filed returns are completed for elderly taxpayers.

Alaska Business Development Center's recent federal funding is characterized by steady small-dollar grants. The organization received a $122 thousand LITC grant award effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, focused on expansion of tax representation and educational services across Alaska's urban and non-urban areas. A $215 thousand VITA Matching Grant covers October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, directed toward increasing electronic tax return filing capacity and strengthening volunteer training. In fiscal years 2023 and 2024, the organization received annual VITA and TCE grants ranging from approximately $200 thousand to $250 thousand per program year. The organization's total obligated federal funding across 55 awards spanning back to 2007 is $6.2 million, with the Internal Revenue Service accounting for all 47 documented awards in the source data. Activity has fluctuated, with six awards in 2023 declining to two in 2024 and two in 2025. Two awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating limited recompete exposure. Alaska Business Development Center operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient with no subcontractor or subrecipient engagements recorded in the source data and no federal contract prime awards.