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PROGRAM INFORMATION

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The ASEF Edward Rasmuson Endowment Fund

Funded in 1980 with a generous gift from Edward B. Rasmuson, ASEF’s Edward Rasmuson Endowment Fund seeks "to encourage the education, training and instruction of young Alaskans in the techniques of ski competition with the ultimate goals of improving and developing their capabilities and instructing the public with respect to ski competition."

The ASEF Board of Trustees annually solicits grant proposals for projects and programs which will further the objectives of the Foundation and the Edward Rasmuson Endowment Fund.

Past recipients of grants from ASEF’s Edward Rasmuson Endowment Fund include the following organizations from around Alaska:


  •          Alyeska Ski Club

  •          Anchorage Ski Club

  •          Hilltop Youth Ski Program

  •          Juneau Ski Club

  •          Kachemak Ski Club

  •          Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage

​                    Mat-Su Ski Club 

  •          Moose Pass School (after school ski program)

  •          Seward Nordic Ski Club

  •          Tsalteshi Trails Association

  •          Ursa Minor PTA (after school ski program)

  •         UAA Alpine Ski Team

OTHER FUNDS ADMINISTERED

Pia-Margrethe Denkewalter Memorial Fund
•Purpose: To provide annual grants to help young Alaskan cross-country ski racers travel to compete the Junior National Championships.

Tom Besh Memorial Fund
•Purpose: To provide annual scholarships to Alaskan high school seniors or graduates who have been active in the sport of nordic skiing.

BOARD MEMBERS 

Glenn Gellert, Anchorage, President

Lin Hinderman, Anchorage, Vice President

Elaine McCambridge, Anchorage, Treasurer

Michael Brubaker, Anchorage, Secretary

Members-at-Large

John Estle, Fairbanks
Jim Renkert, Anchorage
Stan Carrick, Eagle River
Calisa Kastning, Anchorage
Erin Lupro, Juneau
Hugh Gellert, Anchorage
Dylan Watts, Anchorage
Tim Lamb, Anchorage