The Anchorage-based Rasmuson Foundation has announced second-quarter grants totaling more than $1 million to nonprofit organizations across Alaska.

Awarded through the foundation's Tier 1 grant program, which provides up to $25,000 for capital projects, technology upgrades, program expansion, and creative works, the grants include $25,000 to the Blood Bank of Alaska to purchase a vehicle for its mobile blood drive program in Anchorage; $19,816 to the Bristol Bay Native Association to install commercial kitchen equipment and new computers at its child development department in Dillingham; $2,221 to the Girdwood Center for Visual Arts for technological upgrades; and $9,854 to Homer Senior Centers for electrical upgrades and to install lift recliners.

The foundation also awarded $20,000 to the Hydaburg Cooperative Association for the purchase of woodcarving tools; $16,000 to Kodiak Baptist Mission for the purchase of computer hardware for its classrooms and business office; $20,000 to the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks to purchase a van and trailer for its youth sports program; and $25,000 to SeaShare to purchase refrigerated storage containers for four western Alaska communities that will use them to store fish for local foodbanks.