Connecting community power to policy impact.
AKPIRG is Alaska’s only consumer advocacy nonprofit.
Founded in 1974, AKPIRG is Alaska’s only nonprofit consumer advocacy organization. For more than 50 years, our nonpartisan, statewide organization has been guided by a commitment to Alaska and the people who live here.
Good Government
Advocating for transparent, accountable government systems that reflect and serve Alaskans.
Economic Justice
Organizing Alaskans to advance equitable options for our homes and wallets.
Energy
Demystifying Alaska’s energy system for a community-led energy future.
Language Access
Building language equity by weaving Indigenous knowledge into every space.
Our Mission
AKPIRG is the only consumer advocacy and research non-profit organization in the state. We are non-partisan and focus on consumer and good governance issues, especially when inconsistent with moneyed, powerful, or other special interests.
Our Values
Justice
Community
Trust
Accountability
How We Do It
AKPIRG builds relationships across Alaska’s communities, sectors, and issues, pairing policy expertise with community-driven advocacy. We move at the speed of trust, working alongside Alaskans to create durable, people-centered change.
We do this through:
Building relationships with communities, partners, and decision-makers statewide
Research and policy analysis grounded in lived experience
Public education, testimony, and written comments
Coalition-building across sectors and regions
Decolonized approaches that center Indigenous knowledge, community leadership, and self-determination
Research
AKPIRG is committed to connecting Alaskans with reliable information about public interest and consumer issues.
Get Involved
Want to create thriving, healthy and self-determined Alaskan communities with us? Want to hold our elected officials accountable to their constituents by shining a light on government actions? We have ways you can help!
Land Acknowledgment
AKPIRG recognizes the Indigenous land on which all Alaskans live.
AKPIRG works to ensure the rights of people who are often sidelined, and to create healthy and thriving communities. Our work is done with the understanding that corporations should not have undue influence in our systems of government, especially as corporations are recent constructs and many different types of government have existed on this land for tens of thousands of years. Alaska is an Indigenous place, comprised of 227 federally recognized Tribes, and our work takes place on unceded sovereign land. This fact informs our work and our lives. AKPIRG staff and board live on and are stewards of Sugpiaq, Dena’ina, Auk Kwáan, Taku Kwáan, Lower Tanana Dene, Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in, Denaakk’e, and Yup’ik lands and nations.