Alaska Airlines Donation Request: Who Qualifies for Flight Donations (2026 Guide)

Alaska Airlines accepts requests for in-kind transportation and sponsorships for fundraising events from 501(c)(3) nonprofits registered in and mainly serving Alaska, Arizona, California, Washington D.C., Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon or Washington. Requests go through an online portal at least six weeks before your event. The list of exclusions is long and covers many of the most common fundraisers: silent and online auctions, golf tournaments, schools, PTAs and booster clubs, and sports team events are all ineligible. About 4% of Alaska Airlines donation requests tracked on TheShareWay succeed. You can apply through Alaska's corporate giving page and track your request on Alaska Airlines' TheShareWay page.

What are your odds?

Figures as of October 2026, from applications tracked on TheShareWay.

Alaska answers most requests, and the answer is usually no. Nearly two in three of the requests tracked on TheShareWay were for events outside Alaska's 10 service areas, which is why checking eligibility first matters more here than with most donors.

What Alaska Airlines donates

Alaska's corporate giving page says it accepts requests for in-kind transportation and sponsorships for fundraising events, and that support is generally granted on a one-time basis. Nonprofits that logged an approved Alaska request on TheShareWay most often describe two round-trip coach tickets good anywhere Alaska flies, typically valued around $2,500 in total. Several report that the vouchers were mailed to them about 30 days before their event.

Who qualifies for an Alaska Airlines donation

• 501(c)(3) status. Requests must come from a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, not an individual.
• Inside Alaska's service areas. Your organization must be registered in, and mainly serve people in, Alaska, Arizona, California, Washington D.C., Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon or Washington. Areas without Alaska Airlines, Horizon or Hawaiian Airlines service are excluded.
• A fit with Alaska's giving focus. Alaska names five areas: Youth Success, Career Readiness, Care and Belonging, Environmental Sustainability, and Community Resiliency.

Events and organizations Alaska won't support

Alaska's guidelines rule out:

• Silent auctions and online auctions
• Golf tournaments
• School auctions, PTA events, booster clubs and graduation parties, and publicly or privately funded schools
• Sports team events
• Walks and runs without Alaska employee involvement
• Religious, political and fraternal organizations, and groups whose main purpose is to influence legislation
• Individuals, scholarships, pageants, memorials, prizes for incentives, and pass-through donations for another nonprofit
• Capital projects, endowments, private foundations, Rotary, guilds, and multi-year or automatically renewing grants

These exclusions show up in the decline reasons nonprofits record on TheShareWay: school and PTA events, online and silent auctions, sports teams and golf outings, and organizations outside Alaska's service areas come up again and again. The guidelines don't mention live auctions or raffles, so say plainly in your request how the tickets will be used at your event.

How to submit an Alaska Airlines donation request

1. Check eligibility first. Confirm your 501(c)(3) status, your service area and your event type against the lists above. A request that hits an exclusion will be declined.
2. Apply at least six weeks ahead. Alaska asks for requests at least six weeks before the event, or before your print deadline if you need its name on event materials. Earlier is safer.
3. Create an account in the Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines Proposal Management System. The same portal handles fundraiser donations, event sponsorships, foundation grants and youth engagement contributions, so choose the fundraiser donation or event sponsorship option.
4. Connect your event to Alaska's focus areas. Explain who your organization serves, how the event raises money, and which of Alaska's five giving areas your work supports. TheShareWay's donation request letter template is a good starting point.
5. Log the request on Alaska Airlines' TheShareWay page so you have a record of the date you applied and a reminder to follow up.

After you apply

Alaska says every request is personally reviewed, and you can check its status in your online profile at any time. The answer comes by email. Alaska Airlines responds to donation requests in a median of 14 days, based on applications tracked on TheShareWay. Most declines are short form letters citing limited resources and the volume of requests, so a no usually isn't a judgment on your cause. If you're approved, a thank-you letter after your event helps if you plan to ask again.

The Alaska Airlines | Hawaiian Airlines Foundation

Alaska also runs a separate grant program, and it works differently from the flight donations above. The Alaska Airlines | Hawaiian Airlines Foundation makes grants beginning at $5,000 to 501(c)(3)s in Alaska and Hawai‘i for cultural programs that strengthen community identity, preservation of natural environments, and preservation of art and language, with a preference for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian organizations. Its guidelines list three rounds a year, with deadlines of March 31, June 30 and September 30. The foundation doesn't fund event sponsorships, tickets to events, or trips and travel, so it isn't a route to auction prizes.

If Alaska Airlines isn't an option

If your event is a silent auction, a school or PTA fundraiser, a golf outing or a team event, or your organization is outside Alaska's service areas, put your effort elsewhere:

• Other airlines. Our roundup of airline donation requests for nonprofits and the United Airlines donation request guide cover the other carriers.
• Getaway prizes. 15 hotel donation request ideas can anchor a travel package without a flight.
• Schools and golf. See 15 companies that donate to schools and PTA/PTOs, 24 golf donation request ideas and our guide to planning a charity golf tournament.

In Alaska's West Coast markets, these experience donors take auction and raffle requests:

• Woodland Park Zoo in Washington donates four all-ages day passes, and about 75% of requests succeed. It doesn't donate to athletic organizations or booster clubs.
• Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California donates up to two tickets, and about 53% of requests succeed.
• Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California donates one-day admission tickets, and about 19% of requests succeed.
• Universal Studios Hollywood donates tickets in Los Angeles County, and about 11% of requests succeed. It doesn't donate to clubs or teams.

For more local donors, browse popular in-kind donors in Washington, California, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii, or see our California donation request guide.

How TheShareWay helps with your Alaska Airlines request

Alaska Airlines' page on TheShareWay keeps the application link and outcome data in one place, and lets you track this request next to every other ask for your event. To fill out the rest of your prize table, browse popular in-kind donors by state or city.