Shareholder Benefits

Goldbelt has contributed over $1.4 million for scholarships over the past ten years. Scholarships are available to shareholdersin extracurricular activities, college students, and adults pursuing professional certificates/vocational training or other enrichment activities.

College students and recent graduates who are shareholders or descendants can develop skills and explore career opportunities through the Goldbelt internship program. Goldbelt has helped kick-start the careers of 106 interns over the past 10 years — 15 of them now work at Goldbelt!

Goldbelt provides $1,000 for funeral and associated expenses upon the passing of a shareholder, to help families honor their precious loved ones. Nearly $40,000 in funeral benefits have been provided to shareholder families since 2010.

Goldbelt and its subsidiaries extend hiring and training preferences to shareholders and descendants. The corporation is proud to bolster the Juneau economy!

Goldbelt Heritage Foundation serves shareholders by teaching and documenting Tlingit culture, language, and history. Goldbelt has contributed over $2 million in funding to the Heritage Foundation since 2009.

The Goldbelt Ancestral Trust is our savings account for future generations of shareholders. The purpose of the Trust is to provide dividends, scholarships and burial cost assistance to the Trust Beneficiaries. Trust Beneficiaries are direct lineal descendants of Goldbelt’s original shareholders of Alaska Native heritage.