Learn about the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), including its history, purpose, and eligibility criteria for the 2025 ...

In Alaska, one of the most anticipated financial events of the year is the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). This payment is ...

Over the history of the fund, dividends have ranged from as little as $331 in 1984 to $2,072 in 2015. To get a dividend, qualified residents have to file an application between Jan. 1 and March 31.

With a $50 billion Permanent Fund and a 5 percent POMV draw, a plan which directed 1.5 percent to dividends and 3.5 percent to state government would yield a dividend of about $1,000.

Yet this is exactly equivalent to reducing the dividend by $1,000 and paying that amount to the budget. Alaska’s current budget troubles stem from a central misconception of the nature of oil money.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is one such payment that many people can expect to receive in the coming week. This annual dividend is funded by state mineral revenues.

This year’s Permanent Fund dividend will be $1,312, the Alaska Department of Revenue announced Thursday. Alaskans who filed online to get their dividend via direct deposit should receive it on ...

The Permanent Fund has enough money to pay for a big dividend now — but that has consequences. In the fiscal year that ended July 1, the Alaska Permanent Fund was worth more than $81 billion.

Alaskans file their Permanent Fund dividend applications in downtown Anchorage in March 2016. The 2024 PFD is $1702. (Rachel Waldholz/Alaska Public Media) Since 2016, no issue has divided Alaska ...

The Alaska Permanent Fund is a $65 billion fund managed by a state-owned corporation and fueled by oil and gas revenues. The fund was created in 1976 and began giving an annual dividend (the PFD ...

Claim your dividend Despite having no income or sales tax and the payment of a modest Permanent Fund dividend, Alaska can be a harsh environment, and costs of living are often higher due to its ...

Each year, the Permanent Fund Dividend division of the state government uses a calculation method defined by statute in order to determine the amount of the dividend. The formula takes into ...