When the crisis in the U.S. finance industry occurred in 2008, officials with the philanthropic Rasmuson Foundation told potential recipients they might want to back off their requests for giving.
“Our message now is that you can be back on,” foundation president Diane Kaplan told a crowd, including officials with the Haines Borough and non-profit groups, at a meeting May 25 at the public library.
The foundation distributed $14 million statewide last year, but that…
