During the last week in August 2013, nine visitors came to Alaska representing seven leading philanthropies. They were Ed Henry, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and wife Susan Monk; Suzanne McCarron, ExxonMobil Foundation; Jim McDonald, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation; Rachel Monroe, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation and husband Joel Monroe; Dawn Chirwa, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Anthony Radich, Western States Arts Federation; and Claude Gascon, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The Grantmakers Tour of Alaska, now in its 17th year, is a program of Rasmuson Foundation that helps philanthropies make connections in Alaska.