Ways to Give

The Fairbanks Tennis Association (FTA) is a qualified 501(c)3 non-profit Alaska corporation sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association as USTA Community Tennis Association.  The FTA is governed by an elected volunteer  board and is supported solely by member fees, occasional grants from USTA, other tennis organizations and donor contributions.  Donations help support a wide variety of FTA programs and provide seed money for matching grants. Donations are fully deductible to the extent allowed by law.  See the membership form for more information on making a donation.

FTA Endowment Fund

The Fairbanks Tennis Association is looking to the future and planning for continuity and growth. To make certain FTA has the financial security to continue to offer our low-cost programs, we have established an Endowment Fund.

The Endowment Fund contains donated funds specifically designated for the Endowment Fund. These contributions will remain in perpetuity. At no time will FTA invade the contributions. The principal contributions will continue to grow. Only the income from the funds will be used to supplement FTA fundraising.

Would you like to leave a legacy to your community?

If you would like to discuss the Endowment Fund or become a Founder, please call Maryann Hoffman, 452-8101 or Gwen Ramras, 388-8334.

Your community tennis association, planning for tomorrow.




Our 4th Annual FUN-Raiser was a GREAT SUCCESS!

Congratulations to Mike Kilbourn on winning the Texas Hold’em Tournament for the second year in a row and Chris Poole on winning the Ping Pong tournament.


MaryAnn Hoffman, FUN-Raiser Chair 2001, and the entire FTA Board would like to thank the following people for their contribution(s):

  • RoseAnne Sample for being moral support and laborer for all four of our FUN-raisers. She and her sisters, Tish and Dorothy, did this year’s decorations too
  • Gwen Ramras for choosing the food that was served. It was delicious and a great hit.
  • Becky Lindsey for creating the tickets and sending them to the printer.
  • Linda English for creating the program and sending it to the printer.
  • Ashley Munro for creating the advertisements that were published through the News-miner as well as organizing the Ping Pong Tournament and creating an updated Endowment Fund poster.
  • Maria Schmidt for the KTVF advertisements.
  • Jewelz Nutter for being our Texas Hold’em floor manager.
  • Milo Griffin for being a dealer at all four of our FUN-raiser events.
  • Debbie Gross for being the dealer of the “Learn-To-Play” table.
  • Ken Vehmeier for being the emcee and doing a great job at contributing to making the event fun.
  • Fairbanks Youth Sports for lending the bingo cards.
  • Mickey Maynard, Maria Schmidt, Cathy Thomas and Gwen Ramras for procuring items for the silent and oral auctions.
  • Mickey Maynard, Nancy Harries and Rosemary Hodges for organizing silent auction baskets and transporting them from storage to the event.
  • All of those who donated and purchased silent and oral auction items.
  • Everyone who made desserts for the dessert auction and RoseAnne Sample for organizing it.
  • Cliff Lando, Mary Matthews, Mickey Maynard, Gwen Ramras, RoseAnne Sample, Maria Schmidt, Cathy Thomas, and Lindsey Thornton for selling tickets.
  • All of you who bought tickets!!!
  • All of you who attended!!!

    This event contributes to affordable tennis in your community. Thank you ALL.  We hope to see you on the courts next summer!!