Our Funding Priorities
Our grants, scholarships, and sponsorships aim to impact health in all its forms, through all phases of life. Our funding work is rooted in five core priorities.
If you’re a grant seeker looking to better understand how your project fits into these priorities, please feel free to reach out.
Healthy Foundations
Health starts with access to basic needs. We support organizations that ensure people in the Mat-Su have access to affordable food, housing, and water, as well as to education, employment, healthcare, and places to play.
Healthy Minds
Physical and mental health are deeply connected. We work with behavioral health providers and community organizations to make sure everyone in the Mat-Su can get the mental health care and support they need.
Healthy Aging
All of us will need support as we age. We partner with organizations to help older adults, veterans, and people with disabilities access sustainable care and resources that meet their needs.
Healthy Families
Family stability can impact our health. We work with community organizations to offer families what they need to build strong bonds and foster safe, supportive childhoods.
Healthy Futures
As the Mat-Su grows, so does the need for a highly trained and educated health and human services workforce. Through our scholarship program, we directly support community members to access the training they need to build nourishing careers.
Awarded Grants
In 2025 we awarded 423 grants and scholarships. Here are a select few.
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Durable Medical Equipment Lending Closet project. Fund Durable Medical Equipment lending program that provides necessary equipment on a short-term basis to Mat-Su residents in need, such as crutches, shower chairs, knee walkers, rollators, and other items.
Ripples Program: Reducing Social Isolation in Older Adults in the Upper Su Area (2025) project. The RIPPLES, Reducing Isolation in Older Adults in the Upper Su Area program provides low-income seniors in the Upper Su with an opportunity to benefit from nutritious food in a home delivery service and eat a hot meal and socialize at the Upper Su Senior Center.
Mat-Su Cancer Patient Services Project. Funds will be used for costs related to transportation, lodging, and Cancer Information Specialists for Mat-Su residents who have cancer.
Mushing Experience for Veterans & Families project. Support for a new program to provide healthy outdoor recreation experience through dog mushing to Mat-Su Veterans and families at the Battle Dawgs location in Montana Creek area.
Meadow Lakes Community Council Bike Rodeo event.
Upper Su Basic Needs Year 3 project. Funds will enable Upper Susitna Food Pantry to support its expenses associated with its basic-needs outreach and educational programming.