Alaska · Public charity
Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation
To promote trails and parks in the Matanuska Susitna Borough
- $673k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $44,478
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $168,815
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $708k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $376k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $469k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $397k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $242k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $290k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $299k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $266k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Trails | $348,305 | 6 | 6% |
| Hatcher Alpine Xperience | $210,250 | 4 | 5% |
| Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers | $162,811 | 6 | 55% |
| City of Wasilla | $147,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Matsu Ski Club | $143,735 | 3 | 35% |
| Willow Area Community Organization Inc | $128,373 | 6 | 47% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $97,070 | 3 | 0% |
| Matanuska Susitn | $92,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountaineering Club of Alaska Inc | $76,890 | 2 | n/a |
| Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc | $65,935 | 3 | 24% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Trails | $348,305 | 6 | 6% |
| Hatcher Alpine Xperience | $210,250 | 4 | 5% |
| Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers | $162,811 | 6 | 55% |
| City of Wasilla | $147,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Matsu Ski Club | $143,735 | 3 | 35% |
| Willow Area Community Organization Inc | $128,373 | 6 | 47% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $97,070 | 3 | 0% |
| Matanuska Susitn | $92,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Mountaineering Club of Alaska Inc | $76,890 | 2 | n/a |
| Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc | $65,935 | 3 | 24% |
| Meadow Lakes Community Development Inc | $56,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Alaskans for Palmer Hay Flats | $50,210 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of State Parks Mat Su | $46,664 | 1 | 56% |
| Hatcher Pass Snow Riders | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rotary International Club of Susitna | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Great Land Trust Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| State Of Alaska | $34,785 | 1 | n/a |
| Curry Ridge Riders Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 52% |
| Lake Louise Snowmachine Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 25% |
| United Way of Matanuska-Susitna Borough | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mid Valley Trail Club Inc | $19,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Lake Trails Inc | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Willow Dog Mushers Association | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mat-Su 2024 Arctic Winter Games Hos | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Denali Nordic Ski Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition for Susitna Dam Alternatives | $8,200 | 1 | 5% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Mta Foundation Inc · Matanuska Electric Association Charitable Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation
- How much does Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation give?
- Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $672,752 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (59%), Environment (11%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Alaska Trails ($348k), Hatcher Alpine Xperience ($210k), Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers ($163k).
- Does Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation.
- Where is Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation based?
- Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation is based in AK.
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