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Mta Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$253k
Granted FY2025still arriving
94
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$889kRecreation & Sports$183kHuman Services$141kArts & Culture$75kScience & Tech$69kYouth Development$60kFood & Nutrition$49kEmployment$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 94 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k88 grants · $170k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $83k
$2,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$330k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE ENGINEERING$25,000
WASILLA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE$15,000
WASILLA HIGH SCHOOL$12,671
ALASKA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ALLIANCE$10,462
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MUSEUM OF ALASKA TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY$9,800
Individual grant recipient$8,500
VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS$8,000
REACH 907$6,029
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ALASKA BUSINESS WEEK$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MAT SU SKI CLUB$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICA'S WARRIOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $1k → 18%GOLD STAR PEAK INC: $3k → 10%GOLD STAR PEAK INC: $750 → 10%PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $223 → 10%BATTLE DAWGS: $500 → 10%ALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $3k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF ALASKA: $660 → 10%CONNECT VETS: $3k → 10%KIDS KUPBOARD: $500 → 10%BATTLE DAWGS: $250 → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS: $13k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $5k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $4k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $3k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS: $3k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $3k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS: $2k → 10%NEURODIVERSE FAMILY HAVEN: $1k → 10%WASILLA AREA SENIORS INC: $500 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
ID
MT
ND
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
CA
UT
CO
MD
AZ
AR
DC
OK
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$872k · 99 repeat orgs$789k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

99 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 64 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
236

Total granted

$872k
$658k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+10%

Still filing today

38%
11%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HA
    HATCHER ALPINE XPERIENCE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $84k · revenue +215%
  • WA
    Wasilla Area Seniors Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $32k · revenue +42%
  • R9
    REACH 907
    7× · 2019–2025 · $25k · revenue +542%

Funded once

  • PS
    PALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -13%
  • M(
    ME-2-WE (GRIZZLY FAMILY FITNESS)
    one grant, 2024 · $28k
  • MH
    MY HOUSE & NINESTAR
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association Educational Foundation Inc
Environment
2
Alaska Historical Publication Association
Education
3
Challenge Alaska

Challenge Alaska improves the lives of people with disabilities, their families, and the community through adaptive sports, therapeutic recreation, and education.

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4
Pediatric Resource Center of Alaska
Human Services
5
Alaska Trails

Building partnerships, building trails. Working to build trails across the state and build capacity for trail organizations.

Recreation & Sports
6
Anchorage Ski Club Inc

To provide access, facilities, recreation, and educational opportunities within the alpine environment of Chugach State Park.

Recreation & Sports
7
Mat-Su Health Services Inc

To provide comprehensive mental health and primary care services in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The Organization operates mental health-related clinics and a Primary Health Care Clinic.

Health
8
Alaska Sustainability Initiative

To advance solutions that build the resilience and sustainability of Alaska, for its current and future residents and the natural systems upon which they depend.

Animals
9
Alaska Mountain Rescue Group

To finding and doing basic medical to people lost or have perished in the wilderness. Our goal is to bring people home safely!

—
10
Ak Firecrackers

National amateur sports (softball) competition

Recreation & Sports
11
Alaska Wins

AK Wins promotes responsible economic development, fiscal policy and general prosperity by educating, engaging and empowering Alaskans on important public policy issues.

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12
Alaska State Hockey Association Inc

Youth & adult hockey leagues, tournaments & camps promote youth hockey, develop and encourage sportmanship between all players for the betterment of the individuals physical & social well being.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Matanuska-Susitna Borough; the most unlike its peers is Christmas Friendship Dinner Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

79 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 79 of the 394 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/79
Grantees still filing
48/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UAA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: $45,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE ENGINEERING: $45,000 · OtherMATSU BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT: $43,644 · Other+177 more: $1,000,983 · Other+177 moreHATCHER ALPINE XPERIENCE: $84,000 · Recreation & SportsCHUGACH MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDERS: $6,204 · Recreation & SportsMatsu Ski Club: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationAlaska Pacific University: $10,935 · EducationAlaska Safe Riders: $3,000 · EducationALASKA BUSINESS WEEK: $31,000 · Youth DevelopmentREACH 907: $24,815 · Youth DevelopmentBig Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentWasilla Area Seniors Inc: $31,860 · Human ServicesGOLD STAR PEAK INC: $3,250 · Human ServicesCONNECT VETS: $2,500 · Human ServicesALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $2,500 · Human ServicesCHRISTMAS FRIENDSHIP DINNER INC: $12,936 · Food & NutritionUPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY: $10,500 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of Alaska: $7,400 · Food & NutritionMat-Su Food Bank: $4,000 · Food & NutritionPalmer Museum of History and Art: $11,000 · Arts & CultureVALLEY PERFORMING ARTS: $10,500 · Arts & CultureWasilla-Knik Historical Society: $3,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,134,627Recreation & Sports$96,204Education$63,935Youth Development$59,315Human Services$40,110Food & Nutrition$34,836Arts & Culture$25,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHATCHER ALPINE XPERIENCE: $84,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWasilla Area Seniors Inc: $31,860 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetALASKA BUSINESS WEEK: $31,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetPALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetREACH 907: $24,815 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH: $24,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING: $13,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTMAS FRIENDSHIP DINNER INC: $12,936 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetAlaska Pacific University: $10,935 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENALI EDUCATION CENTER: $10,820 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY: $10,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVALLEY PERFORMING ARTS: $10,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE: $9,750 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF ALASKA: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of Alaska: $7,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWillow Area Community Organization Inc: $6,493 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetCHUGACH MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDERS: $6,204 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMatsu Ski Club: $6,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBRIGHT LIGHTS BOOK PROJECT: $5,999 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetThe Last Frontier Honor Flight: $5,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetDenali Arts Council Inc: $5,305 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMat-Su Food Bank: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMATSU VALLEY REBUILD: $4,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimers Disease Resource Agency of Alaska: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOLD STAR PEAK INC: $3,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVALLEY COMMUNITY FOR RECYCLING SOLUTIONS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAlaska Safe Riders: $3,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetUpper Susitna Seniors Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Addiction Rehabilitation Services Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA CHILDREN'S TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HATCHER ALPINE XPERIENCE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wasilla Area Seniors Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA BUSINESS WEEK ↗
  • Who funds PALMER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds REACH 907 ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH ↗
  • Who funds MAT-SU YOUTH HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTMAS FRIENDSHIP DINNER INC ↗
  • Who funds Palmer Museum of History and Art ↗
  • Who funds Alaska Pacific University ↗
  • Who funds DENALI EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UPPER SUSITNA FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF ALASKA ↗

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.

Valley Hospital Assoc…Rasmuson FoundationThe Alaska Community …Matanuska Electric As…United Way of Matanus…Richard L and Diane M…The Carr Foundation I…Mat-Su Trails & Parks…Brad Sethness Foundat…Alaska Children's Tru…M J Murdock Charitabl…Global Credit Union F…
Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health FoundationAK116.7× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Matanuska Electric Association Charitable Foundation · United Way of Matanuska-Susitna Borough · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Mat-Su Trails & Parks Foundation · Brad Sethness Foundation · Alaska Children's Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Global Credit Union Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mta Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mta Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Mta Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Mta Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 394 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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