Alaska · Nonprofit
MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING
MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $550,411 to it, the largest being VALLEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC DBA MAT-SU HEALTH FOUNDATION ($550,411). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $154k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $550k
- Net assets
- $242k
What Matsu Council on Aging does
Mission
To promote the best independence and the best quality of life for older Alaskans in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough by identifying and advocating for their needs through informing and empowering individuals and the organizations that serve them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Mat-Su Borough Senior Survey program was completed in 2025
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Design Connections - utilizing a curriculum, MCOA brought 40+ seniors together for four weeks to work on their social connections. Social connections improve overall health and wellbeing in seniors.
$1,148 spent1% of program spendingMat-Su Borough Senior Survey - utilizing a mail and online survey, seniors were asked to provide information on their current wellbeing and future plans to ensure health aging. There have been over 2,500 replies to the survey to date.
$5,511 spent5% of program spendingTo promote the best independence and the best quality of life for older Alaskans in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough by identifying and advocating for their needs through informing and empowering individuals and the organizations that serve them.
$112,007 spent$153,200 earned by the program94% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $118,666.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $137k to $223k (+63%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Brenda Shelden
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $150k.
From the IRS filings of MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING's grant income comes from Alaska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alaska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING?
- MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $550,411 to it, the largest being VALLEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC DBA MAT-SU HEALTH FOUNDATION ($550,411). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $550,411 in grants to MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING?
- VALLEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC DBA MAT-SU HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $550,411 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MATSU COUNCIL ON AGING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alaska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing