Welcome to the Mat-Su Health Foundation!
We sincerely hope you will find our informational website and the interactive grant application process useful. Please join us in the Foundation’s work of improving the health of all people living throughout the Mat-Su valley. We are a philanthropic organization and are interested in partnering with other organizations. Our goal is to assist in launching well-crafted programs to resolve health related problems. We are working to improve the quality of life enjoyed by Mat-Su residents.
The Mat-Su Health Foundation is a non-profit organization launched in mid-2005 with the express purpose of working to improve the health of residents throughout the entire Mat-Su Borough. The Foundation is the result of ongoing success enjoyed by our parent organization, Valley Hospital Association, Inc. Many Mat-Su Borough residents are aware that in 2003 the Association entered into a joint venture. That joint venture launched the new Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in January 2006. This new Medical Center significantly contributes to the delivery of quality medical care in our region. The Valley Hospital Association, Inc. continues as a joint venture partner in the new medical center. Through active participation in the joint venture the Association remains the community’s voice by providing oversight to medical center operations.
As a consequence of this success, the new Mat-Su Health Foundation emerged from the venerable Valley Hospital Association. Thus, the Foundation’s roots lie within delivery of health care to residents of the Mat-Su Borough. However, the Foundation’s mission goes beyond delivery of health care. The Foundation has broadly defined its purpose to focus on the various tasks required to improve the general health of the Mat-Su Borough.
We operate through a Board of Directors and professional staff. The Board of Directors set the Foundation’s priorities and the policies for use of Foundation resources. Our staff implements Foundation policies and serves as the Foundation’s contact with grant applicants for all operational issues. In order to adjust funding priorities, the Foundation also receives advice from citizen advisory groups and service agencies. We are uniquely blessed as the Foundation enjoys continuing contact with the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center through its team of medical professionals and managers. In this way, the Foundation strives to adopt a comprehensive view of the health related issues impacting the Mat-Su Borough. We will actively combine this input into a comprehensive approach for implementation of our basic mission: to improve the health people enjoy here in the Mat-Su Borough.
We are pleased that you’ve reached us at our website. You are invited to browse through the various information portals: About Us, Funding Objectives, Grants, How to Apply , and FAQs. Please take the time to learn more details as to MSHF’s origin and ongoing mission.
We look forward to serving the residents of the Mat-Su Borough, working with other non-profit agencies to achieve our philanthropic goals, and to improving the health of the residents of the Mat-Su Borough.
Craig Thorn
Chairman,
Mat-Su Health Foundation |
