24 nonprofits get borough grants

PALMER — For the eighth straight year, the Mat-Su Borough has awarded grants to a list of local nonprofits.

According to a resolution that passed the assembly unanimously Oct. 15, the Human Services Community Matching Grant Program from the state chipped in $337,186 and the borough $144,508.

The program drew in 31 applications with a combined asking of $966,986. Seven of those applications weren’t funded. The borough ranked the applications and had to cut off any that didn’t score high enough.

“The limited funding required hard choices,” reads a report attached to the resolution.

But none of the groups got everything they were asking for. Many got only half. Only one group — MY House — got two grants, one for an administrative coordinator, the other for street outreach. Here’s a list of who got what:

• CCS Early Learning — $31,072.

• Set Free Alaska — $30,000.

• Mat-Su Senior Services — $30,000.

• Family Promise Mat-Su — $30,000.

• Food Pantry of Wasilla — $30,000.

• Mat-Su Health Services — $30,000.

• NW Resource/AK Ctr for Resource — $28,000.

• American Red Cross — $20,000.

• Blood N Fire Ministries — $20,000.

• MY House Street Outreach — $20,000.

• Wasilla Area Seniors, Inc. — $19,000.

• Mat-Su Services for Children and Adults — $17,500.

• Boys and Girls Club — $17,000.

• Valley Charities — $17,000.

• Alzheimer’s Disease Resources — $17,000.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters — $17,000.

• The Children’s Place — $17,000.

• Valley Residential Services — $17,000.

• Sunshine Transit — $12,000.

• Upper Susitna Seniors — $17,000.

• Alaska Legal Services — $14,572.

• Mid-Valley Seniors, Inc. — $13,334.

• Nugen’s Ranch — $13,072.

• MY House Administrative Coordinator — $4,144.

Contact Andrew Wellner at 352-2270

or andrew.wellner@frontiersman.com.