Mississippi · Public charity
Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi
The foundation's primary mission is to increase philanthropy by making grants to worthy causes with a continued focus on youth, education and the cultural arts, providing donor services; while promoting and providing leadership in response to the gulf coast region's changing needs.
- $381k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $360k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,288
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $287,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $360k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $573k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $467k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $512k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $505k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $244k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $311k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest grants in FY2025.
| VARIOUS CHARITABLE ORGIANZATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES | $287,050 |
| HOME OF GRACE | $15,000 |
| DUCHESS CLUB | $13,000 |
| ROTARY CLUB OF GULFPORT | $10,288 |
| PASCAGOULA ROTARY CLUB | $10,171 |
| DREAM PROGRAM | $8,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,200 |
| KIWANIS CLUB | $7,500 |
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About Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi
- How much does Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi give?
- Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi reported 8 itemized grants totaling $359,709, out of $381,189 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Animals (4%), Human Services (3%).
- Does Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi based?
- Bacot Foundation of South Mississippi is based in MS.
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