Mississippi · Private foundation
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $8.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $187,831
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 64
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $168M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $7.8M | 71% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $6.4M | 55% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $4.6M | 55% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $2.3M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $9.9M | 49% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $4.4M | 76% |
| FY2019 | 64 | $3.3M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $3.3M | 74% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sunflower County Hospital Foundation | $18,736,600 | 5 | 5% |
| Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Foundation Inc | $4,401,000 | 3 | 58% |
| University of Southern Mississippi Foundation | $1,496,311 | 2 | 7% |
| Mississippi Food Network Inc | $1,120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mississippi State University | $1,018,406 | 4 | n/a |
| Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc | $648,335 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Fit America | $640,090 | 6 | 78% |
| Mississippi Valley State University | $632,578 | 5 | n/a |
| Trident Foundation | $524,906 | 1 | n/a |
| Mississippi Children's Museum | $500,000 | 1 | 7% |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sunflower County Hospital Foundation | $18,736,600 | 5 | 5% |
| Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Foundation Inc | $4,401,000 | 3 | 58% |
| University of Southern Mississippi Foundation | $1,496,311 | 2 | 7% |
| Mississippi Food Network Inc | $1,120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mississippi State University | $1,018,406 | 4 | n/a |
| Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc | $648,335 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Fit America | $640,090 | 6 | 78% |
| Mississippi Valley State University | $632,578 | 5 | n/a |
| Trident Foundation | $524,906 | 1 | n/a |
| Mississippi Children's Museum | $500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Mississippi Community College Foundation | $492,300 | 2 | 39% |
| East Ms Center for Educational Development Inc | $438,872 | 1 | 57% |
| East Mississippi Community College | $430,693 | 4 | n/a |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $360,000 | 1 | 1% |
| South Sunflower County Hospital | $356,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hernando | $232,700 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Laurel | $189,013 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Mountain Christian University | $188,170 | 4 | 1% |
| Feeding the Gulf Coast | $160,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi College | $121,104 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Ocean Springs | $118,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Extra Table Feeds Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Petal Elementary School PTO | $54,997 | 2 | n/a |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Clinton Christian Academy | $28,969 | 1 | 2% |
| Life Enhancement and Achievement Program | $25,150 | 2 | 6% |
| Centreville Academy Inc | $17,405 | 1 | 1% |
| Columbia Academy Inc | $10,330 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Desoto Central Primary School PTO | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brandon Middle School PTO Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 179 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Ergon Foundation Inc · Phil Hardin Foundation · Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Maddox Foundation · Century Club Charities Inc · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Mapp Family Foundation · Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation with peer funders
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About Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation
- How much does Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation give?
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $8,307,218 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Philanthropy (12%), Education (12%).
- Who are Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: South Sunflower County Hospital Foundation ($19M), Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Foundation Inc ($4.4M), University of Southern Mississippi Foundation ($1.5M).
- Does Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Mississippi, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, Ergon Foundation Inc.
- Where is Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation based?
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation is based in MS.
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