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Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi

Connecting people who care with causes that matter by providing resources and leadership to the citizens and nonprofit organizations in primarily an 11-county area of northwest mississippi; providing a flexible, tax-deductible vehicle to meet the needs of donors and recipients.

$4.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
96
Itemized grants FY2024
81
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$4.4M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$962,000
Organizations funded a year
46 to 115
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$49M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $464k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionReligionHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving91$4.3M35%
FY202381$3.9M33%
FY202257$3.2M23%
FY2021115$3.9M48%
FY202079$2.3M53%
FY201958$2.1M43%
FY201846$1.9M39%
FY201751$1.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$5.8MHealth$5.7MEducation$5.1MHuman Services$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.2MArts & Culture$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$512kInternational$364kOther$0

Where its grants go

Each grant at its grantee’s address, over the share of households in hardship around it.

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Women and Children Health Initiatives$3,181,7507100%
Longview Point Bapt Church$2,643,6476n/a
University of Mississippi Foundation$1,255,57460%
St Stephens Episcopal Church$747,5007n/a
Teach for America Inc$604,00050%
Aaron E Henry Community Health Services Center Inc$523,79672%
Warriors Center USA$505,00089%
Emmanuel United Methodist Church$490,0005n/a
University of Miss Medical Center$478,6284n/a
University of Mississippi$473,2508n/a
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All grantees of Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Women and Children Health Initiatives$3,181,7507100%
Longview Point Bapt Church$2,643,6476n/a
University of Mississippi Foundation$1,255,57460%
St Stephens Episcopal Church$747,5007n/a
Teach for America Inc$604,00050%
Aaron E Henry Community Health Services Center Inc$523,79672%
Warriors Center USA$505,00089%
Emmanuel United Methodist Church$490,0005n/a
University of Miss Medical Center$478,6284n/a
University of Mississippi$473,2508n/a
Mississippi Crisis Foundation$429,5052n/a
B B King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center$385,024518%
Southern Methodist University$317,50060%
St Andrews Episcopal Cathedr$310,0003n/a
Delta Health Center Inc$289,22950%
Ole Miss Athletic Foundation$285,00020%
Boss Lady Economic Planning & Development Workforce$262,811374%
The Original Project Team Foundation Inc$206,950186%
Piney Woods School$185,00032%
Hernando United Methodist Chu$180,9007n/a
St Andrew's Episcopal School$180,0004n/a
The Arc of Northwest Mississippi$178,784513%
Business and Professional Outreach International$175,000420%
Belhaven University$165,00040%
Indianola Educational Foundation In$159,00043%
Millsaps College$155,20040%
Landers Center$151,7703n/a
Colonial Hills Church$140,0002n/a
Mississippi Prison Chapel Foundation Inc$135,000217%
Calvary Chapel Church$134,1995n/a
Spring Initiative Inc$132,73555%
City of Hernando$130,6057n/a
First Regional Library$124,8477n/a
Mississippi Delta Community C$124,0005n/a
Delta State University Foundation$122,17661%
Ms State Univ Fdn$115,6652n/a
Mississippi Children's Home Society$114,00020%
The World Is the Field Inc$113,0002n/a
Sardis Lake Baptist Church$111,0356n/a
Kanakuk Ministries$111,00040%
The Baddour Center Inc$108,09031%
Episcopal Church Diocese of Miss$101,0001n/a
House of Grace$100,79566%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$100,00010%
Heartland Church$96,5013n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$95,50060%
Mid-South Food Bank$95,16540%
Junior Auxiliary of Desoto County$91,000467%
Sunflower County Freedom Project$90,828510%
Memphis Grace Church of the Nazarene$81,0005n/a
Desoto Family Theatre Inc$80,557219%
Community Food Pantry$80,525231%
Desoto Arts Council Inc$78,033330%
First Baptist Church of Batesville$78,0003n/a
Rolling Fork Build Back Better Inc$75,00016%
But God Ministries$72,13061%
The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi Inc$72,00017%
Edwards Street Fellowship Center Inc$68,51313%
Historic Desoto Foundation$65,611610%
Carters Health Consult Group$61,8001n/a
North Mississippi Community Research Training and Development I$61,616256%
North Delta Schools Inc$60,51751%
Tallahatchie General Hospital Medical Foundation$60,00013%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$60,00010%
Tutwiler Community Education Center$59,60064%
Sacred Heart So Missions Housing$56,23037%
The Alluvial Collective$55,00024%
Crossroads Cultural Arts Center$55,000315%
Coahoma County Diaper Bank Diaper Bank of the Delta$54,920414%
South Delta School Dist$50,2201n/a
Panther Creek Foundation$50,000121%
Wofford College$50,00010%
Evangelical Christian School of Memphis Inc$50,00010%
Chi Omega Foundation$50,00011%
Christ Covenant Church$50,0001n/a
Phi Delta Theta Foundation$50,00011%
Quitman County Development Org$49,7253n/a
Delta Grace$48,10058%
Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort$47,800241%
Griot Arts Inc$46,51735%
The Regional Medical Center at Memphis Foundation$46,20011%
Mississippi State University$45,8802n/a
Lampton Street Church of Christ Inc$45,7832n/a
C2k Ministries Inc$45,593510%
Sunflower County Ministerial Alliance Counseling Services Inc$45,1001n/a
YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South$45,00030%
The McCoy House Extended Care for Women$45,00029%
Indian Springs Holiness Camp$45,0003n/a
Cleveland Music Foundation Inc$44,50541%
Rosedale Community Youth Center$42,900310%
Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation$42,35031%
Happy Foods Project Inc$42,0001n/a
Hernando Methodist Church$42,0001n/a
Pals of Paws Society$40,6691n/a
Family Biz Builder$40,211240%
Interfaith Council on Poverty Inc$39,627238%
Marks Project$39,5601n/a
Isaac Chapel Rosenwald Historical$39,000230%
Earth Island Institute Inc$38,50020%
Quitman Couty Board of Superv$38,0003n/a
E D U C a T E Social & Public Policy Inc$37,5793n/a
Precious in Pink Jail Ministries$36,000217%
Palmer Home for Children$35,00020%
Getwell Road Community Church$35,0001n/a
Live Well Promotions LLC$35,0001n/a
First United Methodist Church$35,0002n/a
Helping Hands of Cleveland Bolivar County Inc$34,0004n/a
United Methodist Senior Services of Desoto County Inc$33,00021%
Delta Mission Outreach Ministry and Alliance Inc$33,0002n/a
St George Episcopal Church$32,0202n/a
St Gabriel Mercy Center Inc$31,34223%
Marks Youth Outreach Inc$31,0001n/a
Davis Temple$30,5503n/a
Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz$30,50236%
Tunica Presbyterian Church$30,3502n/a
Seed Company Inc$30,0001n/a
Golden Cross Senior Ministries Inc$30,00033%
Tougaloo College$30,00030%
Excel by 5 Inc$30,00033%
RURAL Music Ministries Inc$30,00036%
Base Camp Coding Academy$30,00012%
Byhalia Area Arts Council$30,0001n/a
Independence Arts Conservatory & Conference Center$28,6004n/a
Hernando Meals on Wheels$28,000224%
Rotary - Family Youth Initiative Inc$27,871223%
First Prebyterian Church Hern$27,5844n/a
Habitat for Humanity International Hernando Desoto Hfh$27,000240%
Together Ministry Center$25,50034%
North Mississippi Education Consortium Inc$25,45520%
The Montgomery Institute$25,09022%
Indianola Main Street Inc$25,0001n/a
Mid-South Warhorses for Heroes$25,000122%
Como Church of Christ$24,9004n/a
Men United Helping Our Men Excel Home$24,2403n/a
Memphis Child Advocacy Center$24,00030%
Mpb Foundation$24,00021%
Adrian College$23,50020%
Desoto County Schools$23,1823n/a
St Pauls Episcopal Church of Steamboat Springs$23,0001n/a
Foundation for Hernando Parks & Recreation$22,6571n/a
2nd Chance Ms$22,15033%
St John's Episcopal Church$22,0002n/a
Care Now Inc$21,750313%
Northwest Mississippi Theatre Guild$21,600210%
Indigo Impact Initiative$21,506222%
Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy$21,20231%
Psi Beta Zeta Precious Pearls Foundation$20,5202n/a
Greenwood Mentoring Group$20,500220%
The Grace Place Inc$20,00019%
First Baptist Church Indianola$20,0001n/a
Drew Baptist Church$20,0002n/a
Alliance Healthcare Services$20,00020%
Delta Blues Foundation Inc$19,5002n/a
Clarksdale Coahoma County Ministries Inc$19,18528%
Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center$18,75021%
Desoto Arts Institute$18,2462n/a
American Friends of Beautiful Gate Ministries International$18,0001n/a
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$18,00015%
Delta Care Hope Foundation$17,99424%
Glover's Grove Baptist Church$17,015225%
Black Parents United Foundation$17,00021%
Faith Baptist Church of Bartlett$16,0002n/a
Desoto County Dream Center Inc$15,50021%
Coahoma County School District$15,4691n/a
Clarksdale Municipal School District$15,4691n/a
Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network$15,436168%
Demetria Jackson Coahoma County Circuit Clerk$14,7501n/a
Artplace Mississippi Inc$14,65028%
Panola Cnty Emergency Svcs$14,4001n/a
Nesbit Presbyterian Church$14,2002n/a
Acts Career Center Inc$13,50024%
Hernando High School Cross Country Boosters Inc$13,0001n/a
Warriors of the Badge$12,8281n/a
St John's United Methodist Church$12,4002n/a
Rays of Sonshine$12,30011%
Panola Partnership Inc$12,00011%
Hernando M S Chamber of Commerce$12,00017%
Calvary Episcopal Church$12,0001n/a
New Prospect Baptist Church$12,0001n/a
First United Meth Church$12,0001n/a
Clarksdale Umc$12,0001n/a
Tunica United Meth Church$12,0001n/a
Rotary International$12,0001n/a
Sunflower-Humphreys Ctys Prog Inc$12,00010%
Mississippi Food Network Inc$12,00010%
Hope Ministries Inc$12,000111%
Greenleaf Volunteer Fire Department$12,000139%
Restoration Now$11,9881n/a
Delta Arts Alliance Inc$11,97614%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$11,80120%
MS Delta Academies dba Leflore Legacy Ac$11,67411%
University of Southern Mississippi$11,2502n/a
North Panola Sch Dist$11,2001n/a
Vox Press Inc$11,0001n/a
Follow One International Inc$11,0001n/a
Junior Auxiliary of Tate-Panola Ms Inc$10,7501n/a
Locus Benedictus Inc$10,500110%
Quitman County School District$10,3782n/a
The Wright Way Foundation$10,35016%
Jonestown Family Center for Education and Wellness$10,00014%
Clarksdale Collegiate$10,00010%
The Skatepark Project$10,00012%
Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation$10,00010%
Global Outreach International Inc$10,00010%
Hearts and Hands Ministries$10,0001n/a
Friends of Rittenhouse Square$10,00012%
Epc Church Planting$10,0001n/a
Augusta Heritage Academy Inc$10,0001n/a
Alabama Honduran Medical Educational Network$10,00016%
Presbyterian Church USA$10,0001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Memphis$10,00013%
Delta Aquatic Club$10,0001n/a
Northpoint Christian School Inc$10,0001n/a
Boy Scouts of America Inc 558 Chickasaw Council$10,00010%
Farmers Market of Hernando$9,87619%
Compassion Food Ministry of MS Inc$9,80019%
Lions Club of Batesville Ms$9,7881n/a
Mosley Outreach Ministries$9,3001n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$9,00010%
Greenville Renaissance Scholars$8,794120%
Trinity Health Center Inc$8,50012%
Panola Playhouse Inc$8,0711n/a
Love United Methodist Church$8,0001n/a
Southaven Chamber Foundation$8,000119%
Teach Plus Inc$8,00010%
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc$8,00010%
Delta Advantage Center$8,000111%
First Baptist Church Tunica$7,7701n/a
District 1 Volunteer Fir Dept$7,7251n/a
Independent School of Thought$7,5021n/a
Speech & Hearing Center of the Midsouth Dba Memphis Oral School for the Deaf$7,50010%
Institute of Community Servicesinc$7,50010%
First Baptist Church$7,0001n/a
Desoto Grace Inc$7,00016%
Carnegie Public Library of Cl$7,0001n/a
Ella Bebe Angels$7,0001n/a
BROWN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Brown Christian Academy$7,0001n/a
Bolivar County Literacy Council$6,95514%
Minor Memorial Umc$6,9231n/a
Tri-County Workforce Alliance$6,6351n/a
St Paul Mb Church of Pleasant Hill Inc$6,6001n/a
National Audubon Society Inc$6,50010%
MIDSOUTH MUSIC INSTITUTE AKA CoroRio$6,50014%
Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Inc$6,49110%
We2gether Creating Change$6,2301n/a
The White Mountain School St Mary's in the Mountains$6,00010%
Overland Missions Inc$6,0001n/a
Plum Street Soup Kitchen$6,0001n/a
The Reclaimed Project$6,00011%
Mississippis Lower Delta Partnership$6,00015%
Michaels Community Services Corporation$6,00010%
Delta Hands for Hope$6,00013%
Community Foundation of Olive Branch$5,5001n/a
One More Day on the at Nate Loftis Memorial Scholarship$5,5001n/a
The Society of St Andrew Inc$5,50010%
Delta State University$5,5001n/a
Clear Youth and Young Adult Services Inc$5,3851n/a
Warehouses4good$5,311132%
Mid-South Public Communications Foundation$5,25010%
Mississippi Public Broadcasting$5,2501n/a
Greenwood Interfaith Ministries$5,16017%
Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation$5,12515%

Where it is load-bearing

Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 151 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWomen and Children Health Initiatives: $3,181,750 over 7y, 100% of budgetUniversity of Mississippi Foundation: $1,255,574 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $604,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAaron E Henry Community Health Services Center Inc: $523,796 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetWarriors Center USA: $505,000 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetB B King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center: $385,024 over 5y, 18% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $317,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDelta Health Center Inc: $289,229 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOle Miss Athletic Foundation: $285,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBoss Lady Economic Planning & Development Workforce: $262,811 over 3y, 74% of budgetThe Original Project Team Foundation Inc: $206,950 over 1y, 86% of budgetPiney Woods School: $185,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Arc of Northwest Mississippi: $178,784 over 5y, 13% of budgetBusiness and Professional Outreach International: $175,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetBelhaven University: $165,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIndianola Educational Foundation In: $159,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetMillsaps College: $155,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMississippi Prison Chapel Foundation Inc: $135,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetSpring Initiative Inc: $132,735 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetDelta State University Foundation: $122,176 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMississippi Children's Home Society: $114,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKanakuk Ministries: $111,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Baddour Center Inc: $108,090 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHouse of Grace: $100,795 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dollywood Foundation: $95,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMid-South Food Bank: $95,165 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Auxiliary of Desoto County: $91,000 over 4y, 67% of budgetSunflower County Freedom Project: $90,828 over 5y, 10% of budgetDesoto Family Theatre Inc: $80,557 over 2y, 19% of budgetCommunity Food Pantry: $80,525 over 2y, 31% of budgetDesoto Arts Council Inc: $78,033 over 3y, 30% of budgetRolling Fork Build Back Better Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetBut God Ministries: $72,130 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetThe Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi Inc: $72,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetEdwards Street Fellowship Center Inc: $68,513 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHistoric Desoto Foundation: $65,611 over 6y, 10% of budgetNorth Mississippi Community Research Training and Development I: $61,616 over 2y, 56% of budgetNorth Delta Schools Inc: $60,517 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTallahatchie General Hospital Medical Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTutwiler Community Education Center: $59,600 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetSacred Heart So Missions Housing: $56,230 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetThe Alluvial Collective: $55,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCrossroads Cultural Arts Center: $55,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetCoahoma County Diaper Bank Diaper Bank of the Delta: $54,920 over 4y, 14% of budgetPanther Creek Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetWofford College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 151.

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.

Community Foundation for MississippiMS44.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Mississippi Humanities Council Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Maddox Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Women's Foundation of Mississippi · Mississippi Food Network Inc · Phil Hardin Foundation · United Way of the Mid South · Ergon Foundation Inc · Save The Children Federation Inc · Cadence Bank Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi

How much does Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi give?
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi reported 96 itemized grants totaling $4,395,697, out of $4,691,016 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 115 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Health (25%), Education (22%).
Who are Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Women and Children Health Initiatives ($3.2M), Longview Point Bapt Church ($2.6M), University of Mississippi Foundation ($1.3M).
Does Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Mississippi, Mississippi Humanities Council Inc, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis.
Where is Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi based?
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi is based in Hernando, MS.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 272 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024 (period ending 2024-12-31), released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object 202522569349300417 · view filing · cfnm.org

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