Mississippi · Public charity
Foundation for the Mid South Inc
The foundation for the mid south invests in people and strategies that build philanthropy and promote racial, social and economic equity in arkansas, louisiana and mississippi.
- $427k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $408k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Foundation for the Mid South Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $237k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $408k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $556k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $150k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $403k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $486k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $585k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $266k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $167k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Schools Better Jobs | $674,775 | 2 | 100% |
| Mississippi Engaged | $200,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic Participation | $195,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Boss Lady Economic Planning & Development Workforce | $166,400 | 3 | 52% |
| One Voice | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Alluvial Collective | $147,289 | 2 | 8% |
| South Delta Planning & Development District | $122,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mississippi Votes | $90,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pearl River Community College Developmen | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Center for Social Entrepreneurship | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 55 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Foundation for the Mid South Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 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: WK Kellogg Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Mississippi Community College Foundation · Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation · Southern Poverty Law Center Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · 2nd Chance Ms · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
How this is measured
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About Foundation for the Mid South Inc
- How much does Foundation for the Mid South Inc give?
- Foundation for the Mid South Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $408,000, out of $426,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Foundation for the Mid South Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Employment (20%), Community Improvement (19%).
- Who are Foundation for the Mid South Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Better Schools Better Jobs ($675k), Mississippi Engaged ($200k), Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic Participation ($195k).
- Does Foundation for the Mid South Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for the Mid South Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include WK Kellogg Foundation, Community Foundation for Mississippi, Mississippi Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is Foundation for the Mid South Inc based?
- Foundation for the Mid South Inc is based in MS.
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