Does Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.

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Louisiana · Private foundation

Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$76k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 36
Grants FY2025: 30
Organizations funded FY2024: 63%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $1,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $9,816
Organizations funded a year: 24 to 41; FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $1.2M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHealthOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	36	$76k	44%
FY2024	30	$54k	63%
FY2023	32	$53k	69%
FY2022	24	$42k	63%
FY2021	41	$74k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$99kHuman Services$56kCommunity Improvement$48kYouth Development$34kPublic Safety & Disaster$34kPublic Benefit$9kHealth$9kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Kiwanis Club of Martin TN	$10,000	4	10%
University of Southern Mississippi	$8,500	4	n/a
Mississippi State University	$8,500	3	n/a
Kiwanis Club of Germantown	$7,300	2	n/a
Kiwanis Club of Tupelo	$6,072	2	4%
Kiwanis International Inc K02410 Hammond	$5,750	2	7%
Kiwanis Club of New Orleans Louisiana Inc	$5,500	2	2%
Kiwanis Club of Ponchatoula Inc	$5,000	1	3%
Yale University	$3,500	1	n/a
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$3,000	2	0%

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All grantees of Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Kiwanis Club of Martin TN	$10,000	4	10%
University of Southern Mississippi	$8,500	4	n/a
Mississippi State University	$8,500	3	n/a
Kiwanis Club of Germantown	$7,300	2	n/a
Kiwanis Club of Tupelo	$6,072	2	4%
Kiwanis International Inc K02410 Hammond	$5,750	2	7%
Kiwanis Club of New Orleans Louisiana Inc	$5,500	2	2%
Kiwanis Club of Ponchatoula Inc	$5,000	1	3%
Yale University	$3,500	1	n/a
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$3,000	2	0%
Starkville Kiwanis Club K05922 Starkville	$2,771	2	6%
Christian Brothers University	$2,000	1	0%
Kiwanis Club of Scott	$2,000	2	n/a
Georgia Institute of Technology	$2,000	1	n/a
New York University	$2,000	1	0%
Freed-Hardeman University	$2,000	1	0%
Zoll Medical Corporation	$1,500	1	n/a
Kiwanis Club of St Bernard - Arabi	$1,185	1	1%
Rhodes College	$1,000	1	0%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	$1,000	1	n/a
Carleton College	$1,000	1	0%
Florida State University	$1,000	1	n/a
University of South Alabama	$1,000	1	n/a
Vanderbilt University	$1,000	1	0%
University of Louisiana Lafayette Alumni Association	$1,000	1	0%
Samford University	$1,000	1	0%
Kiwanis Club of Algiers	$500	1	1%
Volunteer Ascension	$300	1	n/a
Women of Vision Inc	$300	1	n/a
Madonna Learning Center Incorporated	$300	1	0%
Weakley County Backpack Program	$300	1	n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$250	1	0%
General Health System Foundation	$250	1	0%
Chimes for Charity Inc	$250	1	1%
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation	$250	1	0%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation	$250	1	0%
Pretty in Pink Foundation Inc	$250	1	0%
La Limye' Ministries	$250	1	0%
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank	$250	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

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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 26.

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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.

Christian Community Foundation of MemphisTN12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc

How much does Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc give?: Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc reported 36 grants totaling $75,983 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 41 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Human Services (18%), Community Improvement (16%).
Who are Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Kiwanis Club of Martin TN ($10k), University of Southern Mississippi ($9k), Mississippi State University ($9k).
Does Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
Where is Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc based?: Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Foundation Inc is based in LA.