Mississippi · Private foundation
Maddox Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Maddox Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.5M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $3.8M | 24% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $2.4M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Till Interpretive Center | $600,000 | 5 | 12% |
| City of Hernando | $140,710 | 2 | n/a |
| Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save the Music Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Philanthropy Southeast Inc | $52,880 | 4 | 1% |
| Nashville School of Law | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Delta State University Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Desoto County Schools | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Schools Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Till Interpretive Center | $600,000 | 5 | 12% |
| City of Hernando | $140,710 | 2 | n/a |
| Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save the Music Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Philanthropy Southeast Inc | $52,880 | 4 | 1% |
| Nashville School of Law | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Delta State University Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Desoto County Schools | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Schools Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
| House of Grace | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| We2gether Creating Change | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Griot Arts Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| B B King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Historic Desoto Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Delta Advantage Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mb Swayze Educational Foundation | $9,700 | 4 | 1% |
| Men United Helping Our Men Excel Home | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Maddox Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 of Northwest Mississippi · Mississippi Humanities Council Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Maddox Foundation
- How much does Maddox Foundation give?
- Maddox Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $2,433,092 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Maddox Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Philanthropy (22%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are Maddox Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Emmett Till Interpretive Center ($600k), City of Hernando ($141k), Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center ($100k).
- Does Maddox Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Maddox Foundation 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 Maddox Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, Mississippi Humanities Council Inc, WK Kellogg Foundation.
- Where is Maddox Foundation based?
- Maddox Foundation is based in MS.
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