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Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc

The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate these institutions in creating a culture of generosity and sound financial practices.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$58k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.2MEducation$492kHuman Services$425kAnimals$157kPhilanthropy$153kMembership Benefit$123kArts & Culture$10kHealth$5k
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 40 grants below total $680,502, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,478,729 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $798,227 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $90k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $533k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$14,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$169M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARKWAY HILLS UMC MADISON$58,059
ST MARK'S UMC BRANDON$40,358
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$40,275
MAIN STREET UMC HATTIESBURG$37,513
AMORY FIRST UMC$34,098
ST JOHN'S UMC GREENWOOD$31,891
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI$27,250
BRAXTON UMC$26,237
BIG CREEK UMC$25,178
PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN$19,526
NATCHEZ CHILDREN'S HOMES$19,521
FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY$19,521
MSU WESLEY FOUNDATION$19,016
ST MATTHEW'S UMC MADISON$17,745
MILLSAPS COLLEGE$17,066
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $188k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY: $46k → 24%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 24%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOMES: $85k → 23%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOMES: $11k → 23%METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOMES: $5k → 23%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
OH
KY
TN
NC
LA
MS
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 26 repeat orgs$864k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
34

Total granted

$1.7M
$510k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+0%
+30%

Still filing today

46%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $354k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsMembership BenefitReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UM
    UNITED METHODIST MINISTRY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $101k · revenue +119%
  • NC
    NATCHEZ CHILDREN'S SERVICES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $96k · revenue +16%
  • FC
    FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $96k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • SP
    SOUTHERN PINES ANIMAL SHELTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $157k · revenue +30%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $29k
  • PH
    PARKWAY HILLS UMC MADISON
    one grant, 2023 · $27k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
2
Mcmurry University

Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.

Education
3
Southern Methodist College

The college's mission is to train christians to serve god and his church.

Education
4
Hiwassee College

A liberal arts college founded in 1849 and associated with the united methodist church, providing quality education for all students in an atomosphere that promotes intellectual pursuit, spiritual growth and personal responsibility.

—
5
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
6
Mid-America Reformed Seminary

Mid-america reformed seminary seeks to serve the church by preparing students for gospel ministry as pastors, or those whose service to the church may be enhanced by theological education.

—
7
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

The university of mary hardin-baylor prepares students for leadership, service, and faith-informed discrenment in a global society. academic excellence, personal attention, broad-based scholarship and a commitment to a baptist vision for…

Education
8
Milligan University

As a christian liberal arts university, milligan university seeks to honor god by educating men and women to be servant-leaders.

Education
9
Blue Mountain Christian University

To assist students in developing intellectual integrity, academic excellence, social awareness, and christian character

Education
10
King University

We prepare students in our christian academic community to excel as thoughtful, resourceful, and responsible citizens with a passion for serving god, the church, and the world. we accomplish this through excellent teaching, high…

Education
11
North Greenville University

North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.

Education
12
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mississippi College; the most unlike its peers is Old Ladies Home Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
12/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMORY FIRST UMC: $408,325 · OtherAMORY FIRST UMCBRAXTON UMC: $75,830 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: $60,175 · OtherPARKWAY HILLS UMC MADISON: $58,059 · Other+59 more: $936,553 · Other+59 moreUNITED METHODIST MINISTRY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $100,816 · Human ServicesUNITED METHODIST …PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $96,006 · Human ServicesPALMER HOME FOR C…NATCHEZ CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $96,001 · Human ServicesNATCHEZ CHILDREN'…Mississippi State University Foundation Inc: $86,725 · Human ServicesMississippi State…MISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES INC: $24,157 · Human ServicesMISSISSIPPI METHO…Millsaps College: $104,245 · EducationMillsaps Col…FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $96,000 · EducationFRENCH CAMP …ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $34,149 · EducationASBURY THEOL…Mississippi College: $15,831 · EducationMississippi …DUKE UNIVERSITY: $14,000 · EducationMADISON-RIDGELAND ACADEMY: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $6,300 · EducationSOUTHERN PINES ANIMAL SHELTER: $156,944 · AnimalsBIG CREEK METHODIST CEMETARY ASSN: $80,307 · Membership BenefitTHE HOME PLACE OF MADISON: $41,105 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,461 · HealthCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $20,781 · PhilanthropyWESLEY FOUNDATION AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY INC: $19,016 · Religion
Other$1,538,942Human Services$403,705Education$280,525Animals$156,944Membership Benefit$80,307Health$46,566Philanthropy$20,781Religion$19,016

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHERN PINES ANIMAL SHELTER: $156,944 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMillsaps College: $104,245 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED METHODIST MINISTRY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $100,816 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $96,006 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNATCHEZ CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $96,001 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $96,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $86,725 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG CREEK METHODIST CEMETARY ASSN: $80,307 over 3y, 27% of budgetTHE HOME PLACE OF MADISON: $41,105 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $34,149 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES INC: $24,157 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $20,781 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOLD LADIES HOME ASSOCIATION: $19,310 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetWESLEY FOUNDATION AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY INC: $19,016 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMississippi College: $15,831 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Carey University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE STEPHENS UNITED METHODIST CAMP: $11,374 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMADISON-RIDGELAND ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDWARDS STREET FELLOWSHIP CENTER INC: $8,190 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,461 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SOUTHERN PINES ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds Millsaps College ↗
  • Who funds UNITED METHODIST MINISTRY WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds NATCHEZ CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Mississippi State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIG CREEK METHODIST CEMETARY ASSN ↗
  • Who funds THE HOME PLACE OF MADISON ↗
  • Who funds ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI METHODIST SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds OLD LADIES HOME ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY FOUNDATION AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Mississippi College ↗
  • Who funds William Carey University ↗

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.

Ergon Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Christian Community F…Selby and Richard McR…Pinebelt FoundationWarren A Hood Jr Fami…Wesley a Caldwell Fou…Rosewood FoundationWoodward Hines Educat…Howard & Mary Eliza M…Phil Hardin FoundationMississippi Humanitie…
Ergon Foundation IncMS19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Pinebelt Foundation · Warren A Hood Jr Family Foundation · Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc · Rosewood Foundation · Woodward Hines Education Foundation · Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation · Phil Hardin Foundation · Mississippi Humanities Council Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 81 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, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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