Mississippi · Public charity
Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc
The foundation will strive to improve the administration of justice through the support of organizations which provide legal services to the poor and needy. The foundation will work to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of mississippi's judiciary through education, training, technological improvements, and by recognizing and…
- $787k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $102,323
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $262,257
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $779k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $154k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $220k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $187k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $2.9M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $1.7M | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Center for Justice | $2,276,096 | 6 | 19% |
| Mississippi Center For Legal Services Corporation | $1,261,641 | 8 | 14% |
| North MS Rural Legal Services Inc | $1,178,525 | 8 | 17% |
| Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project | $790,412 | 8 | 8% |
| The Mississippi Bar | $173,514 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission First Inc | $137,269 | 4 | 1% |
| Lawyers & Judges Assistance Program | $80,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Kid's Chance of Mississippi Inc | $66,418 | 1 | 58% |
| Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Inc | $62,184 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi | $60,239 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Center for Justice | $2,276,096 | 6 | 19% |
| Mississippi Center For Legal Services Corporation | $1,261,641 | 8 | 14% |
| North MS Rural Legal Services Inc | $1,178,525 | 8 | 17% |
| Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project | $790,412 | 8 | 8% |
| The Mississippi Bar | $173,514 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission First Inc | $137,269 | 4 | 1% |
| Lawyers & Judges Assistance Program | $80,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Kid's Chance of Mississippi Inc | $66,418 | 1 | 58% |
| Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Inc | $62,184 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi | $60,239 | 6 | n/a |
| Lawyers & Judges | $29,200 | 1 | n/a |
| El Pueblo Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Disability Rights Mississippi | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($294k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc
- How much does Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc give?
- Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $787,486 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (98%), Education (1%), Civil Rights (0%).
- Who are Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mississippi Center for Justice ($2.3M), Mississippi Center For Legal Services Corporation ($1.3M), North MS Rural Legal Services Inc ($1.2M).
- Does Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc based?
- Mississippi Bar Foundation Inc is based in MS.
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