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Mississippi Common Fund Trust at a glance

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Mississippi Common Fund Trust

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.

$994k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
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 2025.

Education$33MArts & Culture$3.6MRecreation & Sports$2.5MHealth$1.0MYouth Development$1.0MPhilanthropy$583kCommunity Improvement$200kHousing & Shelter$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $42k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $143k
  • $250k+2 grants · $809k
$83,333
Median grant
1
States reached
$203k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSISSIPPI NEWS AND INFORMATION CORP$500,000
UM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT$308,703
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI$83,333
FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI$60,000
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION$41,677
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Mayo Clinic- President's Initiative: $500k → 9%New Venture Fund: $500k → 14%MISSISSIPPI NEWS AND INFORMATION CORP: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $4.8M → 18%Stewpot Community Services: $100k → 23%Americas Promise-Alliance for Youth: $1.0M → 9%Mayo Clinic- President's Initiative: $500k → 9%Mississippi News and Information Corp: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $4.3M → 18%UM Medical CenterOffice of Development: $1.0M → 23%MISSISSIPPI NEWS AND INFORMATION CORP: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $3.9M → 18%UM Medical CenterOffice of Development: $1.0M → 23%Mississippi News and Information Corp: $400k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $3.2M → 18%UM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $1.0M → 23%Mississippi News and Information Corp: $300k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $2.9M → 18%UM Medical CenterOffice of Development: $1.0M → 23%MISSISSIPPI NEWS AND INFORMATION CORP: $250k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $2.7M → 18%UM Medical CenterOffice of Development: $1.0M → 23%MISSISSIPPI NEWS AND INFORMATION CORP: $250k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $2.6M → 18%UM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $1.0M → 23%MISSISSIPPI NEWS AND INFORMATION CORP: $250k → 11%Ole Miss Athletics Foundation: $500k → 18%UM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $743k → 23%St Andrew's Episcopal School Forward Saint Campai: $200k → 11%Ole Miss Athletics Foundation: $500k → 18%UM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $588k → 23%Mississippi News and Information Corp: $200k → 11%Ole Miss Athletics Foundation: $500k → 18%UM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $309k → 23%St Andrew's Episcopal School Forward Saint Campai: $200k → 11%Ole Miss Athletics Foundation: $500k → 18%The Pearl River Vision Foundation: $100k → 23%St Andrew's Episcopal School Forward Saint Campai: $200k → 11%OLE MISS ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $500k → 18%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI: $83k → 23%St Andrew's Episcopal School Forward Saint Campai: $200k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $318k → 18%Hope Enterprise Corporation: $200k → 23%ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL FORWARD SAINT CAMPAIGN: $200k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $42k → 18%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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 7 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +61% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$40M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+61%

Still filing today

43%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $25M · revenue +57%
  • DS
    DEEP SOUTH TODAY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue ×17 · 37% of their budget
  • OLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $2.5M · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • AP
    Americas Promise-Alliance for Youth
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M
  • SA
    ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • HE
    HOPE ENTERPRISE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue +118%
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
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation

To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…

Education
2
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc

Mississippi state university foundation, inc. is a non-profit organization that assists mississippi state university in accomplishing its goals and mission by cultivating and soliciting private support and ensuring stewardship for all…

Human Services
3
University of Memphis Foundation

The foundation accepts, manages, and disburses private support to the university of memphis.

Education
4
University Corporate Research Park I Inc

To hold title and perform related functions in connection with a research park and innovation center in support of michigan state university research foundation.

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5
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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6
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
7
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
8
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
9
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
10
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…

Religion
11
Health Care Foundation of North Ms

Health care foundation of north mississippi is operated exclusively for the purpose of raising, receiving, and administering funds (for medical, scientific, educational and charitable purposes), to assist hospital and non-profit…

Health
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Mississippi Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Stewpot Community Services Inc. 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

9 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. 9 of the 14 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)
8/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $24,764,927 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATIONOLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $2,500,000 · EducationOLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONUM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $7,639,685 · OtherUM MEDICAL CENTEROFFICE OF DEV…Mayo Clinic- President's Initiative: $1,000,000 · OtherMayo Clinic- President's Initi…Americas Promise-Alliance for Youth: $1,000,000 · OtherAmericas Promise-Alliance for …St Andrew's Episcopal School Forward Saint Campai: $800,000 · OtherSt Andrew's Episcopal School F…FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $460,000 · Other+3 more: $400,000 · OtherDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $3,150,000 · Arts & CultureNEW VENTURE FUND: $500,000 · EnvironmentHOPE ENTERPRISE CORPORATION: $200,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $83,333 · Philanthropy
Education$27,264,927Other$11,299,685Arts & Culture$3,150,000Environment$500,000Community Improvement$200,000Philanthropy$83,333

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $24,764,927 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $3,150,000 over 9y, 37% of budgetOLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $2,500,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE ENTERPRISE CORPORATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPEARL RIVER VISION FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $83,333 over 1y, 0.5% 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 UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEEP SOUTH TODAY ↗
  • Who funds OLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ENTERPRISE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PEARL RIVER VISION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Van Devender Family F…Ergon Foundation IncWK Kellogg FoundationRaymond James Charita…Silicon Valley Commun…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation for MississippiMS15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Ergon Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Mississippi Common Fund Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mississippi Common Fund Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 14 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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