Mississippi · Private foundation
Sss Foundation
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.
- $80k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $999k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Sss Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 26 | $80k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $79k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $85k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $83k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $70k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $93k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $51k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $44k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $37,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Hoofbeats and Pawprints Rescue | $32,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Natchez-Adams County Humane Society | $25,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| French Camp Academy | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Natchez Community Stewpot Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $37,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Hoofbeats and Pawprints Rescue | $32,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Natchez-Adams County Humane Society | $25,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| French Camp Academy | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Natchez Community Stewpot Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Smile Train Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Concordia Paws | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Knights Templar Eye Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alpha Tau Omega Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| For Natchez | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Adams County Christian School | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Garden Lovers of Natchez | $1,300 | 3 | n/a |
| ArtsNatchez Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Wilson Research Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($349k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sss 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: Make a Difference Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sss Foundation
- How much does Sss Foundation give?
- Sss Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $80,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sss Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Education (11%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Sss Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($50k), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn ($41k), Leader Dogs for the Blind ($37k).
- Does Sss Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sss 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 Sss Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Make a Difference Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Sss Foundation based?
- Sss Foundation is based in MS.
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