Skip to content
The Dick Molpus Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Dick Molpus 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.

$713k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.8MEducation$2.0MArts & Culture$887kRecreation & Sports$185kHealth$149kFood & Nutrition$92kCivil Rights$78kPublic Benefit$67kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $305k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PARENTS CAMPAIGN - RESEARCH & EDUCATION$300,000
NATIONAL PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS$182,500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI$72,000
MISSISSIPPI TODAY$50,000
THE 18TH WARD$25,000
LEGACY EDUCATION & COMMUNITY EMP$20,000
PRAIRIE BELT BLUES FOUNDATION$10,000
MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE$10,000
OPEN ARMS INC$10,000
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME$10,000
POLLYS PAWS INC$10,000
2ND CHANCE MS INC$5,000
WEST POINT CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER$2,000
METHODIST FOUNDATION OF MS$1,000
WELLS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OPEN ARMS INC: $74k → 23%OPEN ARMS INC: $10k → 23%OPEN ARMS INC: $3k → 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

NY
MA
OH
NJ
AR
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 44 repeat orgs$257k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against -17% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
40

Total granted

$4.4M
$232k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
-17%

Still filing today

45%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • DS
    DEEP SOUTH TODAY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $650k · revenue ×17
  • 1W
    18TH WARD
    6× · 2020–2025 · $184k · revenue ×46 · 34% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • PC
    PARENTS CAMPAIGN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • T1
    THE 18TH WARD
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE WILKINSON CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
Working Together Mississippi

Seeking to build relationships with diverse institutions around the state to build the power to effect political change in a non-partisan way while strengthening the institutions we engage with to help execute their institution's mission…

Education
2
Jobs for Mississippi Graduates Inc

Jmg's mission is to keep young people in school through graduation and provide work-based learning experiences that will lead to career advancement opportunities or to enroll in a postsecondary institution that leads to a rewarding career.

—
3
Ms Museum of Natural Science Foundation

The foundation was established to support the mississippi museum of natural science though receiving, maintaining and distributing funds exclusively for the benefit of the museum.

Arts & Culture
4
Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center Inc

To promote mississippi arts and entertainment.

Arts & Culture
5
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group

To publish deep public-interest reporting into causes of and solutions to the social, political, and systemic challenges facing all mississipians and their communities.

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
University of Mississippi Medical Center Research Development Foundation

Support the research activities of the university of mississippi medical center

Health
8
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce Inc

Mississippi gulf coast chamber of commerce, inc., a mississippi non-profit corporation (the "chamber") connects, informs, advocates and develops. the chamber is a membership organization that fosters leadership and the advancement of the…

—
9
Mississippi Main Street Association Inc

The mission of the mississippi main street association is to be a catalyst for the preservation and economic revitalization of mississippi's historic downtowns and districts.

—
10
North Missindustrial Development a

Promoting northeast mississippi for industrial growth.

—
11
Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project

Mississippi volunteer lawyers project enables volunteer attorneys to provide equal access to justice for mississippians of low income and limited means through high quality pro bono legal assistance.

Crime & Legal
12
Mississippi Public Health Institute

To promote and advocate public health in the state of mississippi through professional development and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy; the most unlike its peers is Phil Hardin Foundation. 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

43 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. 43 of the 96 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/43
Grantees still filing
21/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PARENTS CAMPAIGN - RESEARCH & EDUCATION: $900,000 · OtherTHE PARENTS CAMPAIGN - RESEARCH & EDUCATIONNATIONAL PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $835,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLSMSU FOUNDATION: $767,519 · OtherMSU FOUNDATION+71 more: $841,000 · Other+71 moreNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,600,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND+2 more: $15,550 · EnvironmentDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $650,000 · Arts & CultureDEEP SOUTH T…+8 more: $55,500 · Arts & Culture+8 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $397,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY: $175,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATIO…18TH WARD: $183,750 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $73,500 · EducationTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Education2ND CHANCE MS: $25,500 · EducationImpact America: $9,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationOPEN ARMS INC: $86,639 · Human Services
Other$3,343,519Environment$1,615,550Arts & Culture$705,500Philanthropy$572,000Recreation & Sports$184,250Education$138,500Human Services$86,639

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 budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,600,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $650,000 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $397,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budget18TH WARD: $183,750 over 6y, 34% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY: $175,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetOPEN ARMS INC: $86,639 over 3y, 51% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $73,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC: $51,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budget2ND CHANCE MS: $25,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPHIL HARDIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetKOSCIUSKO FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE MCCLEAN FLETCHER CENTER INC: $9,200 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetImpact America: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGRACE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJACKSON METRO SPONSORING COMMITTEE-WORKI D/B/A WORKING TOGETHER JACKSON: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetREMOS RESCUE: $4,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSA INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWEST POINT CLAY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THACKER MOUNTAIN: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMALECARE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLIVING SERVICES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER MISSISSIPPI: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI KIDNEY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe River: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCraftsmans Guild of Mississippi Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI ALLIANCE OF NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOHIO RIVER WAY: $550 over 2y, 33% of budgetMISSISSIPPI'S TOUGHEST KIDS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROWING UP KNOWING: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJackson State University Development Foundation Inc: $500 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 NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds DEEP SOUTH TODAY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds 18TH WARD ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 2ND CHANCE MS ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIE BELT BLUES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PHIL HARDIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING INC ↗
  • Who funds KOSCIUSKO FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE MCCLEAN FLETCHER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Impact America ↗

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 …Kathryn & Julian Wien…Selby and Richard McR…WK Kellogg FoundationPhil Hardin FoundationWalker FoundationErgon Foundation IncMississippi Humanitie…C Spire FoundationFeild Co-Operative As…Van Devender Family F…Bill McCarty III Foun…
Community Foundation for MississippiMS33.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Kathryn & Julian Wiener Fund · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Phil Hardin Foundation · Walker Foundation · Ergon Foundation Inc · Mississippi Humanities Council Inc · C Spire Foundation · Feild Co-Operative Association · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Bill McCarty III Foundation

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 The Dick Molpus Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dick Molpus Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    9report 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 96 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Dick Molpus’ filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home