Mississippi · Public charity
United Way of South Mississippi
United way leads positive change that transforms our community and improves people's lives in our impact area. We advance the common good by investing in our greatest asset - our children and their families - to create a better tommorrow today.
- $656k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $402,226
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations United Way of South Mississippi funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $656k 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 | 12 | $645k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $901k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $507k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $499k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $961k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $938k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $873k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $843k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Housing Associat of Biloxi Inc | $1,730,661 | 6 | 14% |
| Catholic Social and Community Services | $1,060,632 | 2 | 16% |
| Little People's Christian Academy | $416,073 | 5 | n/a |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast Inc | $378,834 | 7 | 6% |
| Educational Support Organization | $316,978 | 8 | 40% |
| Hancock Resource Center | $305,222 | 8 | 7% |
| Moore Community House Inc | $290,785 | 8 | 2% |
| Manna Ministries Inc | $288,626 | 8 | 20% |
| Hancock County H R A | $237,627 | 7 | n/a |
| Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Inc | $220,021 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Housing Associat of Biloxi Inc | $1,730,661 | 6 | 14% |
| Catholic Social and Community Services | $1,060,632 | 2 | 16% |
| Little People's Christian Academy | $416,073 | 5 | n/a |
| The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast Inc | $378,834 | 7 | 6% |
| Educational Support Organization | $316,978 | 8 | 40% |
| Hancock Resource Center | $305,222 | 8 | 7% |
| Moore Community House Inc | $290,785 | 8 | 2% |
| Manna Ministries Inc | $288,626 | 8 | 20% |
| Hancock County H R A | $237,627 | 7 | n/a |
| Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Inc | $220,021 | 8 | 2% |
| Count Appointment Special Advocates of South Mississippi | $212,975 | 7 | 10% |
| United Way of South Mississippi | $140,695 | 4 | 5% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $120,262 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding the Gulf Coast | $83,307 | 3 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy | $74,582 | 5 | 1% |
| Gulfport Schools | $63,048 | 3 | n/a |
| Hancock Cty School District | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Back Bay Mission | $22,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Lynn Meadows Discovery Center | $17,581 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $16,122 | 2 | n/a |
| Climb Community Development Corporation | $15,081 | 1 | 1% |
| CASA of Harrison and Stone Counties | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Region 13 Mental Health Mental Retardation Commission | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boat People Sos Inc | $13,273 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of South Mississippi supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of South Mississippi
- How much does United Way of South Mississippi give?
- United Way of South Mississippi reported 14 grants totaling $656,027 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of South Mississippi fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Housing & Shelter (27%), Human Services (26%).
- Who are United Way of South Mississippi's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catholic Charities Housing Associat of Biloxi Inc ($1.7M), Catholic Social and Community Services ($1.1M), Little People's Christian Academy ($416k).
- Does United Way of South Mississippi fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of South Mississippi?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, Mississippi Power Foundation Inc, Mgm Resorts Foundation.
- Where is United Way of South Mississippi based?
- United Way of South Mississippi is based in MS.
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