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United Way of South Mississippi

United way leads positive change that transforms our community and improves people's lives in our impact area.

$656k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$402k
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$2.1MHousing & Shelter$1.7MHuman Services$1.7MCrime & Legal$228kYouth Development$123kHealth$119kFood & Nutrition$93kPublic Safety & Disaster$88kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $226k
  • $250k+1 grant · $402k
$18,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTH MS$402,226
CASA OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI$42,927
DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATIONDOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY$34,533
HANCOCK RESOURCE CENTER$25,038
MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE$25,036
HANCOCK COUNTY HRA$25,027
THE NOURSHING PLACE$18,500
ST VINCENT DE PAUL PHARMACY$15,047
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTH MS$15,019
MANNA MINISTRIES$15,000
GULF COAST CENTER FOR NON-VIOLENCE$10,000
THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT USM$9,072
BOAT PEOPLE SOS$7,548
GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,116
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%MANNA MINISTRIES: $83k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $68k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $40k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $48k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $36k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $40k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $35k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $35k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $25k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $25k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $18k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $15k → 18%MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $25k → 19%MANNA MINISTRIES: $12k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTH MS: $628k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTH MS: $402k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTH MS: $15k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTH MS: $15k → 19%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 21 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

$6.0M
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+91%

Still filing today

71%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES HOUSING ASSOCIAT OF BILOXI INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $1.7M · revenue +42%
  • TB
    THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GULF COAST INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $379k · revenue +62%
  • HR
    HANCOCK RESOURCE CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $305k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • LB
    LONG BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT
    2× · 2018–2020 · $33k
  • HC
    HANCOCK COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • BB
    BACK BAY MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $23k · revenue +91%
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
Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity mississippi capital area brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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2
Hope for All Gulf Coast

It is the mission of housing first, inc. to secure resources and assets, which lead to community planning to end homelessness through advocacy and community collaboration.

Food & Nutrition
3
Delta Health Center Inc

The organization provides family centered, community oriented and comprehensive health services to the people in mound bayou, ms and the surrounding area.

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4
Community Food Bank of Central Alabama

To feed people in need today and foster collaborative solutions to end hunger tomorrow.

Food & Nutrition
5
Bolivar County Community Action Agency Inc

Providing educational and other assistance to low income persons in bolivar county, ms and surrounding areas

Human Services
6
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…

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7
Community Action Agency of South Alabama Inc

Administration of federal, state and local awards and grants for the poverty sector of a 7 county area in alabama, providing headstart education, food, shelter, maintenance, and weatherization programs.

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8
Friends of Children of Mississippi Inc

To operate a head start and early head start program for children and families in mississippi.

Education
9
Marion-Winston Counties Community Action Committee Inc

Assist economically disadvantaged persons in urban and rural communities of marion-winston county, alabama

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10
Louisiana Disabled Persons Housing Corp

Provide low cost housing to handicapped adults

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11
Gulf Coast Family Counseling Agency

Gulf coast family counseling agency was designed to strenghten family life in our community. we provide affordable, professional counseling services to individuals, couples and families seeking to overcome life's disruptive or disabling…

Human Services
12
Good Samaritan Health Serv Inc

Provide free medical services to uninsured individuals.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Educational Support Organization; the most unlike its peers is St Vincent De Paul Community Pharmacy. 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

18 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. 18 of the 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES HOUSING ASSOCIAT OF BILOXI INC: $1,730,661 · Housing & ShelterCATHOLIC CHARITIES HOUSING ASSO…+1 more: $22,500 · Housing & ShelterCatholic Social and Community Services: $1,060,632 · Human ServicesCatholic Social and Community…MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $290,785 · Human ServicesMOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE INCMANNA MINISTRIES INC: $288,626 · Human ServicesMANNA MINISTRIES INCLITTLE PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $416,073 · OtherLITTLE PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ACADE…THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GULF COAST INC: $378,834 · OtherTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE…Hancock County H R A: $237,627 · OtherHancock County H R AGULF COAST CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $220,021 · OtherGULF COAST CENTER FOR NONVIOLEN…THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $120,262 · OtherTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATIONGULFPORT SCHOOLS: $63,048 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY: $74,582 · Other+11 more: $204,178 · Other+11 moreEDUCATIONAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION: $316,978 · EducationEDUCATIONAL…HANCOCK RESOURCE CENTER: $305,222 · EducationHANCOCK RES…Count Appointment Special Advocates of South Mississippi: $212,975 · Crime & LegalUNITED WAY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: $140,695 · PhilanthropyGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $69,348 · PhilanthropyFeeding the Gulf Coast: $83,307 · Food & Nutrition
Housing & Shelter$1,753,161Human Services$1,640,043Other$1,714,625Education$622,200Crime & Legal$212,975Philanthropy$210,043Food & Nutrition$83,307

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES HOUSING ASSOCIAT OF BILOXI INC: $1,730,661 over 6y, 14% of budgetCatholic Social and Community Services: $1,060,632 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GULF COAST INC: $378,834 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetEDUCATIONAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION: $316,978 over 8y, 40% of budgetHANCOCK RESOURCE CENTER: $305,222 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetMOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $290,785 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetMANNA MINISTRIES INC: $288,626 over 8y, 20% of budgetGULF COAST CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $220,021 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCount Appointment Special Advocates of South Mississippi: $212,975 over 7y, 10% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: $140,695 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $120,262 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $83,307 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY: $74,582 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $69,348 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBACK BAY MISSION: $22,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLYNN MEADOWS DISCOVERY CENTER: $17,581 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCLIMB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,081 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCASA of Harrison and Stone Counties: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% 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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES HOUSING ASSOCIAT OF BILOXI INC ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Social and Community Services ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE GULF COAST INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds HANCOCK RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MOORE COMMUNITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GULF COAST CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Count Appointment Special Advocates of South Mississippi ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Feeding the Gulf Coast ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY ↗
  • Who funds GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BACK BAY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds LYNN MEADOWS DISCOVERY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CLIMB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA of Harrison and Stone Counties ↗

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.

Gulf Coast Community …Mississippi Power Fou…Mgm Resorts FoundationEngelstad Family Foun…Amazonsmile Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncMS32.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Engelstad Family Foundation · Amazonsmile 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 United Way of South Mississippi funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of South Mississippi. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    5report 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 29 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 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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