Mississippi · Public charity
Woodward Hines Education Foundation
To expand equitable access to and completion of postsecondary credentials, certificates, and degrees that lead to meaningful employment for more Mississippians. The organization does this by providing college planning and access services to Mississippians and managing Mississippi Higher Education Assistance Corporation, a non-profit…
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $225M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Woodward Hines Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $860k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $752k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $686k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $65k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $479k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $955k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achieving the Dream Inc | $900,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Propel Education Forum of Mississippi Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 50% |
| Phi Theta Kappa Foundation | $441,280 | 1 | 10% |
| Coahoma Community College | $381,784 | 3 | n/a |
| Delta State University | $364,956 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Mississippi | $351,832 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $345,455 | 4 | n/a |
| Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access | $342,880 | 3 | n/a |
| Mississippi Community College Foundation | $319,818 | 1 | 44% |
| Mississippi University for Women | $308,731 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achieving the Dream Inc | $900,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Propel Education Forum of Mississippi Inc | $500,000 | 3 | 50% |
| Phi Theta Kappa Foundation | $441,280 | 1 | 10% |
| Coahoma Community College | $381,784 | 3 | n/a |
| Delta State University | $364,956 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Mississippi | $351,832 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $345,455 | 4 | n/a |
| Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access | $342,880 | 3 | n/a |
| Mississippi Community College Foundation | $319,818 | 1 | 44% |
| Mississippi University for Women | $308,731 | 4 | n/a |
| Jackson State University | $220,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mississippi State University | $208,635 | 4 | n/a |
| Itawamba Community College Foundation Inc | $180,003 | 3 | 8% |
| Mississippi Valley State University | $170,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy | $156,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Millsaps College | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mississippi State University Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Deep South Today | $97,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Ms Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning | $91,363 | 2 | n/a |
| Freedom Project Network | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| National College Attainment Network | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alcorn State University Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mb Swayze Educational Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| The Parents' Campaign Research and Education Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Children's Foundation of Mississippi | $49,971 | 1 | 3% |
| Mississippi Council on Economic Education | $45,834 | 2 | 4% |
| Southern Initiative of the Algebra Project Inc | $45,833 | 1 | 10% |
| Team 36 | $31,565 | 3 | n/a |
| Jackson Medical Mall Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Mississippi History | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Strada Education Foundation Inc | $20,833 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philanthropy Southeast Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mississippi Humanities Council Inc | $6,668 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Woodward Hines Education Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Phil Hardin Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · WK Kellogg Foundation · Women's Foundation of Mississippi · Mississippi Humanities Council Inc · The Dick Molpus Foundation · C Spire Foundation · Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi · Entergy Charitable Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
How this is measured
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About Woodward Hines Education Foundation
- How much does Woodward Hines Education Foundation give?
- Woodward Hines Education Foundation reported 14 itemized grants totaling $1,041,808, out of $1,376,110 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Woodward Hines Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (92%), Philanthropy (4%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Woodward Hines Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Achieving the Dream Inc ($900k), Propel Education Forum of Mississippi Inc ($500k), Phi Theta Kappa Foundation ($441k).
- Does Woodward Hines Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Woodward Hines Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Phil Hardin Foundation, Community Foundation for Mississippi, WK Kellogg Foundation.
- Where is Woodward Hines Education Foundation based?
- Woodward Hines Education Foundation is based in MS.
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