How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Mississippi?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, The Community Foundation for Greater, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Mississippi from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi?

$19M reached 24 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Mississippi, from 108 funders. 8% came from funders also based in Mississippi.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Mississippi · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi

Most of it comes from outside Mississippi: only 8% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Mississippi's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$19M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

108 funders gave $19M to 24 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Mississippi across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
8% of that came from funders also based in Mississippi; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi is WK Kellogg Foundation, at $2M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Mississippi Votes, at $7M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Mississippi, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1WK Kellogg Foundation$2M 2The Community Foundation for Greater$2M 3The David and Lucile Packard Foundation$1M 4Share Our Strength$1M 5Telescope Fund$1M 6American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$985k 7Tides Foundation$700k 8Childrens Advocacy Centers Of$534k 9Conrad N Hilton Foundation$500k 10The Chicago Community Trust$500k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Mississippi that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Mississippi Votes$7M Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic$4M Reuben V Anderson Center for Justice$2M American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation Inc$2M

14 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$1M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Mississippi

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Start with the funders already active in Mississippi
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi are WK Kellogg Foundation, The Community Foundation for Greater, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
92% of civil rights and advocacy money in Mississippi comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Mississippi.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Mississippi?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, The Community Foundation for Greater, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Mississippi from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Mississippi?: WK Kellogg Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Mississippi, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Mississippi?: $19M reached 24 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Mississippi, from 108 funders. 8% came from funders also based in Mississippi.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.