Funding · Mississippi · Food and agriculture
Who funds food and agriculture in Mississippi
Funding is concentrated: Mississippi Food Network Inc alone draws 46% of every food and agriculture grant dollar in Mississippi. Funders are thin on the ground: 223 food and agriculture organizations share only 286 funders between them.
The short version
- 286 funders gave $61M to 223 food and agriculture organizations in Mississippi across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 37% of that came from funders also based in Mississippi; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of food and agriculture in Mississippi is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $11M.
- The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Mississippi Food Network Inc, at $28M.
Largest funders of food and agriculture in Mississippi
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture organizations in Mississippi, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Food and agriculture organizations in Mississippi that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find food and agriculture funders in Mississippi
- 1Start with the funders already active in Mississippi
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Mississippi are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Feeding America, Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development Dis. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
63% of food and agriculture money in Mississippi comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Mississippi.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Mississippi?
- Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Mississippi, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Feeding America, Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development Dis. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Mississippi from out of state.
- Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Mississippi?
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Mississippi, $11M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Mississippi?
- $61M reached 223 food and agriculture organizations in Mississippi, from 286 funders. 37% 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
Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.