How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Mississippi?

Start with the funders already giving to science in Mississippi, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, Builders Vision Foundation, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Mississippi from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Mississippi?

WK Kellogg Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Mississippi, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Mississippi?

$5M reached 13 science organizations in Mississippi, from 33 funders. 7% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Mississippi

Most of it comes from outside Mississippi: only 7% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Mississippi Coding Academies alone draws 52% of every science grant dollar in Mississippi.

$5M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

33 funders gave $5M to 13 science organizations in Mississippi across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
7% of that came from funders also based in Mississippi; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Mississippi is WK Kellogg Foundation, at $2M.
The science organization drawing the most is Mississippi Coding Academies, at $3M.

Largest funders of science in Mississippi

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

1WK Kellogg Foundation$2M 2Builders Vision Foundation$825k 3New Venture Fund$250k 4T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc$170k 5Ergon Foundation Inc$150k 6Walton Family Foundation Inc$150k 7Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$136k 8National Academy of Sciences$100k 9National Philanthropic Trust$75k 10Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc$68k

Science organizations in Mississippi that draw the most

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

Mississippi Coding Academies$3M University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation$934k Mississippi State University Research & Technology Corporation$714k

How to find science funders in Mississippi

1
Start with the funders already active in Mississippi
The funders giving the most to science in Mississippi are WK Kellogg Foundation, Builders Vision Foundation, New Venture Fund. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
93% of science money in Mississippi comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Mississippi.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Mississippi?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Mississippi, currently WK Kellogg Foundation, Builders Vision Foundation, New Venture Fund. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Mississippi from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Mississippi?: WK Kellogg Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Mississippi, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Mississippi?: $5M reached 13 science organizations in Mississippi, from 33 funders. 7% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

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.