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Area Development Partnership Inc

Area Development Partnership Inc (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $455,000 to it, the largest being ASBURY FOUNDATION OF HATTIESBURG INC ($328,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.4M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$455k
Net assets
$1.2M
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Area Development Partnership Inc does

Mission

Enhance economic growth and development through enrichment of community involvement and support

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Chamber - Facilitated numerous professional development programs for area young professionals, small business owners, membership; organized and hosted member events with opportunities for networking, sharing strategies for success; organized and hosted ribbon cuttings for new and expanded businesses; recruitment and retention of ADP membership.

  2. Economic Development - Recruitment of domestic and international businesses; workforce development programs and events connecting students and teachers to area employers; community, military, and government relations.

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($825k)2018 Revenue 107 ($2.0M) Expenses 107 ($1.9M) Net assets 110 ($905k)2019 Revenue 105 ($2.0M) Expenses 114 ($2.1M) Net assets 100 ($829k)2020 Revenue 93 ($1.8M) Expenses 102 ($1.9M) Net assets 90 ($739k)2021 Revenue 104 ($2.0M) Expenses 101 ($1.8M) Net assets 86 ($708k)2022 Revenue 130 ($2.4M) Expenses 119 ($2.2M) Net assets 121 ($1000k)2023 Revenue 130 ($2.5M) Expenses 135 ($2.4M) Net assets 132 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 133 ($2.5M) Expenses 132 ($2.4M) Net assets 150 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 129 ($2.4M) Expenses 137 ($2.5M) Net assets 144 ($1.2M)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (137)Net assets (144)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $989k to $1.4M (+40%).

$1.0M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$989k
$1.4M
$1.5M
$1.8M
$2.0M
$1.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
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2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$69k
’17
$67k
’18
−$97k
’19
−$102k
’20
$119k
’21
$284k
’22
$15k
’23
$119k
’24
−$64k
’25
5.6
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

John Johnson

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+6+4+4+6+7+8+3+8
No longer listed·64549748
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $84k → $90k.

Funder
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total
Cooperative Energyunclassified
$107k
funders
2
1
2
1
1
2
2

Left out of every figure on this page: $5.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Partnership Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Area Development Partnership Inc raised.

From the IRS filings of Area Development Partnership Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Area Development Partnership Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

72%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 57% · 2023 89% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Area Development Partnership Inc's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Mississippi out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Area Development Partnership Inc

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Mississippi

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

23
board members
96%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MS

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • The Partnership Foundation Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Area Development Partnership Inc?
Area Development Partnership Inc (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $455,000 to it, the largest being ASBURY FOUNDATION OF HATTIESBURG INC ($328,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Area Development Partnership Inc have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $455,000 in grants to Area Development Partnership Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Area Development Partnership Inc?
ASBURY FOUNDATION OF HATTIESBURG INC is the largest funder on record, with $328,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Area Development Partnership Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing