Mississippi · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Mississippi) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $939,957 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ($414,593). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $313k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $940k
- Net assets
- $521k
What Center for Social Entrepreneurship does
Mission
The mission of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship (cse) is to enhance the quality of life of all people in our targeted communities with a focus on community engagement, economic development, education, and housing.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce development and entrepreneurship training: the entrepreneurship training program helps jackson and mississippi residents build wealth through job readiness, business startups, and life skills development. In 2024, cse conducted a 10-week ipath bootcamp, providing hands-on entrepreneurship training and mentorship. The first 10-person cohort was held in jackson, ms, where participants completed the program by presenting business pitches focused on topics such as branding, finance, and marketing. A second 10-person cohort was held in gulfport, expanding access to entrepreneurial education across the state.
$109,331 spent32% of program spendingHousing and property acquisition:cse advanced its neighborhood revitalization work through blight elimination and the acquisition of abandoned properties in west jackson. Cse acquired 12 tax-forfeited properties and proceeded with demolition, which will support future community development projects. Hosted quarterly neighborhood clean-ups organized in partnership with local residents and organizations, with a specific focus on an abandoned 3.5-acre city-owned site located at one of the neighborhood gateways.
$72,428 spent21% of program spendingCommunity engagement: key 2024 community engagement projects: a grant-funded public arts project igniting pride, included a mural placed on an ivillage major thoroughfare; the global reimagine the ivillage think tank with 25 south african mandela fellows with nearly 100 community members participated in the event; and voter engagement - the center hosted over 5 get out to vote (gotv) projects, centered on voter registration, education, and participation, with average attendance of over 300.
$73,255 spent22% of program spendingOther activities include youth education and summer enrichment and economic development projects.
$83,353 spent25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $338,367.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $705k to $539k (−23%).
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.
93% of CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Lee Harper
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $13k → $165k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP’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
CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 90% · 2019 83% · 2020 90% · 2021 100% · 2022 72% · 2023 88% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
38% of CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
57% of CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $403k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from funders outside Mississippi, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $537k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP is better cushioned than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
- CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Mississippi) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $939,957 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ($414,593). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $939,957 in grants to CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI is the largest funder on record, with $414,593 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 12 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