Mississippi · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI
CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,445,579 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($620,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $233k
What Children's Foundation of Mississippi does
Mission
To improve the well-being of mississippi's children through the design, promotion and improvement of systems and services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Living up to its mission to improve the lives of children by shaping better systems, fostering collaboration across communities, and driving meaningful, data-informed changes, the Children's Foundation of Mississippi (cfm) spent 2024 conducting subgrant research for the federal preschool development grant (pdg) b-5 grant and supporting 24 early childhood councils, hosted its annual summit for over 250 attendees, conducted 64 professional development/capacity building and convening opportunities for communities, partners and parents, and hosted 3 developmental screening events across the state. Over 200 communication tools were developed and used to share content with stakeholders, including one-pagers, podcasts, webinars, and social media posts. Cfm produced policy briefs on early intervention and mental health and the 2024 kids count factbook and legislative calendar. Over 20 collaborative grants were written and resources were provided to early childhood councils. Seven community-based needs assessments were conducted. 107 children were enrolled in kids to college, a college savings account program in partnership with entergy. Cfm data was used in grant writing across the state,…
$1,322,807 spentof which $15,000 as grants$20,658 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,322,807.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $123k to $353k (+186%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4% · 2021 28% · 2023 73% · 2024 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Linda Southward
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $150k → $218k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI’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
CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 67% · 2020 46% · 2021 53% · 2022 57% · 2023 62% — 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
50% of CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% 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
55% of CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI: 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 CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI?
- CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,445,579 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($620,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,445,579 in grants to CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI?
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $620,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI 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 2019–2024), 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