Mississippi · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,104 to it, the largest being HEARIN - CHANDLER FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What Community Action of South Mississippi does
Mission
Provide quality services that empowers the community and fosters independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth services - provide opportunities for learning social and educational skills, provide medical and dental screenings, and other services. This is accomplished through conduct of head start and early head start programs, a related usda school lunch program, and other programs. Provide daycare services through federally funded family daycare home grant and locally- operated first step program.
$7,131,425 spentof which $219,639 as grants$156,452 earned by the program62% of program spendingCase management - case management for low-income families includes assistance with utilities, shelter, prescriptions and other emergency needs. Provide active parent classes, volunteer tax preparation services, and other services.
$4,035,089 spentof which $2,840,867 as grants35% of program spendingElderly services - provides senior centers, meals, transportation outreach and other services for individuals 60 years and older.
$334,265 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,500,779.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $8.0M to $7.4M (−7%).
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: 2017 96% · 2018 97% · 2019 94% · 2021 91% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% · 2024 94% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Lauren Kelley
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $21 → $22.
1 of 3 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 COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH 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
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104 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
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $61.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$60.6M
- Department of the Treasury$592k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH 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 COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI?
- COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,104 to it, the largest being HEARIN - CHANDLER FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,104 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI?
- HEARIN - CHANDLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTH 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 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