Mississippi · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE
DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DAVID AND BETTY PARADISE FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $164k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $202k
What Downtown Natchez Alliance does
Mission
To advance downtown natchez as a vibrant commercial and cultural district.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2023, Downtown Natchez Alliance (dna) continued its work as a mississippi main street association (mmsa) member to implement the main street four point approach, as well as facilitating the city's downtown natchez master plan. Dna made a successful application to the mississippi main street revitalization grant program (mmsrg) for a project to landscape the public park at the depot on the bluff. Also,through mmsa, successful application for two rounds of arpa grant funds was made for $161,400. The funds will be used to carry out dna's transformation strategy of placemaking with recreation of original balconies and installation of awnings on historic commercial downtown buildings. Dna also partnered with mmsa and other mississippi towns in a usda grantfunded for the real estate game plan and showcase with consultant joe borgstrom, to produced a possibilities and pro forma program. On behalf of the city, dna also managed the engineering/landscape design team to create a detailed construction plan for hiram revels plaza, a new public park to be located in the black history district downtown. In addition, dna hosted seasonal events throughs the year,including: ring in spring,…
$101,409 spent$16,418 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $101,409.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $146k to $202k (+39%).
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: 2023 63% · 2024 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Kevin Miers
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.
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.
Against its field
DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE
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
100%
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 DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE: 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 DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE?
- DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DAVID AND BETTY PARADISE FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE?
- DAVID AND BETTY PARADISE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN NATCHEZ ALLIANCE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 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