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EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI

EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,332 to it, the largest being NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC ($77,264). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.1M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$116k
Net assets
$5k
0/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What Easter Seals Mississippi does

Mission

Easterseals enriches lives and expands opportunities for all children and adults in our communities. (see schedule o)

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Easterseals mississippi enriches lives and expands opportunities for children, adults, and families throughout mississippi through evidence-based disability, education, advocacy, and community support services. The organization provides programs designed to help individuals with disabilities and other special needs achieve greater independence, access educational and employment opportunities, strengthen family stability, and fully participate in their communities. Through collaboration with community partners and service providers, easterseals mississippi promotes equity, inclusion, and access while helping individuals and families thrive. (continued on schedule o)key program services include disability support and resource coordination, educational and family services, tobacco prevention and community health initiatives, and operation of a children's advocacy center that provides a safe, supportive environment for children impacted by abuse and other violent crimes. The organization coordinates multidisciplinary services, training, outreach, and prevention efforts while connecting individuals and families with critical resources needed to address health, educational, and social…

    $817,754 spentof which $11,554 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $817,754.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($582k) Expenses 100 ($620k) Net assets -707 ($-37949)2025 Revenue 184 ($1.1M) Expenses 166 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($5k)
20242025
Revenue (184)Expenses (166)Net assets (100)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $356k to $606k (+70%).

$356k
$606k
20242025
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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 99% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$38k
’24
$43k
’25
2.0
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.

Chief executive

Christine Mcmahon

President and CEO of fedcap

Board chair

Melissa Scott

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20242025
Listed1212
Joined·+1
No longer listed·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1

From the IRS filings of EASTER SEALS 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

EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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

99% 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 EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI.

66%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 2 states in all.

DC
MS

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

Against its field

EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)84% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $119k on record.

Federal$119k
grants $119kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$119k

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 EASTER SEALS 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

MS

Part of a family of 36 related entities

  • Fedcap Rehabilitation Services Inc · exempt
  • Reserve Elder Service Inc · exempt
  • Community Workshops Inc · exempt
  • Easter Seals New York Inc · exempt
  • Granite Pathways · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI?
EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,332 to it, the largest being NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC ($77,264). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $116,332 in grants to EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI.
Who is the largest funder of EASTER SEALS MISSISSIPPI?
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $77,264 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EASTER SEALS 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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