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FOR NATCHEZ

FOR NATCHEZ (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being THE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$4k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$2k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What For Natchez does

Mission

Our mission is to promote the responsible economic development of the historic natchez bluff and riverfront as a natural wonder and a national treasure, preserving its unique historic, natural and aesthetic character for future generations to enjoy.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. In 2023, f.o.r. Natchez continued its work of assisting the city of natchez in conserving and revitalizing the historic natchez bluff and riverfront as outlined in the city's downtown master plan. Specifically, f.o.r. Successfully shepherded the formation of the downtown natchez alliance (dna), a new 501 c 3, and served as fiscal agent for dna until june 2023, at which time the fiscal agency relationship was concluded. In partnership with the city and adams county, f.o.r. Participated in overseeing a $500,000 epa brownfield grant for environmental assessments of key properties in the downtown. For supported the establishment of a new visitor center on the bluff, as per the downtown master plan, and also collaborated with dna on seeking grant money to fund a $452,500 project to landscape the public bluff park surrounding the depot on the bluff. The result was a $362,000 mississippi main street revitalization grant (mmsrg) to dna with a $90,500 match from the city. Finally, in 2023, f.o.r. Added two new board members and began a strategic planning process with a view toward creating a sustainable public-private partnership with city of natchez/parks & recreation for the ongoing…

    $116,373 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $116,373.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($122k) Expenses 100 ($76k) Net assets 100 ($119k)2023 Revenue 3 ($4k) Expenses 160 ($121k) Net assets 2 ($2k)
20222023
Revenue (3)Expenses (160)Net assets (2)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 2022 to 2023, from $119k to $2k (−98%).

$119k
$2k
20222023
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.

2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FOR NATCHEZ’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 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.

$46k
’22
−$117k
’23
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $6k.

Funder
'17
'18
total
funders
1
2

From the IRS filings of FOR NATCHEZ’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

FOR NATCHEZ leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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

71%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 83% — 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.

Where its funders are

FOR NATCHEZ draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 2 states in all.

MS
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Mississippi out of state home

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

FOR NATCHEZ's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−2795% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−97% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

Organizations like FOR NATCHEZ

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

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

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOR NATCHEZ: 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 FOR NATCHEZ?
FOR NATCHEZ (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being THE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOR NATCHEZ have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,000 in grants to FOR NATCHEZ, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FOR NATCHEZ?
THE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION 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 FOR NATCHEZ 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 2 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