Mississippi · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC
FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,180,950 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($5,100,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $694k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Foundation for the Mid South Inc does
Mission
The foundation for the mid south invests in people and strategies that build philanthropy and promote racial, social and economic equity in arkansas, louisiana and mississippi.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community development - the foundation for the mid south believes that the solution to regional challenges lies in building the skills and knowledge of communities to transform themselves. The community development portfolio recognizes the need for community development across the region. When individuals, organizations, and businesses engage in the change process, they can build the community they wish to see, creating vibrant places to live, work, and play. We do this by pursuing changes in systems and policy, including changes in the coordination of services, contextualization of literacy and occupation skill development, a combination of on-the-job training, development of career paths, strengthening the workplace to be a learning place, and improving policies.since 2020, the foundation for the mid south has led an effort to engage organizations and individuals in its community, visioning and planning around truth, racial healing, and transformation (trht). Trht is a comprehensive national and community-based process that plans for and brings about transformational and sustainable change and addresses the historic and contemporary effects of racism. The trht model supports…
$1,411,792 spentof which $557,775 as grants82% of program spendingEducation - the education program addresses issues ensuring improved education outcomes leading to higher education and employment participation. The goals are to increase student learning and improve indicators such as high school graduation rates, college readiness, and work readiness across the mid-south. Several approaches are utilized to reach this goal, such as expanding the skills and capacity of students and support groups, as well as organizations that support student learning in other mediums beyond the classroom.the foundation for the mid south is in partnership with delta state university, the recipient of a $15 million college readiness grant awarded by the united states department of education. The grant is designed to assist approximately 2,995 sixth and seventh-grade students in the mississippi delta. The seven-year initiative will serve students in the following counties: holmes, cleveland, north bolivar, hollandale, leland, wester line, greenville, greenwood, humphreys, and yazoo city. The gear up grant is one of only 27 programs funded nationally. - in 2023, the foundation for the mid south served 80% of its student population (2,329 students) and completed…
$305,972 spent18% of program spendingHealth and wellness - the health and wellness priority area focuses on improving health in the mid-south and promoting a broader definition of health not as a separate issue but as an interrelated part of improving our region. Recognizing that health is integral to the region's progress, the goal is to improve individual and community health outcomes.
$6,034 spent0% of program spendingWealth building - the wealth building portfolio enables families to build financial security. We believe that building wealth requires increased access to effective financial programs and information. When families are given the tools and knowledge to get their finances on track, they can begin to grow their savings, maximize their income and acquire assets
$1,006 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,724,804.
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 $20M to $23M (+15%).
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 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Gregory Johnson
President/CEO
Board chair
Theodore Bunting Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $688k → $1.4M.
6 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC’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
FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% 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 FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 72% · 2019 43% · 2020 52% · 2021 84% · 2022 32% · 2023 65% — 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
30% of FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC
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
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- (1) Foundation for the Midsouth Properties LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,180,950 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($5,100,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $9,180,950 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $5,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 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