Mississippi · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,950 to it, the largest being CADENCE BANK FOUNDATION ($6,950). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $-50544
What Friends of Children of Mississippi Inc does
Mission
To operate a head start and early head start program for children and families in mississippi.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The head start/early head start program provides a comprehensive child care and training program for approximately 3,000 children.
$33,040,030 spent94% of program spendingUsda child care food service program assures that balance meals and snacks are served to the children enrolled in the head start/early head start programs.
$2,048,185 spent6% of program spendingThe agency operates non federally funded programs that provide training and other services to the agency's clientele.
$8,194 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,096,409.
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 2019 to 2020, from $9.2M to $35M (+280%).
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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $6k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $354.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$354.4M
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 FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI 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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC?
- FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,950 to it, the largest being CADENCE BANK FOUNDATION ($6,950). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,950 in grants to FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI INC?
- CADENCE BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF CHILDREN OF MISSISSIPPI 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.
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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 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