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MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER
MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER (Mississippi) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,540 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($195,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $237k
- Net assets
- $194k
What Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center does
Mission
To care for the earth and the people who live here. We know that children and youth are spending less time outdoors than ever before and it is having a negative impact on all aspects of health and wellbeing. We also know that life saving and sustaining knowledge connected with the natural world is being lost. To combat these challenges, we are providing opportunities for outdoor play and education for all ages as well as sharing knowledge about how the natural world sustains us and our role in our local ecosystem.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center had an AmeriCorps program that engaged in environmental stewardship activities in Washington County, MS. AmeriCorps members were responsible for removing invasive species on 14 acres, planting native plant species on the land, building trails to make the land accessible to the public, and organizing 11 community events with 200 people to educate the public on how to better care for the earth. In addition, AmeriCorps members leveraged 220 volunteers that engaged in environmental stewardship activities.
$101,803 spentof which $101,803 as grants33% of program spendingChildren ages 5-15 in the Mississippi Delta were provided with hands-on educational experiences that taught them about environmental stewardship in their community. The purpose of the program is to connect youth to nature rather than teaching them abstract concepts in a standard classroom setting. Youth must feel an emotional connection to the natural world if there is going to be hope of them protecting it. With the increased use of technology in classrooms, students in the Mississippi Delta spend less time engaging with the natural world, sometimes even regularly skipping recess due to testing concerns and cutting science instruction short to focus on tested subjects. This program will provide children with experiential science learning opportunities through field trips, summer camps, and weekly programming. The project will take place both at the Heart and Soul Children's Garden at Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center as well as in the classrooms of area schools. Activities include hands-on activities designed around the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards. The curriculum integrates Science, Math, Literacy, Social Studies, and the Arts. The project has…
$95,610 spentof which $95,610 as grants31% of program spendingThe Heart and Soul Children's Garden is a 2 acre play space designed with children in mind. Each area has been thoughtfully created to encourage natural curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. Each area is surrounded by native habitats and gardens planted with plants that thrive and contribute to the Mississippi Delta ecosystem. The garden is open Tuesday-Saturday during business hours for anyone to visit, with special activities throughout the week. The garden is available for field trips, birthday parties, and other events.
$83,524 spentof which $83,524 as grants27% of program spendingThe Youth Ag program educates youth on best practices in small scale agribusiness. The program includes a history of agriculture, how agriculture provides for our daily needs, the importance of sustainable agriculture, and how to run an agricultural business.
$28,277 spentof which $28,277 as grants9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $309,214.
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 2024 to 2025, from $375k to $294k (−21%).
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 27% · 2024 59% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10 → $128k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER’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
MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 76% — 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
MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 5 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER
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
92% 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 MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER: 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 MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER?
- MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER (Mississippi) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,540 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($195,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $236,540 in grants to MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER?
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES is the largest funder on record, with $195,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSISSIPPI DELTA NATURE AND LEARNING CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 6 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