Mississippi · Nonprofit
MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC
MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,541 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($317,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $318k
- Net assets
- $367k
What Mississippi Main Street Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of the mississippi main street association is to be a catalyst for the preservation and economic revitalization of mississippi's historic downtowns and districts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community development:during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the mississippi main street association (mmsa) provided community services to assist the 48 designated member programs and two network community members across the state. Community services consist of consultations and program services that pertain to the main street approach in downtown revitalization - organization, promotion, design, and economic vitality. These community services include but are not limited to: individual consulting and/or resource teams, educational trainings, grant management and assistance, design services and training, statewide advocacy endeavors, market analysis, new director and board member training, communications and marketing opportunities, festival development and/or evaluation, small event development and/or evaluation, volunteer training, budget development, community development projects, and business recruitment, retention, and expansion assistance, and other services as requested by the local programs.mmsa provides at least one on-site visit and other downtown services as requested by the local program directors each year. In addition, mmsa provides an on-site work session, as requested…
$314,990 spent$39,261 earned by the program33% of program spendingTraining and education:mmsa provides valuable training to assist and equip directors of the 80+ member main street programs throughout the state. Continuing education is essential to grow in knowledge and skill in downtown development and preservation, and mmsa requires every designated main street program to earn a minimum of four points each calendar year (network programs must earn three points), and directors can choose from several training opportunities to receive this continuing education. Main street members receive discounts to attend mmsa trainings.mmsa hosted an advocacy webinar in july of 2023. Destination downtown, an annual tri-state conference with main street arkansas and louisiana main street, was held in monroe/west monroe, la with 71 attendees from mississippi. Every designated program received a complimentary registration to attend destination downtown in september 2023. Organization training was held in laurel in november 2023 with 56 attendees. Training topics included a grant writing workshop, recruiting and engaging volunteers, and purpose-driven events that make money. In october, mmsa staff presented at the mml small town conference. Mississippi's shop…
$314,990 spent33% of program spendingSpecial projects/partner collaboration:mmsa opened the mississippi main street revitalization grant program (mmsrg) in july of 2023. This program developed in partnership with the mississippi development authority and the mississippi department of archives and history provides funds for downtown revitalization projects in mississippi's designated main street communities. Grant funds are available on a competitive basis for eligible projects up to $500,000 per community. With the first grant program, 19 designated main street communities submitted applications that were vetted by the mmsa board of directors, and mmsa provided the mississippi development authority and the mississippi legislature with a list of these prioritized projects in the fall of 2023. All 19 projects were approved by the mississippi legislature for funding in april 2024. On may 8, gov. Tate reeves signed senate bill 2696 that establishes the mississippi main street revitalization grant (mmsrg) program as an ongoing program under the state to provided funds through the mississippi development authority for downtown revitalization projects in mississippi's local main street communities. The governor also signed…
$314,990 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $944,970.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $166k to $391k (+135%).
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 26% · 2018 8% · 2019 9% · 2020 18% · 2021 30% · 2022 40% · 2023 60% · 2024 71% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
James Miller
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $7 → $118k.
1 of 2 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $150k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance). These are real filings, and they are not money MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION 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
MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41 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.
Government funding MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $329k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$200k
- Appalachian Regional Commission$129k
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 MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC?
- MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,541 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($317,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $317,541 in grants to MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION INC?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $317,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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