Mississippi · Nonprofit
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,500 to it, the largest being THE PITTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $171k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $105k
- Net assets
- $709k
What Mississippi School of the Arts Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization's purpose is to exclusively benefit, directly or indirectly, perform the functions of, or carry out the purposes of the Mississippi School of the Arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Funded student preparation programs for ACT, career, senior and junior seminars.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $608k to $680k (+12%).
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: 2018 13% · 2019 9% · 2020 1% · 2021 6% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $101k.
From the IRS filings of MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION 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 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 2 states in all.
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
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION 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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: 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 SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
- MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,500 to it, the largest being THE PITTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $104,500 in grants to MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE PITTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION 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 2018–2024), 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