Mississippi · Nonprofit
MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED
MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,775 to it, the largest being The Olin Corporation Charitable Foundation ($6,775). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $154k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $66k
What Mississippi Society for Disabilities Incorporated does
Mission
To provide a broad spectrum of programs and program services to meet the needs of mississippi children and adults with disabilities, thus enabling them to achieve maximum independence and gain the greatest quility of life.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
The mississippi society for disabilities is a 62-year-old 501(c)3 organization. Chartered in 1959 as the easter seals mississippi, the organization operated under that name until august of 2000, during which time the board of the directors made the decision to separate the organization from the national easter seals and re-established it as an independent non-profit and changed its name to the mississippi society for disabilities (msd). Such change serves to direct all fundraising dollars on service to mississippians' rather than the increasingly high percentages of such dollars being sent to national programs that come with national affiliations.msd's mission is to provide a broad spectrum of programs and services to meet the needs of mississippi's children and adults with disabilities thus enabling them to achieve maximum independence and gain the greatest possible quality of life.msd has two current programs to support the mission.(1) discover wellness program: this program provides family and community focused events promoting inclusive play and universal accessibility for children of all ability levels. Yearly additions to parks statewide continue the mission of breaking down…
$94,120 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $94,120.
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 $129k to $97k (−25%).
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 58% · 2018 80% · 2019 73% · 2020 70% · 2021 90% · 2022 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Michael Grantham
Executive director
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED’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
MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 1 state in all.
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.
Government funding MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $944k on record.
- Department of Education$944k
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 SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED
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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED: 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 SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED?
- MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,775 to it, the largest being The Olin Corporation Charitable Foundation ($6,775). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,775 in grants to MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED?
- The Olin Corporation Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $6,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSISSIPPI SOCIETY FOR DISABILITIES INCORPORATED 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), 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