Mississippi · Nonprofit
MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION
MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,723,335 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $894k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Mississippi Votes Action Fund Corporation does
Mission
To promote social welfare including but not limited to: 1) developing and advocating for legislation, regulations, and other government programs related to elections and voting rights and 2) engaging with public officials and the general public to promote awareness and stimulate action relating to these public policy issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Issue advocacy and grassroots communications. Mvaf will engage in issue advocacy and grassroots communications, among other awareness initiatives and outreach aimed at both the general public and public officials. These activities will occur on digital platforms, social media, and similar mechanisms, but may also include direct physical mailings, paid media production, paid media advertising and placement, and other types of media outreach, potentially including newsletters, or other activities aimed to inform the general public and public officials about public policies. Issue advocacy and grassroots communications will promote social welfare by raising awareness and helping the public understand important public policy issues so that they can make informed decisions about civic engagement. These communications are designed to educate and inform the general public, as well as public officials, on public policy issues related to elections and voting rights.
$234,070 spent48% of program spendingGrassroots organizing. Mvaf will engage in grassroots organizing of individuals concerned with public policy issues related to elections and voting rights. This activity will involve creating a community-based, ground-up network for civilians to advocate for public policy changes. This grassroots organizing will promote social welfare by creating a dynamic platform for concerned community members to advocate for public policy changes that improve voting rights and other civil rights concerns related to elections.
$197,842 spent40% of program spendingNonpartisan candidate training. Mvaf will help educate and train individuals who are new to running for political office on how to run for political office and succeed. Candidates will be eligible to participate in these training regardless of their party affiliation. In other words, this activity will be nonpartisan. This activity will promote social welfare by helping to keep the electoral system vibrant and thriving by giving new and diverse voices improved access and educational training.
$58,000 spent12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $489,912.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $76k to $1.3M (+1601%).
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.
100% of MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Arekia Bennett-Scott
Executive director
Board chair
Alex Lawson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $43k → $500k.
1 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION’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 VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
100% 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 VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 48% · 2023 50% — 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 VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k 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 VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION: 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 VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION?
- MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,723,335 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,723,335 in grants to MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION?
- OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 14 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