Mississippi · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC
SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,731,941 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($5,468,224). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $46M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $45M
What Southern Ms Planning & Development District Inc does
Mission
The mission of smpdd is to promote civic improvement and economic development of the lower fifteen counties in the state of mississippi.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce development - wioa, through funding from the u.s. Department of labor (us dol), provided employment and educational training services to 2,690 participants. Among those serviced, 275 participants received individual training accounts (itas) that were funded at a total amount of $847,880.31. Ita funds assist participants with their educational costs. There were 65 individuals enrolled in on-the-job (ojt) training, at a total amount of $562,980.92. Ojt funds help businesses offset training costs and customize the training to their specific needs. In addition, 369 youth were enrolled in twin districts workforce development area's in-school and out-of-school youth programs. Ms works, through funding from acceleratems, provided training services to 328 participants, at a total of $956,466.81.scsep, through funding from the center for workforce inclusion, and the ms department of employment security, provided community service and training services to low income people through the senior community service employment program. There were 54 enrolled in the program, and they received 34,838.75 hours of employment training.high school career coach- through funding from…
$14,161,312 spentof which $6,653,376 as grants33% of program spendingArea agency on aging - consists of programs for people 60 years of age and older. 687,336 units of the following services were provided to 5,603 clients: meals, homemaker services, information and referral, adult day care, case management, legal services, respite care, senior center services, home modifications, and transportation. Insurance counseling was provided to 1,688 individuals by direct contact, 4,587 people were reached through public outreach events, and 85,252 people were reached through mail-outs.
$7,550,004 spent$616,688 earned by the program18% of program spendingMedicaid waiver - provides home and community based services to individuals over the age of 21 who, in the absence of such services, would require the level of care provided in a nursing facility. Participants must meet income and health requirements. 3,933 elderly and disabled medicaid waiver clients received 41,440 units of service of case management and 362,544 home delivered meals.
$9,991,200 spent24% of program spendingVeteran directed care - serves veterans of all ages who are at risk of nursing home placement. Veterans are allotted funds to employ home health care workers and to purchase items to increase their ability to remain in their homes. During fy 2025, 322 veterans participated in the program.
$7,988,023 spentof which $7,419,023 as grants19% of program spendingOther senior services programs - the foster grandparent program provided a stipend to 23 people 55 years of age or older to serve as companions, mentors, tutors, and advisors to young people. The alzheimer's disease program provided services to people with adrd and their caregivers. The program provided services to 84 clients.
$192,880 spentof which $77,641 as grants$443,274 earned by the program0% of program spendingEconomic development
$609,560 spent$414,141 earned by the program1% of program spendingBusiness outreach & loan division
$404,794 spent$835,227 earned by the program1% of program spendingSpecial projects
$1,072,469 spent$56,469 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program service revenue
$14,526 spent$302,467 earned by the program0% of program spendingConsumer directed care - allows eligible seniors to receive services in their home while managing their own care plan and budget. During fy 2025, 116 seniors participated in the program.
$405,507 spentof which $405,507 as grants1% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,390,275.
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 $36M to $42M (+15%).
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 91% · 2018 90% · 2019 90% · 2020 92% · 2021 94% · 2022 94% · 2023 93% · 2024 92% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Leonard Bentz Ii
Exec. Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $871k → $712k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $5k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Association of Workforce Boards). These are real filings, and they are not money SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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
SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
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 SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 91% — 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
SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k 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 SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.8M on record.
- Department of Commerce$11.1M
- Department of Labor$3.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.0M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$1.9M
- Environmental Protection Agency$794k
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 SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Municipal Advisors of Mississippi Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC?
- SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,731,941 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($5,468,224). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $5,731,941 in grants to SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INC?
- CWI WORKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,468,224 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN MS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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