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THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC

THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being ERGON FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$17k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$35k
Net assets
$0
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What The Mississippi Center for Medically Fragile Children Inc does

Mission

To provide the first pediatric skilled nursing facility in the state of mississippi that not only helps children and families transition from the hospital back to their homes, but also provides long-term care for some of our state's most vulnerable pediatric patients.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

Transfer of remaining assets and cash in order to support the construction and operation of a new pediatric skilled nursing, palliative care and respite facility for severely disabled and/or chronically ill children; to promote and raise awareness of the facility; to provide financial assistance and support to the families of severely disabled persons receiving services at the facility; to support other community organizations working for the betterment of the facility; and matters related thereto.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($2.4M) Expenses 100 ($17k) Net assets 100 ($2.4M)2019 Revenue 6 ($133k) Expenses 5798 ($1.0M) Net assets 63 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 1 ($17k) Expenses 8735 ($1.5M) Net assets 0 ($0)
201820192020
Revenue (1)Expenses (8735)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $0 (−100%).

$2.5M
$1.5M
$0
201820192020
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$2.4M
’18
−$881k
’19
−$1.5M
’20
14
months of
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.

201820192020
Listed13119
Joined·+0+3
No longer listed·25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
funders
2

From the IRS filings of THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN 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

THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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

71%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

100% of THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.

MS

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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MS

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN 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 THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC?
THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being ERGON FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $35,000 in grants to THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN INC?
ERGON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN 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 FY2020 (financials across 2018–2020), 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