Mississippi · Nonprofit
To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc
To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,896 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($519,896). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $550k
- Net assets
- $18k
What To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc does
Mission
To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc. T.I.M.E. Inc. is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening Mississippis communities through education innovation and economic empowerment. Our mission is to build strategic partnerships with local farmers businesses and educational institutions to promote sustainable agriculture expand access to technology and create opportunities for economic growth in both urban and rural areas. Through education workforce development and community engagement we work to equip individuals especially youth with the knowledge and resources needed to sustain a healthier more productive Mississippi.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Promoted awareness of FSA programs and services among urban producers increased participation in available FSA opportunities prepared urban agricultural producers to successfully apply for FSA assistance monitored up to 11 pilot UCOCs in delivering technical assistance and completing FSA applications provided oversight to expand local urban market opportunities in coordination with UCOCs and FSA and developed detailed guidance with recommendations to inform the creation of a national program.
$2,284,042 spentof which $59,105 as grants78% of program spendingProvided training on climate-smart and resource-conserving growing systems e.g. high tunnels drip irrigation aeroponics hydroponics raised beds cover crops and crop rotation expanded participation of socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers in USDA-NRCS programs and Inflation Reduction Act opportunities strengthened connections with local and state NRCS offices and supported pathways for these producers to become retailers in the sustainable agriculture marketplace.
$255,795 spent9% of program spendingTrained 50 or more families-including at least 40 Black women in the Jackson urban area-to use climate-smart techniques to grow gardens or urban agricultural spaces; introduced participants to NRCS resources related to farming land ownership and climate-smart conservation strategies; exposed families and women to potential careers in agriculture and conservation services; and produced at least 10 hours of video and audio training content on climate-smart practices and NRCS services for urban agriculture in Jackson Mississippi.
$234,539 spentof which $5,078 as grants8% of program spendingEstablished the Mississippi Ag Innovation Center MAgIC to provide a two-year learning environment for 40 family units of urban socially disadvantaged gardeners and farmers delivering annual education technical assistance and hands-on training in business formation USDA program access financial literacy and enterprise development; instruction in innovative and intensive growing methods such as high tunnels portable raised beds vertical aeroponic towers and small-plot farming; application of climate-smart practices including water conservation drip irrigation aeroponic recycling and healthy soil cultivation; and comprehensive harvesting and food safety procedures covering pre-harvest sanitation safe transport post-harvest cooling and proper washing for market readiness.
$150,000 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,924,376.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $343k to $18k (−95%).
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: 2023 40% · 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Cindy A Elliott
President-CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $120k → $150k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 To Improve Mississippi Economics 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
To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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: 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
To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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
To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$2.3M
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 To Improve Mississippi Economics 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for To Improve Mississippi Economics 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 To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc?
- To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $549,896 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($519,896). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $549,896 in grants to To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $519,896 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like To Improve Mississippi Economics 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 2021–2024), 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