Mississippi · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50 to it, the largest being GANNETT FOUNDATION INC ($50). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $518k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $50
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association does
Mission
The mission of the alumni association is to benefit the university of southern mississippi, its students, and alumni through upholding traditions, sponsoring activities, events, and publications.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The alumni association produces a quarterly magazine each year. The magazine is mailed to all paid members of the alumni association and a few others. The association also produces numerous other programs and fliers for various events, solicitation pieces, and an annual report that are distributed to various groups.
$97,792 spent26% of program spendingThe alumni association has a number of donations and sponsorships. The association sends money to the usm foundation to support the partners for the arts, friends for gifted education, dubard school, symphony orchestra, library fund, and various other initiatives. The association sends money to the unversity of southern mississippi athletic foundation to support the dugout club, wings, and various other initiatives.
$34,602 spentof which $8,000 as grants9% of program spendingOther activities for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi, its students, and alumni
$247,774 spentof which $68,750 as grants65% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $380,168.
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. 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 2020 to 2021, from $3.8M to $2.8M (−27%).
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.
34% of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $192k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest University of Southern Mississippi Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’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
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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.
Against its field
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION's revenue fell 18% between 2017 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,238 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Usm Foundation · exempt
- Usm Athletic Foundation · exempt
- University of Southern Mississippi · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: 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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (Mississippi) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50 to it, the largest being GANNETT FOUNDATION INC ($50). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION?
- GANNETT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing