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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Mississippi

Imperigo has identified 146 funders that made 677 grants totaling $32.9M to 126 arts & culture organizations in Mississippi, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Mississippi

Total granted $32.9M
Funders 146
Grants 677
Organizations funded 126

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Community Foundation for Mississippi
58 grants to 20 organizations · largest $648K · through 2024 · 21.4% of their giving
$5.3M
2. Jackson-Madison County Library Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $554K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$554K
3. Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Partnership Inc
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $31K · through 2024 · 26.4% of their giving
$220K
4. Artz-White Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $41K · through 2025 · 20.3% of their giving
$141K
5. The Alliance
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2023 · 48.2% of their giving
$137K
6. Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$164K
7. Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $107K · through 2021 · 8.1% of their giving
$322K
8. Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi
18 grants to 10 organizations · largest $221K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$597K
9. Community Foundation of East Mississippi
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $51K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$274K
10. Keysmith Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$85K
11. Great Mississippi River Balloon Race
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$55K
12. Mississippi Farm Bureau Foundation & Relief Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 12.5% of their giving
$60K
13. Downtown Jackson Partners Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2021 · 17.3% of their giving
$35K
14. Pillars Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$237K
15. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
21 grants to 11 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$237K
16. North Mississippi Health Services Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 7.9% of their giving
$40K
17. Jewish Funders Network
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $74K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$198K
18. Federation of State Humanities Councils
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 2.3% of their giving
$80K
19. Community Foundation of East Central Illinois
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$83K
20. Local Media Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 1.7% of their giving
$50K
21. Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2024
$84K
22. The Hub Resource Center Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2021 · 2.4% of their giving
$25K
23. Progressive Multiplier Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$50K
24. Jewish Endowment Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$117K
25. National Center for Housing Management Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019
$50K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Mississippi, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 10 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Mississippi. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Mississippi, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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