Mississippi · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Mississippi

Imperigo has identified 107 funders that made 323 grants totaling $25.6M to 28 civil rights & social justice organizations in Mississippi, with a median grant of $30K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Mississippi

Total granted $25.6M
Funders 107
Grants 323
Organizations funded 28

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Telescope Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$1.0M
2. United Way of Northeast Mississippi Inc
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $37K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$272K
3. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024
$2.2M
4. Justfundus
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 5.9% of their giving
$100K
5. Solidaire Network Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$390K
6. Instructional Telecommunications Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$225K
7. Community Foundation for Mississippi
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024
$160K
8. Groundswell Fund
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$250K
9. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$760K
10. Democracy Fund Voice Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$200K
11. Children's Equity Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$100K
12. Liberty Hill Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2022
$150K
13. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2022
$150K
14. Tides Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024
$725K
15. Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$55K
16. Oakw Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023
$50K
17. Law School Admission Council C/O Susan Krinsky
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2023
$27K
18. CareQuest Institute for Oral Health Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022
$50K
19. Hopewell Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024
$250K
20. Points of Light Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2021
$65K
21. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $450K · through 2024
$1.1M
22. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$235K
23. The Chicago Community Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2023
$500K
24. Skoll Fund C/O Silicon Valley Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020
$50K
25. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2020
$9K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice 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. 8 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 civil rights & social justice 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 civil rights & social justice funding in Mississippi, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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