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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 4 of 4

80. Together RisingRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023
$110K
81. Foundation for LouisianaRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $41K · through 2022
$64K
82. National Court Appointed Special Advocate AssociationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2022
$73K
83. North FundRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$200K
84. Women's Foundation of MississippiRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$22K
85. Black Voters Matter Fund IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023
$30K
86. One Fair Wage IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$10K
87. Century Club Charities IncRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024
$36K
88. Ballot Initiative Strategy Center FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$10K
89. Family Research Council ActionRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 1.6% of their giving
$10K
90. Campaign For Southern EqualityRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$5K
91. Tides AdvocacyRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024
$130K
92. Power to DecideRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024
$21K
93. Feeding AmericaRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $425K · through 2021
$425K
94. Open Society Action Fund IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2023
$250K
95. Borealis PhilanthropyRegrantor
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024
$116K
96. Dogwood Alliance IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2022
$8K
97. New Venture FundRegrantor
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $250K · through 2022
$330K
98. NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$10K
99. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United StatesRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022
$50K
100. Common Counsel FoundationRegrantor
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$75K
101. State Leadership ProjectRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022
$25K
102. Movement Strategy CenterRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2024
$32K
103. National Women's Law CenterRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2021
$10K
104. Knights of Columbus Charities IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2022
$17K

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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