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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Mississippi

Imperigo has identified 131 funders that made 395 grants totaling $101.3M to 83 community improvement organizations in Mississippi, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Mississippi

Total granted $101.3M
Funders 131
Grants 395
Organizations funded 83

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. South Delta Planning & Development District
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $937K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$4.0M
2. The Chicago Community Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $28.0M · through 2023
$38.2M
3. Expanding Black Business
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020 · 13.3% of their giving
$500K
4. Community Foundation for Mississippi
13 grants to 8 organizations · largest $340K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$1.3M
5. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $4.1M · through 2024
$18.2M
6. Coalition of Alabama Waterway Assoc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$185K
7. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $778K · through 2023
$3.4M
8. Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $32K · through 2024 · 13.6% of their giving
$137K
9. Telescope Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $750K · through 2022
$750K
10. Appalachian Community Capital Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2020 · 4.3% of their giving
$150K
11. Cooperative Energy
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$114K
12. The Global Orphan Project Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2023 · 3.3% of their giving
$156K
13. Wilkinson County Industrial Development Authority
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 20.4% of their giving
$15K
14. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$197K
15. Community Foundation for San Benito County
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2023
$310K
16. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022 · 1.2% of their giving
$200K
17. Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Partnership Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$42K
18. United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$40K
19. Tides Foundation
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024
$2.1M
20. Rotary International Jackson Rotary Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$8K
21. Impactassetsinc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $520K · through 2024
$1.3M
22. Trails of Mississippi Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 19.7% of their giving
$6K
23. Cfa Institute
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2023
$143K
24. Pinebelt Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025
$129K
25. Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $36K · through 2020
$80K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 11 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Mississippi, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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