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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Mississippi

Imperigo has identified 282 funders that made 1,603 grants totaling $129.1M to 204 human services organizations in Mississippi, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Mississippi

Total granted $129.1M
Funders 282
Grants 1,603
Organizations funded 204

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Mr & Mrs E H Sumners Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 30.0% of their giving
$7.0M
2. Leo W Seal Jr Charitable Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.9M
3. Sunnybrook Children's Home Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $969K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.4M
4. Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development Dis
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 98.4% of their giving
$4.8M
5. His Way Inc
34 grants to 12 organizations · largest $174K · through 2024 · 40.3% of their giving
$1.7M
6. United Way of South Mississippi
19 grants to 4 organizations · largest $628K · through 2024 · 33.0% of their giving
$1.5M
7. South Delta Planning & Development District
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $576K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$3.2M
8. Community Foundation for Mississippi
53 grants to 30 organizations · largest $324K · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$1.9M
9. The United Way of Southeast MS Inc
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 20.6% of their giving
$620K
10. United Way of the Golden Triangle Region
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 21.6% of their giving
$522K
11. United Way of Northeast Mississippi Inc
38 grants to 8 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 11.4% of their giving
$885K
12. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
35 grants to 17 organizations · largest $177K · through 2023 · 5.7% of their giving
$762K
13. Mississippians Against Human Trafficking
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $205K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$205K
14. Alpha Tau Omega
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 93.8% of their giving
$195K
15. Mississippi Farm Bureau Foundation & Relief Fund Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2023 · 37.4% of their giving
$180K
16. Pinebelt Foundation
40 grants to 15 organizations · largest $296K · through 2025 · 3.7% of their giving
$960K
17. Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Partnership Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024 · 20.8% of their giving
$173K
18. Artz-White Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2025 · 19.9% of their giving
$138K
19. Young Men's Christian Association of Columbus Et Al Trust
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $18K · through 2024 · 90.4% of their giving
$130K
20. United Way of the Capital Area Inc
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $34K · through 2019 · 60.2% of their giving
$110K
21. Jerry W Scott Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$94K
22. United Way of East Mississippiinc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024 · 11.6% of their giving
$154K
23. Navigate Affordable Housing Partners Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$500K
24. Lois Marler Trust Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$72K
25. Farm Bureau Federation Mississippi Washington County
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2023 · 44.5% of their giving
$52K

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

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