Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Mississippi

332
foundations
$165.5M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
79
say they accept unsolicited
$7,500
median grant

Grantlas lists 332 foundations based in Mississippi — 297 private foundations and 35 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $165.5 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 79 of them (24%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Jackson (74), Ridgeland (27) and Tupelo (21).

79 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Mississippi.

Top 25 of 332 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 54 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Mississippi
Blue Cross & Blue Shield ofFlowood, MS$143,892$8.3M$10,000–$5.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Luckyday FoundationJackson, MS$17,500$6.9M$250–$2.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Phil Hardin FoundationMeridian, MS$30,000$4.5M$500–$510,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Riley FoundationMeridian, MS$4,000$3.7M$500–$3.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Gertrude C Ford Foundation IncRidgeland, MS$3.3M$3.3M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mississippi Power Foundation IncGulfport, MS$10,000$2.2M$150–$1.6MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Cadence Bank FoundationTupelo, MS$2M$2M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert M Hearin FoundationRidgeland, MS$102,295$2M$10,000–$775,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Walker FoundationRidgeland, MS$10,000$1.1M$250–$105,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Sonedna FoundationOxford, MS$31,756$958,836$2,800–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Feild Co-Operative AssociationRidgeland, MS$10,000$837,500$5,000–$40,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Warren A Hood Jr Family FoundationHattiesburg, MS$12,500$833,000$2,000–$400,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Lower Pearl River Valley FoundationPicayune, MS$31,918$763,799$850–$312,718FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
C Spire FoundationRidgeland, MS$6,750$616,563$714–$180,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kenosis FoundationTaylor, MS$8,000$612,312$1,000–$137,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gilmore Sanitarium IncAmory, MS$12,500$586,750$500–$160,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Leo W Seal Jr Family FoundationBay St Louis, MS$9,000$562,774$500–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
T H Etheridge TrustFlowood, MS$1,000$515,372$150–$225,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Powell Foundation IncTupelo, MS$505,000$505,000—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
James W Hood Family FoundationJackson, MS$6,000$354,500$2,500–$300,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Marvin E and Emily R Cash FoundationSaltillo, MS$15,000$326,826$6,826–$200,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
William Robert Baird Charitable TrustMeridian, MS$14,874$313,795$13,759–$33,609FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kings Daughters & Sons Circle No 2Greenville, MS$225,000$225,000—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
D A Biglane FoundationNatchez, MS$5,000$222,000$1,500–$20,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Family Care FoundationHattiesburg, MS$3,000$218,250$200–$62,600FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.