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· RIDGELAND, MS · private_foundation · program funder

27recipients FY2016–24
$3Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 97% of giving in Mississippi

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A local funder — 97% of its dollars go to MS. It is a candidate for organizations in the 7 states it has funded, whatever their cause: AL, FL, MD, MS, MT, OK, TN.

Funders that fund the same organizations

FunderLocationChannelShared recipients
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPIJACKSON, MSprogram funder12
ERGON FOUNDATION INCJACKSON, MSprogram funder10
VAN DEVENDER FOUNDATIONJACKSON, MSprogram funder10
FEILD CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATEDRIDGELAND, MSprogram funder9
SAM E AND BURNICE C WITTELFOUNDATIONJACKSON, MSprogram funder7
SELBY AND RICHARD MCRAE FOUNDATIONJACKSON, MSprogram funder7
THE PRUET FOUNDATIONJACKSON, MSprogram funder7
TELOS FOUNDATION INCJACKSON, MSprogram funder6
W E WALKER FOUNDATIONRIDGELAND, MSprogram funder6
CENTURY CLUB CHARITIES INCRIDGELAND, MSprogram funder5
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH INCMEMPHIS, TNprogram funder5
THE T H ETHERIDGE TRUSTFLOWOOD, MSprogram funder5
H F MCCARTY JR FAMILY FOUNDATIONRIDGELAND, MSprogram funder4
JAMES W HOOD FAMILY FOUNDATIONJACKSON, MSprogram funder4
PINEBELT FOUNDATIONHATTIESBURG, MSprogram funder4
WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCWHITEFISH, MTprogram funder4
ANGORA RIDGE FOUNDATION INCWHITEFISH, MTprogram funder3
BNSF FOUNDATIONFORT WORTH, TXlarge program funder3
BUTLER SNOW OMARA STEVENS & CANNADA FOUNDATIONRIDGELAND, MSprogram funder3
C SPIRE WIRELESS FOUNDATIONRIDGELAND, MSprogram funder3
CHEW FOUNDATIONRIDGELAND, MSprogram funder3
DENNIS R WASHINGTON FOUNDATION INCMISSOULA, MTprogram funder3
DORSEY J BAREFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTPEARL, MSprogram funder3
ELIZABETH MCCARTY EDWARDS FOUNDATIONJACKSON, MSprogram funder3
ELMER & GLADYS FERGUSON CHARITABLE TRUSTDEWITT, ARprogram funder3

Recent recipients

OrganizationStateYearsLatestTotal
HIGHLANDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMS72024$721,000
MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICYMS42024$80,000
WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATIONMS32024$30,300
LATINO ACTION FOUNDATION INCOK12024$25,000
GREATER PEARLIE GROVE M B CHURCHMS12024$10,000
HENRY CEMETERYMS32024$8,500
WE WILL GOMS12024$2,800
CREATE FOUNDATION INCMS12024$1,300
BELHAVEN UNIVERSITYMS32023$505,000
REDEEMERS SCHOOLMS22023$20,000
CHRIST COVENANT SCHOOL LLCMS12023$20,000
WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCMT22023$10,000
DAYSTAR COUNSELING MINISTRIES INCTN12023$1,000
CENTURY CLUB CHARITIES INCMS32022$18,550
HOSPICE MINISTRIES INCMS12022$10,000
SUNNYBROOK CHILDRENS HOME INCMS12022$2,500
FOUR CORNERS MINISTRIESAL12022$2,000
MISSION FIRST INCMS12022$500
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMS22020$100,000
ST DOMINIC HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION INCMS12020$25,000
FRIENDS OF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INCMS22020$2,000
BIG MOUNTAIN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATIONMT12019$200
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOLMS12019$100
ALPINE THEATRE PROJECT INCMT12018$2,500
SEAGROVE BAPTIST CHURCHFL12018$2,500
HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATEDMD12018$1,250
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCYMT12018$450