Foundations that fund arts and culture in Mississippi
These 25 foundations made grants to arts and culture in Mississippi in the most recent IRS filing I have for each. None of them ticked the box for giving only to preselected organizations, and each filing gives application instructions or a website. That doesn't prove a foundation takes applications, and some on this list may not. The text below is copied from the filings, most of them for tax year 2024, so check a foundation's website or call before you apply.
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Phil Hardin Foundation
- $75,000 to Meridian Symphony Association, Meridian: Community chords program
- $35,000 to Meridian Art Association, Meridian: Experiencing visual arts
- $30,000 to Jimmie Rodgers Foundation Inc, Meridian: Organizational grant
How to apply: Contact phil hardin foundation-lloyd gray
Deadlines: Contact phil hardin foundation-lloyd gray
Restrictions: Contact phil hardin foundation-lloyd gray
Wk Kellogg Foundation
- $150,000 to Peoples Advocacy Institute, Jackson: Jobs and Family Economic Security
- $100,000 to Mississippi Childrens Museum, Jackson: Early Care and Education
- $5,000 to Mississippi Museum of Art Inc, Jackson: Health and Health Equity
How to apply: See "how to apply" at www.wkkf.org/grantseekers/#how-to-apply
Deadlines: Proposals for grants may be submitted at any time through the website, www.wkkf.org
Restrictions: See "our priorities" (what we fund) on our website, www.wkkf.org/what-we-fund/
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
- $750,000 to Mississippi Museum of Art Inc, Jackson: To continue to support the museums role as academic hub among four colleges and...
- $600,000 to Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Utica: To continue support for the sipp culture rural performance/production lab
- $231,808 to Mississippi Heritage Trust, Jackson: To support efforts to identify, document, and stabilize mississippi's freedom houses
Restrictions: Activities supported by foundation grants must be charitable, educational or scientific under the provisions of the u.s. Internal revenue code and the treasury regulations.
R & B Feder Charitable Foundation for the Beaux-Arts
- $3,500 to Oxford Film Festival, Oxford: Fellowship
- $1,000 to Papos, Ocean Springs: Fellowship
- $1,000 to Mississippi Art Colony, Louisville: Fellowship
How to apply: A written application containing the background on the organization, including the function and its status as a 501(c)(3) organization
Deadlines: 60 days prior to the requested payment date
Restrictions: Must be a 501(c)(3) organization whose function is related to the creative arts.
Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation
- $2,500 to Map-Music Arts & Practicality, Waveland: Educational outreach
- $1,000 to Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, Gulfport: Support for children's museum and education outreach
- $1,000 to Coast Chorale, Diamondhead: Promotion of cultural and musical arts exhange programs
How to apply: Written submissions
Deadlines: No deadlines
Restrictions: The leo seal family foundation was established in 1997 by longtime hancock bank president leo w. Seal, jr., who demonstrated selflessness amid both prosperity and catastrophe to ensure a better quality of life for countless citizens of the...
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc
- $100,000 to Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson: Support for an art exhibition
- $50,000 to Deep South Today, Ridgeland: General Operating Support
How to apply: All inquiries and proposals must be submitted through our on-line portal.
Restrictions: SEE Supplemental Information
C Spire Foundation
- $25,000 to Mississippi Childrens Museum, Jackson: MS Science Festival
- $20,000 to Eudora Welty Foundation, Jackson: Scholastic Writing Awards
How to apply: An application for formal requests may be found on the c spire foundations website. Information regarding the organization the organizations designation as a 501c 3 tax exempt organization event details and the audience is requested.
Deadlines: 90
Restrictions: The c spire foundation considers support for 501c 3 tax exempt organizations that primarily focus on steam science technology engineering arts and mathematics education that supports digital literacy technology professional skills and...
Mississippi Power Foundation Inc
- $25,000 to Walter Anderson Museum of Art Inc, Ocean Springs: The public art enterprise-jackson cty - leverage as avenue to deliver stem education,...
- $15,000 to Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, Gulfport: Contribution for free friday nights for underprivileged children-partner with hancock...
How to apply: Same form as used and submitted with prior year's form 990-pf.
Deadlines: No submission deadlines.
Restrictions: Awards cannot be granted to an organization that is not either a tax-exempt entity under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) or a government entity. The funds cannot be used to carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence...
Feild Co-Operative Association
- $10,000 to Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson: General support
- $5,000 to Mississippi Opera Association, Jackson: General support
How to apply: Student loan fund applications are available upon request
Deadlines: 6-8 weeks before a semester begins
Restrictions: Limited to residents of the state of mississippi
International Paper Company Foundation
- $3,500 to Golden Triangle Theatre, Columbus: Production impact project
- $3,000 to Mississippi Childrens Museum, Jackson: Abc come play with me
How to apply: Instructions available in an online grant application system (cybergrants) at www.ipgiving.com. Most requests go through local review.
Deadlines: Date determined by local facility.
Restrictions: Major emphasis on communities where international paper company employees live and work.
The Schmidt Family Foundation
- $200,000 to Mississippi Center for Cultural Production, Utica: Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
How to apply: Online process, please see details at the websites: https://tsffoundation.org/ https://www.schmidtmarine.org/
Deadlines: Online process, please see details at: https://tsffoundation.org/. Https://www.schmidtmarine.org/
Restrictions: Online process, please see details at the websites: https://tsffoundation.org/ https://www.schmidtmarine.org/
Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated
- $200,000 to American Private Radio, Oxford: General operating support
The Kresge Foundation
- $150,000 to Deep South Today, Ridgeland: General operating support
How to apply: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
Deadlines: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
Restrictions: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
Hearin - Chandler Foundation C/O Thomas B Van Antwerp Trustee
- $100,000 to Mississippi Heritage Trust, Jackson: Operating
How to apply: Letter format - 501(c)(3) org - purpose of grant - history of organization
Deadlines: October 1 of each year
Fred A Seigel and Donna P Seigel Charitable Trust
- $60,000 to Marty Stuart Center Inc, Philadelphia: Marty stuart's congress of country music is the spiritual home of country music,...
How to apply: At the discretion of the applicant
Inasmuch Foundation
- $50,000 to Deep South Today, Ridgeland: General operating ($50,000)
How to apply: Inasmuch foundation, created by edith kinney gaylord in 1982, invests in organizations that effect the greatest positive outcome for oklahomans. Funding priorities are education, health and human services and community enhancement. Ethics and excellence in journalism foundation,...
Deadlines: Foundation: 5:00 cst february 15th or august 15th ethic & excellence: 5:00 cst may 15th or nov. 15t
Restrictions: All income from inasmuch foundation, except costs of administration and possible taxes, has been designated by the founder for charitable and educational purposes. All distributions must meet the definition of a "qualifying distribution"...
Amon G Carter Foundation
- $50,000 to American Private Radio, Oxford: Special program
How to apply: Initial approach letter, one copy of proposal
Restrictions: Primarily local giving to support benevolent, charitable, and educational undertakings, the purpose of which is charitable, literacy or educational.
National Center To Encourage Judaism
- $45,000 to Institute for Southern Jewish Life, Jackson: General
How to apply: Open
Restrictions: Advancement of judaism & jewish causes
E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation
- $35,000 to Chickasaw Inkana Foundation, Tupelo: Help with construction costs of the proposed chickasaw heritage center
How to apply: See grant making guidelines as of 1/19/24 on website and prior to that date 6/21/19 available upon request.
Deadlines: January 31, july 15
Restrictions: See grant making guidelines as of 1/19/24 on website and prior to that date 6/21/19 available upon request.
Kickapoo Springs Foundation
- $25,000 to American Private Radio, Oxford: Our american stories
How to apply: Written
Restrictions: 501(c)(3) organizations
The Leon Levine Foundation
- $25,000 to Institute of Southern Jewish Life Inc, Jackson: General Support
How to apply: Applications should be completed and submitted online at www.leonlevinefoundation.org. Please visit the website for details on required information. Grants are made on a quarterly basis. Letters of inquiry are received on a rolling basis.
Deadlines: Requests are received on a rolling basis.
Restrictions: The Foundation will consider funding grants to established organizations serving individuals in North Carolina and South Carolina which have qualified for exemption as public charities under section 501(c)(3) or the IRS code, governmental...
M W Murphy Foundation
- $20,000 to Deep South Today, Ridgeland: General fund
How to apply: Grant applications should be made in letter form detailing purpose and amount of request.
Fred Maytag Family Foundation
- $20,000 to Vox Press, Oxford: 2024 grant awards - general support
How to apply: Proposal format
Deadlines: Applications accepted march 1st and september 1st,
Restrictions: Preference is given to newton and central iowa organizations
Shirley and David Toomim Family Foundation
- $15,000 to Institute of Southern Jewish Life Inc, Jackson: Various programs
How to apply: No prescribed form.
Deadlines: None.
Restrictions: None.
The Armstrong Foundation
- $10,000 to American Private Radio, Oxford: Educationo
How to apply: Application can be made at website www.armstrongfdn.org. Proposals must be accompanied by an irs letter showing their tax-exempt status.
Deadlines: Proposals may be submitted any time during the year.
Restrictions: The foundation provides financial assistance to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt institutions and organizations advocating the perpetuation of constitutional government and its freedoms. Our trustees are particularly supportive of those institutions...
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