Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by WOODWARD HINES EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,858,250
- Total expenses
- $8,784,059
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,241,680
- Grants paid
- $1,376,110
- Program service revenue
- $404,417
- Investment income
- $2,226,915
- Other revenue
- $985,238
- Total assets, end of year
- $225,111,352
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,433,195
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $222,678,157
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,728,175
- Management and general expenses
- $2,055,884
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,728,175
Program services were 76.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Listed in Part VII
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Debra McGee
Board Member/Board Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $6,900
- From this org
- $6,900
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Nathan Slater
Board Member/Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $10,800
- From this org
- $10,800
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
-
Andrew Mullins
Board Member Through 5/28/24
- Total calculated
- $2,700
- From this org
- $2,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Camille Young
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $2,400
- From this org
- $2,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Carla Kirkland
Board Member Beg 5/28/24
- Total calculated
- $3,900
- From this org
- $3,900
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Cedric Bradley
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $6,900
- From this org
- $6,900
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
David Martin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $6,300
- From this org
- $6,300
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Eddie Carlisle
Board Member Through 5/28/24
- Total calculated
- $1,500
- From this org
- $1,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Errick Simmons
Board Member Beg 5/28/24
- Total calculated
- $4,200
- From this org
- $4,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Haley Fisackerly
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $1,500
- From this org
- $1,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
John Hill
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $7,800
- From this org
- $7,800
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Michael Cormack
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $5,700
- From this org
- $5,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Mike Highfield
Board Member Beg 5/28/24
- Total calculated
- $3,000
- From this org
- $3,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Robert Leard
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $7,200
- From this org
- $7,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
James McHale
President/CEO
- Total calculated
- $364,027
- From this org
- $293,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $70,527
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $292,708
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $792
- Deferred
- $65,927
- Nontaxable benefits
- $4,600
- Filer's total
- $364,027
-
Minette Ketchings
COO/Secretary
- Total calculated
- $198,613
- From this org
- $166,764
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,849
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $165,972
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $792
- Deferred
- $20,204
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,645
- Filer's total
- $198,613
-
William Alvis
CFO/Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $260,572
- From this org
- $205,906
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $54,666
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $205,114
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $792
- Deferred
- $26,129
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,537
- Filer's total
- $260,572
-
Morgan Miller
Director of Communications,
- Total calculated
- $131,039
- From this org
- $102,709
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,330
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Shanell Watson
Chief of Staff
- Total calculated
- $152,071
- From this org
- $119,399
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,672
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $119,235
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $164
- Deferred
- $15,120
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,552
- Filer's total
- $152,071
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- JAMES MCHALE PARTICIPATES IN THE 457(F) PLAN AND IS THE SOLE PARTICIPANT. HE RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS OF $30,500 IN 2024. HE WILL NOT BE VESTED IN THE PLAN UNTIL JANUARY 31, 2029.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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To identify a Mississippi-based organization to coordinate the work needed for the State to reach the Ascent to 55% statewide attainment goal
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To expand access to rigorous STEM coursework, which is not currently available in rural, low-income schools, and raise student achievement throughout the state of Mississippi, particularly the Delta
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$133,774
To support student success through professional development and data fluency
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To increase retention and persistence efforts for African American males at Belden, Tupelo and Fulton campuses
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To increase the number of students completing the FAFSA
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MB Swayze Educational Foundation
$50,000
To develop on-going work for creating education opportunities for Mississippians
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To provide personnel support for diversity programming, recruiting and retention
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To support the general operations of the Alliance as it serves the needs of the philanthropic sector in the state of Mississippi
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$50,000
To ensure a P-12 system that prepares Mississippi children to exit secondary school with the skills needed to thrive in college and/or career
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To help determine needed supports for youth eligible to participate in the FAITH ACT scholarship program
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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Mississippi Higher Education Assistance Corporation
501(c)(3) · Higher Education Assistance · MS
Directly controlled by NA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202513179349304151
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