Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR CULTURAL PRODUCTION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,136,720
- Total expenses
- $1,903,103
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,831,462
- Grants paid
- $489,091
- Program service revenue
- $170,260
- Investment income
- $83,574
- Other revenue
- $51,424
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,007,834
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $80,764
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $9,927,070
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,581,472
- Management and general expenses
- $298,497
- Fundraising expenses
- $23,134
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,581,472
Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$161,325
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$5,670,137
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2a · Program service revenue: CATERING SERVICES
total $5,760 · related or exempt $5,760
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2b · Program service revenue: CONSULTING SERVICES
total $20,500 · related or exempt $20,500
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2c · Program service revenue: PARTNERSHIP FEE
total $144,000 · related or exempt $144,000
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3 · Investment income
total $83,574 · excluded $83,574
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $51,424
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $51,424
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $51,424 · related or exempt $51,424
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $285,275 · program services $285,275
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $203,816 · program services $203,816
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $173,122 · program services $116,693 · management and general $38,787 · fundraising $17,642
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $406,621 · program services $376,811 · management and general $28,498 · fundraising $1,312
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $80,526 · program services $68,548 · management and general $9,346 · fundraising $2,632
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $47,349 · program services $40,306 · management and general $5,495 · fundraising $1,548
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $56,765 · management and general $56,765
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $187,376 · program services $152,729 · management and general $34,647
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,494 · program services $4,593 · management and general $901
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $5,047 · program services $940 · management and general $4,107
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $52,393 · program services $28,503 · management and general $23,890
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17 · Travel
total $104,011 · program services $86,527 · management and general $17,484
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $129,294 · program services $90,506 · management and general $38,788
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23 · Insurance
total $18,250 · program services $13,569 · management and general $4,681
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24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $138,041 · program services $107,418 · management and general $30,623
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24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $2,246 · program services $1,843 · management and general $403
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24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $1,921 · program services $540 · management and general $1,381
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24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $1,418 · program services $849 · management and general $569
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24e · All other expenses
total $4,138 · program services $2,006 · management and general $2,132
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,978,775 · end of year $4,620,741
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $385,425 · end of year $3,176,386
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $750 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $4,681 · end of year $9,682
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,447,413
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$250,579
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,972,893 · end of year $2,196,834
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $8,300 · end of year $4,191
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $625,983 · end of year $25,695
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $31,388 · end of year $55,069
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,142,195 · end of year $4,031,594
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,551,258 · end of year $5,895,476
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
To support groups and individuals creating social, economic, and cultural transformation toward long-term sustainability through the research, creation, and presentation of arts, culture, and agriculture.
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For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production d/b/a Sipp Culture operated the following programs:(i) The DigiCulture Lab is a three-week summer program for middle school students, ages 12 14 in Utica, Mississippi. It is designed to support youth development of agricultural skills and the knowledge to use digital media tools of photography, video, and audio production to build personal and collective rural narratives that are connected to the land, family, food, and cultural production. The DigiCulture Lab supports the mission of Sipp Culture to advance comprehensive community development strategies through connecting stories about family, land, and food with digital storytelling and agricultural production. (ii) The Rural Performance / Production Lab (RPPL) is a creative production process that seeks to support the development of new performance movement, story, and sound rooted in rural history, places, and bodies. Through leveraging the combined assets of a rural, place-based initiative dedicated to cultural production, the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production d/b/a Sipp Culture will support rural artists in the creation of new work by providing time, space, and connectivity. The Mississippi Center for Cultural Production d/b/a Sipp Culture sees this initiative as integral to creating space for rural narratives to fill gaps in the Organizations national story and expand the conversation to include unique and important perspectives. (iii) The Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) is a year-long intensive leadership experience for artists, culture bearers, and other arts practitioners. ILI is a collaborative program of Alternate ROOTS, the First Peoples Fund, the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC), the PAI Foundation and the International Association of Black in Dance (IABD). The effort grew out of our direct experiences as leaders of the founding cultural organizations. The Mississippi Center for Cultural Production d/b/a Sipp Culture often found that many personal and professional leadership programs emphasized dominant cultural norms, modes of learning and social approaches that didnt match the Mississippi Center for Cultural Productions d/b/a Sipp Culture's commitment to cultural equity and change-making in the Organizations own communities. (iv) Small Farmer Apprentice Program trains both aspiring and experienced farmers in the skills needed to meet the production needs of the Organizations rural community. This program supports participants over three years through an 18-month apprenticeship with financial support and training in small-farm agricultural production. Produce grown through this program has provided support for the ElderShare initiative and the local farmers market.(v) Trading in Cultural Memory This research project will seek to answer the paramount question: What is the role of artists as health workers and trainers using the call-and-response methodology in the context of Utica, Mississippi? This question will guide inquiry around the cultural practices that have sustained and innovatively designed wellness in rural underserved communities. This project is a collaboration with RISE Research and Evaluation and the Center for Africana Studies at Indiana University Indianapolis.(vi) TBD Fund A regional regranting program of the Andy Warhol Foundation supporting Mississippi visual artist in the creation of new public facing projects that aspire to expand Mississippis collective narrative, build new audiences, and deepen community dialogue. It considers visual art activities that are experimental and collaborative for individuals and groups to include new exhibitions, public art, visual art publications, online projects, residencies, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, performances, and screenings and beyond. The name TBD is representative of the artistic process which, at its core, is constantly being determined.(vii) Rural Routes Design Lab is a new program that fosters a model of partnership where artists, creators, and cultural organizations learn from and with Sipp Culture and their peers from across Central Mississippi. Through this program, artists gain insights into traditional and innovative approaches to community-engaged and informed practice and receive support in creating artwork that transforms the ways we think, dream, and work together. The Rural Routes Design Lab emphasizes the importance of working closely with the community throughout the planning and implementation of public art to ensure artists meaningfully center community members in their work.(ix) Advancing Well-being in the Arts Initiative is a multi-year, multi-organization effort to strengthen the well-being of arts organizations and the communities they serve through arts and culture. This initiative is part of a national collaboration of the National Art Partners and funded by the Wallace Foundation. It provides unrestricted funding to arts organizations with annual operating budgets under $500,000.
Expenses $1,581,472 · Grants $489,091 · Revenue $170,260
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Carlton TurnerCARLTON TURNER
Co-Direct/Sec
- Total calculated
- $89,864
- From this org
- $89,864
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Brandi TurnerBRANDI TURNER
Co-Direct.
- Total calculated
- $83,258
- From this org
- $83,258
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jean GreeneJEAN GREENE
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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June HardwickJUNE HARDWICK
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mary LoftonMARY LOFTON
Comm. Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr Leslie EtienneDR LESLIE ETIENNE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Daniel JohnsonDANIEL JOHNSON
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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.
Grants on this return
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ANDRES CALLIOUX CENTER
$25,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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DOUBLE EDGE THEATRE
$25,000
RESIDENCY FEE
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MUSIC EXPORT MEMPHIS
$25,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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PIKE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
$25,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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PRINCETON JAMES PROJECT
$25,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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QUITMAN COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
$25,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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THE BEAN PATH
$25,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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THE GLOSTER ARTS PROJECT
$25,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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BRIARWOOD ARTS FOUNDATION
$15,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
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BLACK CREATIVES OF NORTH LA
$10,000
ARTS & WELLNESS GRANT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 26 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202641779349300809
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