Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,532,402
- Total expenses
- $1,476,565
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,363,729
- Grants paid
- $425,723
- Program service revenue
- $22,250
- Investment income
- $146,423
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,484,903
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $155,907
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,328,996
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,249,720
- Management and general expenses
- $199,700
- Fundraising expenses
- $27,145
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,249,720
Program services were 84.6% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$3,700
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$822,225
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$537,804
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2a · Program service revenue: FREEDOM TRAIL MARKERS
total $22,250 · related or exempt $22,250
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3 · Investment income
total $146,423 · excluded $146,423
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$3,700
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $414,603 · program services $414,603
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $11,120 · program services $11,120
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $158,511 · program services $137,905 · management and general $15,851 · fundraising $4,755
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $361,555 · program services $314,553 · management and general $36,155 · fundraising $10,847
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $52,700 · program services $45,849 · management and general $5,270 · fundraising $1,581
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $27,238 · program services $23,696 · management and general $2,724 · fundraising $818
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $36,031 · program services $31,347 · management and general $3,603 · fundraising $1,081
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $105,626 · management and general $105,626
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $257 · program services $223 · management and general $26 · fundraising $8
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13 · Office expenses
total $19,699 · program services $17,138 · management and general $1,970 · fundraising $591
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14 · Information technology
total $4,271 · program services $3,716 · management and general $427 · fundraising $128
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17 · Travel
total $48,611 · program services $42,292 · management and general $4,861 · fundraising $1,458
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23 · Insurance
total $4,240 · program services $3,689 · management and general $424 · fundraising $127
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24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT/CONSULTING
total $122,926 · program services $106,945 · management and general $12,293 · fundraising $3,688
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24b · Other expenses: BOOKS
total $36,787 · program services $36,779 · management and general $7 · fundraising $1
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24c · Other expenses: DUES
total $18,862 · program services $16,410 · management and general $1,886 · fundraising $566
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24d · Other expenses: MEALS
total $17,291 · program services $15,043 · management and general $1,729 · fundraising $519
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24e · All other expenses
total $36,237 · program services $28,412 · management and general $6,848 · fundraising $977
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,156,919 · end of year $1,113,434
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,116,484 · end of year $111,246
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $518
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $13,836 · end of year $13,500
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $228,417 · end of year $246,205
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $221,750 · end of year $112,870
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $900,887
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $36,857 · end of year $43,037
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $525,266 · end of year $633,357
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $830,896 · end of year $695,639
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL (MHC) SEEKS TO CREATE AND FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND TO PLACE THEIR LIVES IN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. IN THE BELIEF THAT LEARNING ABOUT THE PAST AND INTERPRETING THE PRESENT WILL ALLOW OUR SOCIETY TO PROVIDE A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. THE MHC WILL USE THE PROCESSES AND DISCIPLINES OF THE HUMANITIES TO FOCUS ON FOUR AREAS: BOOKS AND READING, MISSISSIPPI HISTORY AND CULTURE, CIVIL DISCOURSE, AND CAPACITY BUILDING.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MHC FUNDS AND DEVELOPS PUBLIC PROGRAMS THAT EXPLORE OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE.
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THE MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL (MHC) OFFERS GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT FREE, PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS. WE TYPICALLY OFFER REGULAR GRANTS (UP TO $10,000) TWO TIMES A YEAR, AND AWARD MINIGRANTS (UP TO $2,500) ON A ROLLING BASIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023, WE CREATED A NEW GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS ON HUMANITIES THEMES RELATED TO MISSISSIPPI.
Expenses $633,321 · Grants $108,640
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PRISON EDUCATION INITIATIVE - THE MHC SUPPORTS HUMANITIES-BASED PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BOOK DISCUSSION PROGRAMS AT 12 DIFFERENT FACILITIES. WE ALSO SUPPORT FOR-CREDIT COURSES BEING TAUGHT BY COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES IN SEVERAL MISSISSIPPI PRISONS. WE ALSO ESTABLISHED AND SUPPORT THE MISSISSIPPI CONSORTIUM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISONS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO MAJOR SUPPORT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION.
Expenses $544,021 · Grants $317,083
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MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM TRAIL - SINCE 2022, THE MHC HAS PARTNERED WITH VISIT MISSISSIPPI TO EXPAND THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM TRAIL, THE STATE'S HISTORICAL MARKER TRAIL HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANT PLACES, EVENTS, AND PEOPLE OF THE MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. UNDER THE MHC'S LEADERSHIP, THE TRAIL HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE.
Expenses $72,378 · Revenue $22,250
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Malika Polk-LeeMALIKA POLK-LEE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Betty Lou JonesBETTY LOU JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian PerryBRIAN PERRY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carla Sorrells WallCARLA SORRELLS WALL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Deanne StephensDR DEANNE STEPHENS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Donald ShafferDR DONALD SHAFFER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Douglass Sullivan-GonzalezDR DOUGLASS SULLIVAN-GONZALEZ
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Ebony LumumbaDR EBONY LUMUMBA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Mary GrahamDR MARY GRAHAM
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Miranda FreemanDR MIRANDA FREEMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Preselfannie McDanielsDR PRESELFANNIE MCDANIELS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Temika SimmonsDR TEMIKA SIMMONS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George BassiGEORGE BASSI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathy HenryKATHY HENRY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Linda FondrenLINDA FONDREN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melanie DeasMELANIE DEAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shannon WarnockSHANNON WARNOCK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Tim LampkinDR TIM LAMPKIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nina ParikhNINA PARIKH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Blake ThompsonDR BLAKE THOMPSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jay WesleyJAY WESLEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Michael PickardDR MICHAEL PICKARD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Juanita FloydJUANITA FLOYD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Stuart RockoffDR STUART ROCKOFF
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $158,511
- From this org
- $125,947
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,564
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $125,947
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $23,983
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,581
- Filer's total
- $158,511
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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 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)
- PART I, LINE 3
- THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS SET BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON THE COMPENSATION OF OTHERS IN SIMILAR POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS.
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 PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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MISSISSIPPI DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$58,521
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$57,917
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$45,694
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$29,872
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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MERIDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$15,007
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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COPIAH-LINCOLN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$10,000
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
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$10,000
TO PROMOTE HUMANITIES IN MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC LIFE.
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 3 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202632539349301848
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