Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by MISSISSIPPI VOTES ACTION FUND CORPORATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $894,044
- Total expenses
- $546,380
- Contributions and grants received
- $893,943
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $101
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,635,467
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,356
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,634,111
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $489,912
- Management and general expenses
- $56,468
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $489,912
Program services were 89.7% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$893,943
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3 · Investment income
total $101 · excluded $101
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $4,590 · management and general $4,590
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11g · Fees: other
total $7,000 · program services $7,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $452,271 · program services $452,271
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13 · Office expenses
total $43,879 · management and general $43,879
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17 · Travel
total $878 · management and general $878
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23 · Insurance
total $175 · management and general $175
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24a · Other expenses: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
total $20,301 · program services $20,301
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24b · Other expenses: EVENT COSTS
total $8,115 · program services $8,115
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24c · Other expenses: MEALS
total $6,901 · management and general $6,901
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $1,297 · program services $1,297
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24e · All other expenses
total $973 · program services $928 · management and general $45
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,285,823 · end of year $1,209,386
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $995 · end of year $226,081
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $100,000
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $100,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $371 · end of year $1,356
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,286,447 · end of year $1,594,547
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $39,564
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 1) DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS AND 2) ENGAGING WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND STIMULATE ACTION RELATING TO THESE PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES.
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ISSUE ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNICATIONS. MVAF WILL ENGAGE IN ISSUE ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNICATIONS, AMONG OTHER AWARENESS INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH AIMED AT BOTH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL OCCUR ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SIMILAR MECHANISMS, BUT MAY ALSO INCLUDE DIRECT PHYSICAL MAILINGS, PAID MEDIA PRODUCTION, PAID MEDIA ADVERTISING AND PLACEMENT, AND OTHER TYPES OF MEDIA OUTREACH, POTENTIALLY INCLUDING NEWSLETTERS, OR OTHER ACTIVITIES AIMED TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS ABOUT PUBLIC POLICIES. ISSUE ADVOCACY AND GRASSROOTS COMMUNICATIONS WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY RAISING AWARENESS AND HELPING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THESE COMMUNICATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS WELL AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS.
Expenses $234,070
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GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING. MVAF WILL ENGAGE IN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING OF INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO ELECTIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INVOLVE CREATING A COMMUNITY-BASED, GROUND-UP NETWORK FOR CIVILIANS TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES. THIS GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY CREATING A DYNAMIC PLATFORM FOR CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES THAT IMPROVE VOTING RIGHTS AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS RELATED TO ELECTIONS.
Expenses $197,842
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NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE TRAINING. MVAF WILL HELP EDUCATE AND TRAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NEW TO RUNNING FOR POLITICAL OFFICE ON HOW TO RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE AND SUCCEED. CANDIDATES WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE TRAINING REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE NONPARTISAN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY HELPING TO KEEP THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM VIBRANT AND THRIVING BY GIVING NEW AND DIVERSE VOICES IMPROVED ACCESS AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING.
Expenses $58,000
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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Alex LawsonALEX LAWSON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Felicia Brown-WilliamsFELICIA BROWN-WILLIAMS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Vidhi BamzaiVIDHI BAMZAI
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Blake FeldmanBLAKE FELDMAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Porshalain WhitePORSHALAIN WHITE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jake McGrawJAKE MCGRAW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Reena Evers-EveretteREENA EVERS-EVERETTE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher CoxCHRISTOPHER COX
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Justine SarverJUSTINE SARVER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Arekia Bennett-ScottAREKIA BENNETT-SCOTT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 18 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202620549349301482
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