Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$916,233

Total expenses

$979,842

Contributions and grants received

$864,509

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$35,861

Investment income

$700

Other revenue

$15,163

Total assets, end of year

$328,380

Total liabilities, end of year

$27,500

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$300,880

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$811,778

Management and general expenses

$102,969

Fundraising expenses

$65,095

Program service expenses (Part III)

$811,778

Program services were 82.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:DURING THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR, THE MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION (MMSA) PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICES TO ASSIST THE 48 DESIGNATED MEMBER PROGRAMS ACROSS THE STATE. COMMUNITY SERVICES CONSIST OF CONSULTATIONS AND PROGRAM SERVICES THAT PERTAIN TO THE MAIN STREET APPROACH IN DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION - ORGANIZATION, PROMOTION, DESIGN, AND ECONOMIC VITALITY. THESE COMMUNITY SERVICES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: DESIGN SERVICES (DESIGN RENDERINGS, DESIGN GUIDANCE, ASSISTANCE WITH DESIGN GUIDELINES/ORDINANCES, EDUCATION IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY REGARDING HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, ETC.), MARKET ANALYSIS, NEW DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBER TRAINING, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES, RETAIL TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE, FESTIVAL DEVELOPMENT AND/OR EVALUATION, SMALL EVENT DEVELOPMENT AND/OR EVALUATION, VOLUNTEER TRAINING, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND EXPANSION ASSISTANCE. MMSA PROVIDES AT LEAST ONE ON-SITE VISIT AND OTHER DOWNTOWN SERVICES AS REQUESTED BY THE LOCAL PROGRAM DIRECTORS EACH YEAR. IN ADDITION, MMSA PROVIDES AN ON-SITE WORK SESSION, AS REQUESTED BY THE LOCAL DIRECTOR, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND GUIDANCE WITH THE LOCAL PROGRAM'S ANNUAL WORK PLAN. IN THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR, THE MMSA STAFF VISITED ALL OF THE 48 DESIGNATED MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES TO DELIVER THESE PROGRAM SERVICES. WITH THE SLOWING DOWN OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, MMSA PROVIDED A FULL TRAINING CALENDAR AND SAW AN INCREASE IN TRAVEL AND ON-SITE SERVICES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. LINDSEY HARRIS OF JACKSON, MISS. WAS HIRED IN AUGUST 2022 TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS. IN THIS ROLE, HARRIS PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, WRITING, ADMINISTRATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDS FOR MMSA, INCLUDING ACQUIRING AND ADMINISTERING FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL, LOCAL, AND PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT MMSA AND ITS MEMBER COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITY SERVICES CONTINUED THROUGH IN PERSON MEETINGS AND EVENTS AS WELL AS VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND WEBINARS, IN ADDITION TO HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAIL CONVERSATIONS.MMSA WELCOMED SEVERAL NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS TO THE ASSOCIATION IN THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING THE CANTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, TOWN OF NORTH CARROLLTON, BAY SPRINGS MAIN STREET, FRIENDS OF FLORA, VISIT CHARLESTON, MAIN STREET LEAKESVILLE, PETAL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, TOWN OF BASSFIELD, CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS, HISTORIC BRANDON MAIN STREET, DIAMONDHEAD MAIN STREET, CITY OF FOREST, LELAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LONG BEACH MAIN STREET, LUMBERTON MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION, NOXUBEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, CITY OF MAGEE, AND THE CARROLL COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION - TOURISM COMMITTEE. MMSA ALSO WELCOMED SEVERAL NEW FRIENDS OF MAIN STREET. NEARLY $12,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS WAS AWARDED TO 10 MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES IN 2022 TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND REVITALIZATION IN THEIR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT MISSISSIPPI. COMMUNITIES RECEIVED UP TO $2,500 EACH AND THE GRANT REQUIRED A LOCAL MATCH. MMSA WAS ABLE TO LEVERAGE STATE FUNDS WITH LOCAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS THAT HELP ACHIEVE THE REVITALIZATION GOALS OF THE LOCAL MAIN STREET PROGRAMS.MMSA WAS RECOGNIZED FOR ITS PLANNING WORK WITH TWO AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION IN OCTOBER 2022 FOR BEST SMALL AREA PLAN FOR THE ITAWAMBA ROADMAP IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY AND BEST PUBLIC OUTREACH PROJECT FOR THE WORK PLAN WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED IN ALL 48 DESIGNATED MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES. THE MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE PUBLISHED AN OP-ED BY MMSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THOMAS GREGORY ON "MAIN STREET IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT" IN FEBRUARY 2023. GREGORY WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF MISSISSIPPI'S TOP 40 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS BY THE MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL IN APRIL 2023. MMSA WAS AWARDED THE MISSISSIPPI PINNACLE AWARD BY THE SALES AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS (SMP) IN APRIL AT THE PINNACLE AWARDS GALA IN HATTIESBURG. UPCOMING MAIN STREET COMMUNITY FESTIVALS AND EVENTS WERE FEATURED ON "GOOD THINGS WITH REBECCA TURNER" EACH WEDNESDAY FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER ON SUPERTALK MISSISSIPPI. A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY THE MMSA BOARD FOR 2023-2028. IN 2022, MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET'S STATEWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM STATISTICAL REPORTS SUBMITTED FROM ALL 48 LOCAL PROGRAMS GENERATED 495 NEW BUSINESSES, 841 NEW JOBS, 56 BUSINESS EXPANSIONS, 183 FAADE REHABILITATIONS, 1,817 DOWNTOWN LIVING UNITS, 24 NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, 79 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, $160 MILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT, AND $82 MILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT, AND 42,255 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

  Expenses $270,593 · Revenue $35,861

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $270,593

• SPECIAL PROJECTS/PARTNER COLLABORATION:MMSA RECEIVED A USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT TO CONDUCT AN "ENVISION-CONNECT" COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLANNING PROJECT IN FIVE MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES THAT INCLUDED ABERDEEN, BOONEVILLE, COLUMBIA, NEW ALBANY, AND WATER VALLEY. THESE VISITS AND REPORTS WERE CONDUCTED IN 2022. THE DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPE DESIGN GUIDE, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION, WAS PRINTED AND MAILED TO 375 COMMUNITIES IN 2022. THE 2022 DOWNTOWN TOOLBOX WAS MAILED TO ALL MMSA MEMBERS, LISTING COMPANIES AND THEIR SERVICES WHO CONTRIBUTE AS ANNUAL INVESTORS OF MMSA. THE WORK PLAN WORKSHOPS PROJECT, SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WAS LAUNCHED IN 2022 TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING SERVICES TO 25 MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE STATE. IN OCTOBER 2022, MMSA RECEIVED A $50,000 GRANT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI HILLS NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA (MHNHA) FOR COMMUNITY BRANDING AND MARKETING FOR EVERY MAIN STREET COMMUNITY IN THE HILLS REGION FOR 2023. THESE BRANDING VISITS WITH DELIVERABLES WERE CONDUCTED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023. THE MHNHA ALSO PARTNERED WITH MMSA TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROJECTS IN NEW ALBANY, PONTOTOC, ITAWAMBA COUNTY, AND TUPELO IN 2022. IN 2022, $5 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS WAS APPROPRIATED BY THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE FOR MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION GRANTS TO 48 DESIGNATED MAIN STREET ORGANIZATIONS, AND MMSA RECEIVED A $500,000 APPROPRIATION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE IN 2022 AND 2023 FOR STATEWIDE SUPPORT AND OPERATIONS. IN APRIL 2023, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED SENATE BILL 2359 THAT CREATED THE MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM (MMSRG). THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE FUNDS FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROJECTS IN MISSISSIPPI'S DESIGNATED MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES. EACH YEAR, MMSA WILL PROVIDE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE WITH A LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS FROM DESIGNATED MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES. GRANT FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS UP TO $500,000 PER COMMUNITY. THE MMSRG GRANT PROGRAM WILL OPEN IN JULY 2023. MMSA CONDUCTED A DOWNTOWN ROADMAP FOR BILOXI MAIN STREET IN AUGUST 2022 THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION. A DOWNTOWN ROADMAP WAS ALSO CONDUCTED FOR THE INDIANOLA CHAMBER MAIN STREET IN NOVEMBER 2022 THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE DOWNTOWN ROADMAPS WAS TO PROVIDE BILOXI MAIN STREET AND INDIANOLA CHAMBER MAIN STREET WITH AN UPDATED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK OR "ROADMAP" WITH PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS AND SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS AS THE ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUES TO GUIDE THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION ACTIVITIES FOR THE CITIES OF BILOXI AND INDIANOLA. IN OCTOBER 2022, MMSA WAS AWARDED A USDA RURAL PLACEMAKING GRANT OF $250,000, WHICH WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES FOR 11 MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES THAT INCLUDES AMORY MAIN STREET, BATESVILLE MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION, SENATOBIA MAIN STREET, MAIN STREET GREENVILLE, MAIN STREET GREENWOOD, MAIN STREET PASCAGOULA, MOSS POINT MAIN STREET, TUNICA MAIN STREET, WOODVILLE MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE MAIN STREET, AND HERNANDO MAIN STREET CHAMBER.MMSA PROVIDES CO-OP ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES TO MEMBERS WHERE MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE TOGETHER IN A JOINT AD AT A LOWER COST, AND MMSA COORDINATES THE AD PRODUCTION. THE MMSA TEAM PRESENTED THREE SESSIONS AND EXHIBITED AT THE MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CONFERENCE IN JUNE 2022, WORKING TO EDUCATE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING MAIN STREET EFFORTS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MMSA PARTNERS REGULARLY ON SPECIAL PROJECTS AND TRAININGS WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY, MISSISSIPPI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, MISSISSIPPI HERITAGE TRUST, MSU STENNIS INSTITUTE, MDA ASSET MAPPING, MDA ENTREPRENEUR CENTER, MSU CARL SMALL TOWN CENTER, MISSISSIPPI TOURISM ASSOCIATION, AND THE MISSISSIPPI ARTS COMMISSION. MMSA SEES THESE PARTNERS AS EXTENSIONS OF MMSA STAFF AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. MMSA ALSO APPROVES PARTNER EVENTS AND CONFERENCES AS CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MAIN STREET DIRECTORS.

  Expenses $270,592

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

• CHRIS HINTON

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BRENT FAIRLEY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CAROLYN MCADAMS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MEREDITH MASSEY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHELLE JONES

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TOMEKA DURR-WILEY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JIM ROSENBLATT

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LORI TUCKER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KEN P'POOL

  BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CYNTHIA SUTTON

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LEAH KEMP

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TIM CLIMER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARLO DORSEY

  VICE PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• REGINA CHARBONEAU

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• STEVE KELLY

  BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CHRIS CHAIN

  PAST PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JAMIE SOWELL

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CHANCE MCDAVID

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BRAD REEVES

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MANDY HEGWOOD

  BOAD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KELLE BARFIELD

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• THOMAS GREGORY

  STATE COORDINATOR

  Total calculated

  $94,332

  From this org

  $89,571

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $4,761

  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

2022

Filed

8 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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