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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MISSISSIPPI FIRST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,751,107
Total expenses
$4,647,928
Contributions and grants received
$1,705,689
Grants paid
$2,575,276
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$45,418
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,452,339
Total liabilities, end of year
$514,839
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,937,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,218,243
Management and general expenses
$412,671
Fundraising expenses
$17,014
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,218,243

Program services were 90.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,210,917

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $494,772

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,458 · excluded $45,458

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $40

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$40

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$40 · excluded -$40

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,575,276 · program services $2,575,276

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $185,493 · program services $170,335 · management and general $11,897 · fundraising $3,261

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $561,160 · program services $515,304 · management and general $35,991 · fundraising $9,865

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,121 · program services $93,724 · management and general $5,006 · fundraising $1,391

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,999 · program services $54,293 · management and general $2,900 · fundraising $806

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,500 · management and general $48,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $894,425 · program services $759,508 · management and general $134,554 · fundraising $363

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,330 · program services $7,707 · management and general $16,482 · fundraising $141

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,196 · program services $995 · management and general $15,201

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,666 · program services $12,793 · management and general $683 · fundraising $190

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $46,394 · program services $19,094 · management and general $26,347 · fundraising $953

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,143 · program services $2,942 · management and general $157 · fundraising $44

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $956 · management and general $956

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA

    total $116,587 · program services $4,484 · management and general $112,103

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES

    total $1,910 · program services $28 · management and general $1,882

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,772 · program services $1,760 · management and general $12

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,635,101 · end of year $2,276,649

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,464,617 · end of year $157,110

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $67,128

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $62,539

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,772 · end of year $4,589

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,531 · end of year $13,991

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $272,992 · end of year $500,583

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $26,708 · end of year $14,256

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $209,252 · end of year $317,413

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,625,069 · end of year $1,620,087

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MISSISSIPPI FIRST CHAMPIONS TRANSFORMATIVE POLICY SOLUTIONS ENSURING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR EVERY MISSSISSIPPI CHILD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MISSISSIPPI FIRST CHAMPIONS TRANSFORMATIVE POLICY SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY MISSISSIPPI CHILD.

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

    Expenses $4,218,243 · Grants $2,575,276

As filed on the 2024 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

  • Tim Abram

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catoria Martin Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Gluckman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ki Harris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Canter

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $202,465
    From this org
    $185,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,972
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,493
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,972
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $202,465
  • Toren H Ballard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $108,723
    From this org
    $101,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,898
    Hours/week
    1
  • Micayla R Tatum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,794
    From this org
    $100,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,165
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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

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

  • TO CREATE A START-UP GRANT FUND FOR NEW OR EXPANDING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

  • ENTERED INFO A SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENT TO DISBURSE A CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM (CSP) SUBGRANT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 CSP AWARD.

  • ENTERED INFO A SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENT TO DISBURSE A CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM (CSP) SUBGRANT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 CSP AWARD.

  • ENTERED INFO A SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENT TO DISBURSE A CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM (CSP) SUBGRANT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 CSP AWARD.

  • ENTERED INFO A SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENT TO DISBURSE A CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM (CSP) SUBGRANT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 CSP AWARD.

  • ENTERED INFO A SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENT TO DISBURSE A CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM (CSP) SUBGRANT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 CSP AWARD.

  • JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $45,000

    ENTERED INFO A SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENT TO DISBURSE A CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM (CSP) SUBGRANT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 CSP AWARD.

  • ENTERED INFO A SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENT TO DISBURSE A CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM (CSP) SUBGRANT UNDER THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 CSP AWARD.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621269349301057

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