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MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC

EIN 64-0561264 JACKSON, MS

Revenue 2024
$1,532,402
Expenses 2024
$1,476,565

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A70A
Classification
2000
Street
3825 RIDGEWOOD ROAD 311

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MALIKA POLK-LEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETTY LOU JONES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN PERRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLA SORRELLS WALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DEANNE STEPHENS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DONALD SHAFFER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DOUGLASS SULLIVAN-GONZALEZ

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR EBONY LUMUMBA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MARY GRAHAM

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MIRANDA FREEMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR PRESELFANNIE MCDANIELS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TEMIKA SIMMONS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE BASSI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHY HENRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA FONDREN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELANIE DEAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANNON WARNOCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TIM LAMPKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NINA PARIKH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR BLAKE THOMPSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY WESLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MICHAEL PICKARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUANITA FLOYD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,532,402
    Expenses
    $1,476,565
    Contributions
    $1,363,729
    Grants paid
    $425,723
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,347,926
    Expenses
    $1,621,501
    Contributions
    $1,268,176
    Grants paid
    $487,154
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,346,651
    Expenses
    $1,421,550
    Contributions
    $2,332,503
    Grants paid
    $344,413

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,028,502
    Expenses
    $1,101,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,961,520

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,182,571
    Expenses
    $1,619,455
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,093,721

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,457,990
    Expenses
    $1,262,050
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,394,528

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $898,208
    Expenses
    $938,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,164,326

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $926,988
    Expenses
    $872,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,109,471

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,453,626
    Expenses
    $1,351,091
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,442,060

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $990,821
    Expenses
    $863,335
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,047,163

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $794,453
    Expenses
    $717,183
    Assets (EOY)
    $826,819

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $785,533
    Expenses
    $729,931
    Assets (EOY)
    $765,703

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $744,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $689,356

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.