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JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC

EIN 64-0838516 PASCAGOULA, MS

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Revenue 2024
$1,500,254
Expenses 2024
$1,713,609

Program services were 89.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S31Z
Classification
1000
Street
3033 PASCAGOULA ST

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

IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI BY UNIFYING PLANNING, ECONOMIC & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKETING ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTY.

  • THE FOUNDATION HAS IMPLEMENTED A RETENTION & EXPANSION PROGRAM, IDENTIFIED OPTIMAL SITES FOR NEW INDUSTRY, ESTABLISHED A "RED CARPET" BUINESS RECRUITMENT TEAM, AND WORKED WITH OTHER NON PORFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH COUNTY IMPROVEMENTS. ALSO, RECEIVED AND EXPENDED ADVERTISING GRANTS TO PROMOTE THE COUNTY.

    Expenses $1,540,231

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • George L Freeland Jr

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $441,788
    From this org
    $426,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,289
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $426,499
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,289
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $441,788
  • Mary Martha Henson

    DEPUTY DIREC

    Total calculated
    $267,703
    From this org
    $258,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,208
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,495
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $267,703
  • Brian Blanchette

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Barry Cumbest

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jimmy Heidelberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brian Hughey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Billy Knight

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Benny Lassiter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Clayton Legear

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tim Potter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Troy Ross

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cynthia Strunk

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hank Torjeson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Casey Vaughan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jay Willis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Greg Cronin

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jerry Stpe'

    VICE CHARIMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
    $1,500,254
    Expenses
    $1,713,609
    Contributions
    $1,458,003
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,067,099
    Expenses
    $2,021,665
    Contributions
    $2,018,214
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,216,334
    Expenses
    $1,843,277
    Contributions
    $2,180,539
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,227,109
    Expenses
    $2,729,742
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,825,071
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,167,595
    Expenses
    $1,479,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,810,649
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,141,126
    Expenses
    $1,433,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,080,202
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,531,999
    Expenses
    $1,676,705
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,458,426
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,772,948
    Expenses
    $1,451,810
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,551,237
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,374,716
    Expenses
    $1,307,539
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,173,781
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $821,134
    Expenses
    $1,218,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,148,242
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,119,545
    Expenses
    $1,397,104
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,471,688
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $476,450
    Expenses
    $1,176,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,715,313
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,293,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,395,082

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.