FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S30Z

Classification

1000

Street

134 E AMITE ST

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Mission and programs · 2024

• ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES:THE FOUNDATION EXPANDED ITS FOOTPRINT IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY: - W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION (WKKF): SECURED A 12-MONTH EXTENSION FOR THE MOVING MISSISSIPPIANS FORWARD WORKFORCE GRAN! WITH A REFINED STRATEGY FOCUSING ON: - CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAMS: RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND JOB PLACEMENT FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH. - INTERNSHIPS & APPRENTICESHIPS: PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEALTHCARE AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE PAID WORK EXPERIENCES. - SUPPORT STAFF AND CAREER COACHES: NEW ROLES INTRODUCED TO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS THROUGH COMPLETION AND JOB PLACEMENT. STRATEGIC FUNDRAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS: - ENGAGED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO EXPLORE SCALABLE MODELS OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND MUNICIPAL-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT.IMPACT: FMS IS ADVANCING TOWARD ITS STRATEGIC GOAL OF REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT BY 5% ACROSS TARGET COMMUNITIES THROUGH WORKFORCE UPSKILLING AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT.

  Expenses $1,000

• EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES:FOUNDATION FOR THE MID SOUTH (FMS) ADVANCED EDUCATION EQUITY INITIATIVES ACROSS THE REGION BY: - YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: DELIVERED KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS AND LEADERSHIP SESSIONS AT THE GEAR UP LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, JUNE 2024), PROMOTING YOUTH LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIC PERSISTENCE, AND WORKFORCE READINESS. - FMS SPONSORED THE MISSISSIPPI CONSORTIUM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISONS (MCI-IEP) CONVENING. THE MCHEP CONVENING IS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT FOCUSES ON BEST PRACTICES, POLICY UPDATES, PELL IMPLEMENTATION INFORMATION DESIGNED TO ASSIST COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PARTNERS IN PRISON EDUCATION WORK TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INSTRNCTION LEADING TO DEGREE COMPLETION. - FMS SPONSORED TEACHELLA AUGUST 31, 2024. TEACHELLA IS AN EDUCATOR EXPO DESIGNED FOR ALL EDUCATORS TO COME TOGETHER AND INITIATE THE MOVEMENT THAT IS NEEDED TO INCREASE TEACHER RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT TO HELP COMBAT MISSISSIPPI'S CRITICAL TEACHER SHORTAGE. - FMS EDUCATION PROVIDED FOUR SUMMER CAMPS DURING JUNE AND JULY, WITH 175 STUDENTS REPRESENTING ALL NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. TO PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS, THE GEAR UP PROGRAMS TEAMS HOSTED TWO ORIENTATION SESSIONS. THE FIRST SESSION WAS FOR DISTRICT LIAISONS/CHAPERONES, WITH 100% DISTRICT PARTICIPATION. THE SECOND SESSION WAS FOR PARENTS, WITH 100% DISTRICT PARTICIPATION. - THE GEAR-UP TEAM SECURED TEN PMINERSHIP MEETINGS (100%) WITH SCHOOL LEADERS FROM JULY 30, 2024, THROUGH AUGUST 9, 2024, TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND LEARNING OPPO1IUNITIES WITH ONE OF OUR PAIINERS, GET2COLLEGE. THESE EFFORTS AND PLANS WERE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE GEAR-UP SCHOLARS CAN MAXIMIZE ALL THE FREE EDUCATIONAL OPP01IUNITIES THAT GEAR-UP MISSISSIPPI DELTA AFFORDS THEM AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.- THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA GEAR UP PMINERSHIP, FMS ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING:--1,843 STUDENTS SERVED--14,482 TOTAL SERVICE HOURS--96% SCHOOLS SERVEDIMPACT: THE EDUCATION WORK DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTES TO FMS'S STRATEGIC GOAL OF RAISING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES BY 10% ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION BY 2030.

  Expenses $385,101

• HEALTHY OPPORTUNITIES:THE FOUNDATION ADVANCED BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH EQUITY IN 2024: - MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP: FMS INTERN JOHN R. WALKER WAS APPOINTED TO THE MISSISSIPPI K-12 AND POSTSECONDARY MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE, ESTABLISHED THROUGH SENATE BILL 2727. HE IS THE ONLY YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE STATEWIDE, A NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF FMS'S LEADERSHIP CULTIVATION MODEL. - PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (MDH):--INTEGRATED FMS'S REENTRY RESOURCE GUIDE (RRG) INTO THE MDH STATEWIDE WEBSITE.--EXPANDED CHW (COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER) TRAINING AND CE1TIFICATION EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED WORKFORCE EXPANSION.- PHILANTHROPIC ALIGNMENT:--COLLABORATED WITH THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION (RWJF) ON HEALTH EQUITY CONCEPT NOTES.--SECURED $25,000 FROM JULIE H WALKER LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR STUDENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING.IMPACT: THESE PARTNERSHIPS POSITIONED FMS AS A KEY INTERMEDIARY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH CAPACITY-BUILDING IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH WORKFORCE-LINKED HEALTH INITIATIVES.

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EVENTS:UNDER THE TRHT FRAMEWORK, FMS SUPPORTED SIX COMMUNITY PARTNERS-MILLSAPS COLLEGE, JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, TOUGALOO COLLEGE, MISSION MISSISSIPPI, NESHOBA YOUTH COALITION, AND THE ALLUVIAL COLLECTIVE-TO DESIGN AND LEAD LOCAL RACIAL HEALING PROGRAMS: - REACH: OVER 800 PARTICIPANTS STATEWIDE, SPANNING COMMUNITY DIALOGUES, STORYTELLING CIRCLES, AND SYMPOSIA. - HIGHLIGHTS:--MILLSAPS COLLEGE HOSTED JUNETEENTH ST01YTELLING FORUMS EXPLORING ECONOMIC EQUITY.--MISSION MISSISSIPPI LED "ONE COMMUNITY" DIALOGUES ACROSS BILOXI, HATTIESBURG, AND PICAYUNE.--TOUGALOO COLLEGE CONVENED "ROOTED IN RESILIENCE" FIRESIDE CHATS ON BLACK AGRICULTURAL EQUITY.--THE ALLUVIAL COLLECTIVE ADDRESSED JACKSON'S WATER CRISIS THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ROUNDTABLES. - TRHT MEDIA PROJECT:--PARTNERED WITH JACKSONIAN MEDIA TO DOCUMENT RACIAL HEALING EVENTS; FOUR MAJOR RECORDINGS WERE COMPLETED AND ARCHIVED (JUNE-JULY 2024). - EVALUATION: EVALUATOR RODNEY WASHINGTON RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS A ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION CULTURE OF HEALTH LEADER, ELEVATING THE PROFILE OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRHT INITIATIVE.

  Expenses $1,147,746 · Grants $426,500

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.

• CARLOS E MOORE

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CANDACE RANDLE PERSON

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• GARY WILTZ

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• THEODORE BUNTING JR

  CHAIRMAN

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LAURA LANDREAUX

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ELLIS ARNOLD III

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MITZI WOODS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KENNETH TRAMBLE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• GREGORY JOHNSON

  PRESIDENT/CEO

  Total calculated

  $240,009

  From this org

  $200,109

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $39,900

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $200,109

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $24,452

  Nontaxable benefits

  $15,448

  Filer's total

  $240,009

• KIMBERLY MCMILLAM

  CFO

  Total calculated

  $134,209

  From this org

  $105,061

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $29,148

  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. 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

  $693,649

  Expenses

  $2,601,712

  Contributions

  $101,225

  Grants paid

  $426,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,008,336

  Expenses

  $2,588,683

  Contributions

  $1,564,022

  Grants paid

  $557,775

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,593,028

  Expenses

  $1,757,905

  Contributions

  $1,301,213

  Grants paid

  $151,100

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

  $2,493,672

  Expenses

  $1,476,621

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,522,499

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $897,383

  Expenses

  $1,660,126

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,987,383

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $931,826

  Expenses

  $2,018,795

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,488,806

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,184,344

  Expenses

  $1,801,008

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,392,860

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $919,852

  Expenses

  $2,079,629

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,298,746

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,161,473

  Expenses

  $1,505,893

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,516,287

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,087,723

  Expenses

  $1,799,598

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,269,387

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $990,868

  Expenses

  $2,236,100

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,243,528

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $918,694

  Expenses

  $2,546,311

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,054,437

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,968,467

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,639,255

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

• MISSISSIPPI ENGAGED

  $200,000

  2024 · TO ADDRESS, EDUCATE, AND COORDINATE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES TO STRENGTHEN AND CONNECT PROGRESSIVE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVISTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING VOTER PARTICIPATION STATEWIDE.

• MISSISSIPPI BLACK WOMEN'S ROUNDTABLE

  $155,000

  2023 · TO SERVE AS AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION COALITION PARTNER AND WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER PARTNERS TO ADVANCE AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION COALITION ACROSS MISSISSIPPI.

• ONE VOICE INC

  $100,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO INCREASE VOTER ENGAGEMENT AROUND ISSUES OF ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE.

• MISSISSIPPI VOTES

  $90,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO INCREASE VOTER ENGAGEMENT AROUND ISSUES OF ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE.

• BOSS LADY ECONOMIC PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE TRANSPORTATION

  $69,600

  2022 · TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN SEVERAL RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WITH OBTAINING WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES WITH TRANSPORTATION WHO LIVE IN SUNFLOWER COUNTY AND ACROSS THE DELTA REGION.

• MISSISSIPPI STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP

  $35,000

  2023 · TO SERVE AS AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION COALITION PARTNER AND WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER PARTNERS TO ADVANCE AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION COALITION ACROSS MISSISSIPPI.

• MISSISSIPPI ACTION FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION

  $30,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO DEMONSTRATE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS THAT A HEALTHY COMMUNITY IS SYNONYMOUS WITH A PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY THROUGH KEY ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION AT THE ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND DELTA DIALOGUE.

• SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER

  $25,000

  2024 · TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION (TRHT) IS A COMPREHENSIVE, NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY BASED PROCESS TO PLAN FOR AND BRING ABOUT TRANSFORMATIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, AND TO ADDRESS THE HISTORIC AND COMTEMPORARY EFFECTS OF RACISM. TO EMBED TRHT FRAMEWORK INTO THE ETHOS, CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT OF ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

• UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

  $25,000

  2024 · TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAM ENROLLMENT TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY ON CAMPUS AND IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. CREATE AND EXECUTE INNOVATIVE FOOD ACCESS SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY. ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS AIMED AT INCREASING LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY.

• ONE VOICE INC

  $25,000

  2024 · TO SERVE AS AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION COALITION PARTNER AND WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER PARTNERS TO ADVANCE AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION COALITION ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. SPECIFICALLY, TO: (1) IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS FACED BY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND SINGLE MOTHERS, (2) IMPROVE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND SINGLE MOTHER IN MISSISSIPPI, (3) WORK COLLECTIVELY TO STRENGTHEN COALITION PARTNERS' RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATION, THE COMMUNITIES THEY RENDER SERVICES, AND FURTHER ECONOMIC MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TODAY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND (4) WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH LEAD ORGANIZER, TO DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION COALITION ACROSS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

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

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Grants received

• TELESCOPE FUND

  $750,000

  2022 · PROJECT SUPPORT

• SHARE OUR STRENGTH

  $325,000

  2022 · FAMILY ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• MISSISSIPPI VOTES

  $100,000

  2022 · TO PROVIDE START-UP COSTS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI DONOR ALLIANCE AND SUPPORT A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF MISSISSIPPI VOTERS AND POTENTIAL ALLIANCE DONORS.

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $75,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC

  $18,000

  2022 · CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION GRANT

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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