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TO IMPROVE MISSISSIPPI ECONOMICS INC

EIN 84-2301757 JACKSON, MS

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Revenue 2024
$2,924,267
Expenses 2024
$2,924,376

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K20
Classification
1000
Street
2548 LIVINGSTON RD

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To Improve Mississippi Economics Inc. T.I.M.E. Inc. is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening Mississippis communities through education innovation and economic empowerment. Our mission is to build strategic partnerships with local farmers businesses and educational institutions to promote sustainable agriculture expand access to technology and create opportunities for economic growth in both urban and rural areas. Through education workforce development and community engagement we work to equip individuals especially youth with the knowledge and resources needed to sustain a healthier more productive Mississippi.

  • Promoted awareness of FSA programs and services among urban producers increased participation in available FSA opportunities prepared urban agricultural producers to successfully apply for FSA assistance monitored up to 11 pilot UCOCs in delivering technical assistance and completing FSA applications provided oversight to expand local urban market opportunities in coordination with UCOCs and FSA and developed detailed guidance with recommendations to inform the creation of a national program.

    Expenses $2,284,042 · Grants $59,105

  • Provided training on climate-smart and resource-conserving growing systems e.g. high tunnels drip irrigation aeroponics hydroponics raised beds cover crops and crop rotation expanded participation of socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers in USDA-NRCS programs and Inflation Reduction Act opportunities strengthened connections with local and state NRCS offices and supported pathways for these producers to become retailers in the sustainable agriculture marketplace.

    Expenses $255,795

  • Trained 50 or more families-including at least 40 Black women in the Jackson urban area-to use climate-smart techniques to grow gardens or urban agricultural spaces; introduced participants to NRCS resources related to farming land ownership and climate-smart conservation strategies; exposed families and women to potential careers in agriculture and conservation services; and produced at least 10 hours of video and audio training content on climate-smart practices and NRCS services for urban agriculture in Jackson Mississippi.

    Expenses $234,539 · Grants $5,078

  • Established the Mississippi Ag Innovation Center MAgIC to provide a two-year learning environment for 40 family units of urban socially disadvantaged gardeners and farmers delivering annual education technical assistance and hands-on training in business formation USDA program access financial literacy and enterprise development; instruction in innovative and intensive growing methods such as high tunnels portable raised beds vertical aeroponic towers and small-plot farming; application of climate-smart practices including water conservation drip irrigation aeroponic recycling and healthy soil cultivation; and comprehensive harvesting and food safety procedures covering pre-harvest sanitation safe transport post-harvest cooling and proper washing for market readiness.

    Expenses $150,000

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.

  • Cindy A Elliott

    President-CEO

    Total calculated
    $157,494
    From this org
    $157,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,494
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $157,494

  • LaGrand Elliott

    Co-Private Investigator and Project

    Total calculated
    $58,499
    From this org
    $58,499
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Frances Martin

    Co-Private Investigator

    Total calculated
    $31,334
    From this org
    $31,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8.33

  • Wendy Williams

    Project Support

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Cedric Jenkins

    Admin Support Assistant

    Total calculated
    $21,082
    From this org
    $21,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    22

  • William Evans

    Urban Ag Specialist

    Total calculated
    $22,397
    From this org
    $22,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • Eric Elliott

    Project Support Assistant

    Total calculated
    $29,999
    From this org
    $29,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    21

  • Adrenace Williams

    Co- Private Investigator

    Total calculated
    $31,500
    From this org
    $31,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
    $2,924,267
    Expenses
    $2,924,376
    Contributions
    $2,924,267
    Grants paid
    $64,183
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $320,952
    Expenses
    $374,069
    Contributions
    $292,497
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $156,996
    Expenses
    $109,175
    Contributions
    $156,996
    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
    $267,621
    Expenses
    $212,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,799

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Cindy Ayers Elliott
Mailing address
4945 South DriveJackson MS 39209

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • Memphis Dawah

    $16,237

    2024 Conference Fees and Travel

  • Widget Business Training Company

    $16,000

    2024 Conference Fees and Related Travel

  • Zion United Methodist Church

    $13,493

    2024 Conference Fees and Travel

  • Mentorscope Community Outreach

    $7,700

    2024 Conference Fees and Travel

  • Black United Fund of Texas

    $5,675

    2024 Conference Fees and Travel

  • Allegheny Conservation District

    $5,078

    2024 Conference Fee and Travel

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