Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation Grants

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

Scott T Williamson Esq Chairman of

Address

3545 LAKELAND DRIVE JACKSON, MS, 39232

Phone

(601) 932-3704

Deadlines

Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.

Application materials

The blue cross & blue shield of mississippi foundation accepts requests from potential grantees through its website (www.healthiermississippi.org) in the form of a "letter of inquiry," a brief presentation of a request for grant funds. The foundation also develops signature grant funding opportunities, including the farmers' market program for municipalities and the school garden program for k-12 schools. The foundation's healthy school awards program, which builds on the goals of school health councils statewide, encourages and rewards exemplorary school health and wellness successes. Each grant application received by the foundation (including awards program applications), is presented to the blue cross & blue shield of mississippi foundation board of directors for funding consideration.

Restrictions

To be eligilbe for foundation grant funding consideration, an organization must be a 501(c)3 charitable organization (but not a private foundation) that benefits ms, a ms municipality or a ms school. Other eligibility requirements are: 1) be located in ms, or if not located in ms, agree to use grant funds only for the benefit of ms; 2) benefit the communities in ms; 3) serve the community with no discrimination by age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability; 4) not duplicate or significantly overlap the work of public agencies; 5) be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (but not a private foundation) and provide proof of such current designation in the form of an IRS determination letter or a municipality, county, school or college or university; and 6) cannot have a contractual relationship with blue cross & blue shield of ms, its subsidiaries or affiliates.

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Where Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 24 largest grants (24 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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Free templates for applying to a foundation like this

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• Statement of need template and examples
• Executive summary template and examples
• Grant budget template (XLSX) and budget narrative
• Evaluation plan template and metrics

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