Mississippi Power Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · Gulfport, MS · EIN 72-1370746 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Mississippi Power Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Gulfport, MS (EIN 72-1370746). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $5.6M paid in 147 grants, with a median grant of $10K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $65.1M. Its latest 990-PF gives application information and does not say it gives only to preselected organizations.
Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/mississippi-power-foundation-inc-721370746
- Total grants paid
- $5.6M
- Grants reported
- 147
- Typical grant
- $10K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $65.1M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Application information on file: its latest 990-PF does not say it gives only to preselected organizations, and it gives some information about applying. See more foundations with application information.
- Contact
- Janice L Dixon
- Phone
- (228) 865-5232
- Deadlines
- No submission deadlines
- Application materials
- Same form as used and submitted with prior year's form 990-pf.
- Restrictions
- Awards cannot be granted to an organization that is not either a tax-exempt entity under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) or a government entity. The funds cannot be used to carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence legislation, to influence the outcome of any specific public election or to conduct, either directly or indirectly, any voter registration drive, to fund a grant to an individual, to purchase electric appliance, install athletic field lighting, or to fund any other similar activity which would produce a tangible economic benefit to mississippi power company, nor can the mississippi power company or mississippi power foundation receive ticets, a table at a banquet, or any other item of value as a result of the contribution.
Original filing text
- Contact
- JANICE L DIXON
- Address
- 2992 WEST BEACH BOULEVARD GULFPORT, MS, 39502
- Phone
- 2288655232
- Deadlines
- NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES
- Application materials
- SAME FORM AS USED AND SUBMITTED WITH PRIOR YEAR'S FORM 990-PF.
- Restrictions
- AWARDS CANNOT BE GRANTED TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT EITHER A TAX-EXEMPT ENTITY UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) OR A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. THE FUNDS CANNOT BE USED TO CARRY ON PROPAGANDA OR OTHERWISE ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION, TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF ANY SPECIFIC PUBLIC ELECTION OR TO CONDUCT, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, TO FUND A GRANT TO AN INDIVIDUAL, TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE, INSTALL ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, OR TO FUND ANY OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITY WHICH WOULD PRODUCE A TANGIBLE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY, NOR CAN THE MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY OR MISSISSIPPI POWER FOUNDATION RECEIVE TICETS, A TABLE AT A BANQUET, OR ANY OTHER ITEM OF VALUE AS A RESULT OF THE CONTRIBUTION.
Reported organization name: Mississippi Power Foundation Inc
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 Mississippi Power Foundation Inc 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.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/mississippi-power-foundation-inc-721370746
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Carey University | Hattiesburg, MS | Contribution for wcu hattiesburg campus outdoor stage | Tax year 20242024 | $1.7M |
| University of Mississippi | Oxford, MS | Contribution for the new Patterson School of Accountancy | Tax year 20252025 | $400.5K |
| United Way of South Mississippi | Gulfport, MS | 2025 Matching Gift Program Project Share Infusion Paymentto assist qualifying customers for assistance with their electric bills | Tax year 20252025 | $296K |
| Mississippi State University Foundation | Mississippi State, MS | Anthony and Tonya Wilson Endowed Fund for Bully's Pantry | Tax year 20252025 | $250K |
| United Way of South Mississippi | Gulfport, MS | Project share program support | Tax year 20242024 | $173.9K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (147 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Mississippi Power Foundation Inc'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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