Organization · EIN 64-6000819 · MS State, MS · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Who funds Mississippi State University?

37 private foundations reported paying Mississippi State University $1.2M on returns for tax year 2023.

37 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 37

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
WK Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
$332,888 Early Care and Education Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
Brumfield Genrev Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$215,000 GENERAL PURPOSES Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Anna Grace Love Charitable Foundation
Columbus, MS · Preselected only
$113,960 SCHOLARSHIPS TO NEEDY AND TALENTED STUDENTS ATTENDING MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY TO ASSIST WITH TUITION AND OTHER ESPENSES, SUCH AS BOOKS… Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
J C Kennedy Foundation
Atlanta, GA · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Kelly Gene Cook Sr Charitable Foundation
Houston, TX
$100,000 Civil & Environmental Engineering Building, and KGC Foundation Enviromental Enginnering Lab Equipment Fund Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
James W Criss Trust
Birmingham, AL · Preselected only
$96,319 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Joyce Anderson Foundation Xxx-Xx-Xxxx
St Louis, MO · Preselected only
$69,580 GENERAL SUPPORT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Mississippi Farm Bureau Young Farmer Scholarship Foundation
Jackson, MS · Preselected only
$44,000 — Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 10/2024
Patrick F Taylor Foundation
New Orleans, LA
$30,000 OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
L C Winterton Educational Tr (Pre 1969
Birmingham, AL · Preselected only
$14,300 GENERAL OPERATING Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
Saint Louis, MO
$12,500 Program Support Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
Charles & Cynthia Bell Foundation
Vicksburg, MS · Preselected only
$10,000 HOPE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Simons Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$8,400 STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS IN GRAPH THEORY AND MATROID THEORY Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Michael J and Patricia Levitt Family Charitable Foundation
Camden, NJ
$5,750 SCHOLARSHIP Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Harry E Bovay Jr Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$5,000 GRANT - TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Barnett Foundation
Greenwood, MS · Preselected only
$5,000 EDUCATIONAL Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Simpson Foundation
Kansas City, MO
$3,900 EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Gregg-Graniteville Foundation
Graniteville, SC
$3,500 SCHOLARSHIP Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Watson-Brown Foundation
Thomson, GA
$3,000 AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS
Filed as “MISSISSIPPI STATE”
Same ZIP 0.83 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Msu-Bass Mem
Birmingham, AL · Preselected only
$2,789 GENERAL OPERATING Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Mississippi State University

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Mississippi State University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $16.9K to them
  2. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $628K to them
  3. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $4.1M to them
  4. Alfred P Sloan Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $8.69M to them
  5. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $894K to them
  6. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $1.26M to them
  7. Citizens Charitable Foundation Johnston, RI
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $47.2K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $16.3M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The University of Mississippi University, MS
    8 shared funders · 44 funders in all
  2. Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY
    5 shared funders · 33 funders in all
  3. Mississippi College Clinton, MS
    4 shared funders · 15 funders in all
  4. University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS
    5 shared funders · 27 funders in all
  5. President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
    8 shared funders · 831 funders in all
  6. American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches Washington, DC
    9 shared funders · 2434 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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