Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation
Picayune, MS · EIN 64-0901092. Reported 61 grants totalling $4,120,335 to 28 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $36,757. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $850 and the largest $399,663. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picayune School District | Picayune, MS | $1,201,961 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pearl River County Board of Supervisors | Poplarville, MS | $645,084 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pearl River Community College | Poplarville, MS | $257,169 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sight Savers America | Pelham, AL | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community of Christians Helping Youth | Picayune, MS | $202,812 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Manna Ministries | Picayune, MS | $166,908 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| 15TH Circuit Court Intervention Court Enhancement | Purvis, MS | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Poplarville School District | Poplarville, MS | $126,392 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Picayune | Picayune, MS | $112,436 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jacob's Well Ministries | Picayune, MS | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| City of Poplarville | Poplarville, MS | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pearl River County School District | Carriere, MS | $99,551 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oasis Community Development | Picayune, MS | $94,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spaymart | Metairie, LA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS | $82,080 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lamar County Supervisors | Purvis, MS | $74,992 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Senior Center of South Pearl River County | Picayune, MS | $72,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Poplarville Association of Athletics | Poplarville, MS | $52,819 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brother's Keeper Ministries | Poplarville, MS | $52,247 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Puttin' on the Pink | Picayune, MS | $45,351 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Southern Mississippi Foundation | Hattiesburg, MS | $37,910 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Pearl River County Bak Pak Inc | Picayune, MS | $36,722 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brothers' Keeper Ministries | Poplarville, MS | $29,298 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church of Picayune | Picayune, MS | $20,103 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Picayune Carver Culture Center | Picayune, MS | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Exodus Project 21 | Picayune, MS | $11,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Arc of Pearl River County | Picayune, MS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hugh O'brian Youth Foundation | Jackson, MS | $3,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
20 of 28 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Picayune School District
AMAZING MUSIC IN THE MAKING, EARLY HEAD START- EARLY COLLABORATIVE LEARNING, IMPROVING SPORTS MEDICINE, KEEPING THE B: M WRITE, ST MATH YEAR IV, BUILDING LEADERS THROUGH STEM, TEACHING FOR THE FUTURE, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - Pearl River County Board of Supervisors
CRITICAL LIFE SAVING DEVICES FOR NICHOLSON VFDEDUCATIONAL COLORING BOOK ABOUT LITTERPROJECT SHARE THE AIR HENLEYFIELD, MCNEIL AND PINEGROVE VFDREPLACE NON-COMPLIANT SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS CROSSROADS VFDSAFE VOLUNTEER - SE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - Community of Christians Helping Youth
RESILIENCE IN A SUSCESSFUL ENVIRONMENT, 2ND ANNUAL CUSP SUMMER PROGRAM - Poplarville School District
GET SNACK SHACK MODERNIZED - Sight Savers America
CHILDREN'S EYE CARE PROGRAM 2020 (YEAR XII)CHILDREN'S EYE CARE PROGRAM 2021 (YEAR XIII) - City of Poplarville
ADVANCE LIFE SAVING RESPONSE EQUIPMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | $1,018,777 | $45,782 |
| 2021 | 14 | $938,885 | $37,717 |
| 2022 | 15 | $1,004,761 | $35,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $1,157,912 | $36,562 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 93% of this one's giving went to organizations in Mississippi. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $36,757. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Mississippi.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 505 Williams Avenue, Picayune, MS, 39466. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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