Community Foundation of East
Meridian, MS · EIN 64-0702225. Reported 131 grants totalling $2,565,034 to 74 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Community Foundation of East, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 74 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 62% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,895 and $26,000; the smallest was $5,197 and the largest $91,054. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley House Community Center Inc | Meridian, MS | $195,289 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meridian Housing Authority | Meridian, MS | $187,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Patrick Catholic Church | Meridian, MS | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of East Mississippi Inc | Meridian, MS | $142,638 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Industrial Heritage Mus | Meridian, MS | $141,954 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency | Flowood, MS | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of East Ms | Meridian, MS | $102,766 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| David Bickham | Atlanta, GA | $98,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Meridian Community College Fdn | Meridian, MS | $92,798 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pinebelt Foundation Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $91,054 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lamar School Foundation | Meridian, MS | $80,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Childrens Museum | Jackson, MS | $78,540 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Apex Officers | Las Vegas, NV | $67,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of West Al | Hattiesburg, MS | $63,039 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mississippi State University Foundation Inc | Ms State, MS | $60,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope Village for Children Inc | Meridian, MS | $53,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meridian Little Theater | Meridian, MS | $51,445 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meridian Art Association Inc | Meridian, MS | $40,266 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $37,473 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community of Hope Inc | Meridian, MS | $36,849 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Mississippi | University, MS | $32,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lauderdale Baptist Assoc Ms Cares Grant Distr | Marion, MS | $31,617 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | Meridian, MS | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Meridian Restoration Foundation Inc | Meridian, MS | $29,288 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kemper County Economic Development | Dekalb, MS | $29,049 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Love Inc | Meridian, MS | $28,568 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Mississippi Inc | Jackson, MS | $28,084 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Israel | Meridian, MS | $27,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center | Meridian, MS | $27,265 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Central Planning &n Developmen | Scooba, MS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dr Matthew Coker | Meridian, MS | $19,551 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of East Mississippi Inc | Meridian, MS | $18,372 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kemper County Improvement Organizat | Columbus, MS | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Care Lodge Domestic Violence Shelter Inc | Meridian, MS | $13,895 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ms Cares Grant Exp 5000 Ms Cares Grant Distr | $13,424 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Mississippi Emergency Mgt Agency | Pearl, MS | $13,180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Irving, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Baptist Church Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Decatur United Methodist Church Ms Cares Grant Distr | Decatur, MS | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom Rock Christian Fellowship Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scooba Reunion Incorporated | Scooba, MS | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tuskegee University | Tuskegee Institute, AL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fumc of Quitman Ms Cares Grant Distr | Quitman, MS | $10,555 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jubilee Mennonite Church Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $10,174 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cathedral of St Francis De Sales | Houma, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montgomery Institute | Meridian, MS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Hickory | Hickory, MS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mississippi State University | Ms State, MS | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mark Davis | Meridian, MS | $9,191 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jackson State University | Jackson, MS | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Rector Wardens & Vestrymen Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $8,932 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Christian Church Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $8,412 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Action for Improvement of Portervil | Porterville, MS | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Kemper Kiddie Kollege Inc | De Kalb, MS | $7,632 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kemper Springs Community Center Inc | De Kalb, MS | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Robert Barham Funeral Home | Meridian, MS | $7,378 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barber & Sons Plumbing | Meridian, MS | $7,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meridian Symphony Assoc | Meridian, MS | $7,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Wing | Meridian, MS | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lauderdale Baptist Crisis Center | Marion, MS | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vietnam and All Veterans of Brevard Inc | Melbourne, FL | $6,474 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meridian Restorations Foundation Ms Cares Grant Distr | Meridian, MS | $6,409 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coyote Hills Equine Rescue Inc | Chunky, MS | $6,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Mississippi Animal Rescue Inc | Meridian, MS | $6,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meridian Junior Auxiliary Inc | Meridian, MS | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia Public School District | Philadelphia, MS | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nafeco Foundation Inc | Decatur, AL | $6,230 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Ms Community College | Scooba, MS | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meridian Coach & Travel | Meridian, MS | $5,876 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keith Boatner | Philadelphia, MS | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| God's Closet Ms Cares Grant Distr | Philadelphia, MS | $5,307 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Central Community College | Decatur, MS | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Csrm Philadelphia | Philadelphia, MS | $5,263 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Candice Coker | Meridian, MS | $5,197 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
23 of 74 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 of 74 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | $1,001,003 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $509,333 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $486,147 | $18,627 |
| 2024 | 24 | $568,551 | $18,522 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Mississippi. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Mississippi.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Community Foundation of East's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 3977, Meridian, MS, 39303.
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