Community Impact Grants
Funding Amount
$448,000 total for 12 grants (2021-2023 cycle)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Every two years
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
United Way of South Mississippi awards Community Impact Grants to nonprofits working in education, health, financial stability, and family services within their service area.
Geographic Scope: Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, and Stone Counties, Mississippi
Focus Areas:
- Education (academic success, school readiness, literacy programs)
- Health and Wellness
- Financial Stability
- Family Services and Support
Eligibility: Area nonprofits serving the four-county region
Award Information:
- 2021-2023 cycle: $448,000 total distributed to 12 nonprofits
- 2019-2021 cycle: $650,000 total distributed to 11 nonprofits
- Funded programs include educational enhancement, advocacy, case management, and tutoring services
Selection Process: Extensive application and review process identifying initiatives with greatest overall community impact
Recent Grant Recipients (2021-2023):
- Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast — Project Learn
- CASA of Hancock County — Educational Advocacy & Child Well-Being Program
- CASA of Harrison and Stone Counties — Educational Advocacy & Support Initiative
- Catholic Charities of South Mississippi — Case Management Services
- Disability Connection — Family Resource Guide
- Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence — Children's Program
- Hancock County Human Resource Agency — Early Childhood Program
- Hancock Resource Center — Navigator Program
- Manna Ministries — Head & Heart Program
- Moore Community House — Early Head Start Program
- The Nourishing Place — ENHANCE After School Tutoring Program
- St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy — Diabetic Care Program
What United Way of South Mississippi actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 14
- Total given
- $650K
- Median grant
- $17K
- Range
- $5,116–$402K
- By dollars: Mississippi 95%, Tennessee 5%. Top recipient cities: Biloxi, MS; Bay St Louis, MS; Gulfport, MS.
- 71% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 8% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Catholic Charities of South MS · Biloxi, MS
Utility assistance for low income members of the community
$402K
CASA of South Mississippi · Bay St Louis, MS
Education advocacy & support, general assistance
$43K
Dollywood Foundationdolly Parton's Imagination Library · Pigeon Forge, TN
Books for children 0 - 5 yrs old
$35K
Hancock Resource Center · Bay St Louis, MS
Family advocacy collaborative, general assistance
$25K
Moore Community House · Biloxi, MS
Early head start program, general assistance
$25K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Education
- Health disparities
- Family services
- Academic enrichment
- Literacy
- Tutoring
- After-school
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