Entergy’s Open Grants Program - Mississippi

Entergy’s Open Grants Program - Mississippi

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Entergy Charitable Foundation
Last Updated: February 21, 2026

Summary

Entergy’s Open Grants Program in Mississippi aims to enhance community well-being through support for arts, education, poverty solutions, and health initiatives. The program prioritizes requests from organizations with 501(c)(3) status and local projects that improve public access to the arts and promote self-sufficiency. Funding is not available for utility payments, political activities, or religious organizations. Preference is given to projects serving Entergy's customer areas, ensuring community-focused impact.

Overview

Entergy’s Open Grants Program focuses on improving communities as a whole. We look for giving opportunities in the areas of arts and culture, education and workforce development, poverty solutions and social services, healthy families, and community improvement. Arts and Culture The arts are expressions of ourselves – our heritage, feelings and ideas. To cultivate that, we support a diverse range of locally based visual arts, theater, dance and music institutions. Our long-term goal is to increase the access to contemporary art for a wider public, including children and the financially disadvantaged. Community Improvement/Enrichment Entergy supports community-based projects that focus community enrichment and improvement. A few examples include civic affairs, blighted housing improvements, and neighborhood safety. By giving to communities in this way, we actually help them become more self-sufficient. Healthy Families Children need a good start to grow into healthy, well-adjusted adults. With that in mind, we give to programs that have a direct impact on children educationally and emotionally. We’re also interested in family programs, like those that better prepare parents to balance the demands of work and home. The amount and nature of an organization’s request will determine which type of grant the organization would need to apply for.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Grants from Entergy will only be made to the following types of organizations:a public charity or private foundation that qualifies as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entitya school, hospital, governmental unit or religious institution that holds nonprofit status similar to that of 501(c)(3) organizationsa state or local government, but only if a donation thereto is made exclusively for public purposesa war-veterans organization that qualifies as a 501(c)(19) tax-exempt entitya volunteer fire department that qualifies as a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt entity

Ineligibility

Entergy will NOT fund:Groups without 501(c)(3) or similar nonprofit statusPayment of utility billsPolitical candidates or groupsPurchase of uniforms, equipment, or trips for school-related organizations or amateur sports teamsActivities whose sole purpose is promotion or support of a specific religion, denomination, or religious institutionGrants to individuals or loans of any typeAny organization owned or operated by an employee of Entergy