Optimist Club of Hernando Scholarship Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Overview
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi
The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi manages 314 donor-established funds and has disbursed over $48 million to support more than 1,000 charitable organizations and activities recommended by its donors, as well as charitable programs established by the foundation. Established in 2002 with a generous grant from the Maddox Foundation, the Community Foundation is an independent 501(c)3 charitable organization. The Foundation serves Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Leflore, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica and Yalobusha counties.
The Club, chartered in 1987, established an endowment in 2013 which makes scholarships available to deserving high school seniors in the Hernando area.
What Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 99
- Total given
- $4.8M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $5,500–$962K
- By dollars: Mississippi 80%, Tennessee 8%, Georgia 4%. Top recipient cities: Hernando, MS; Jackson, MS; Memphis, TN.
- 1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 41% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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