2024 Competitive Grant Awards

ArtPlace Mississippi, Inc.: Leflore Early Arts Project

Black Parents United Foundation

Girls to Women

Boys to Men/Athletic Programs

C2K Ministries: RE>DIRECT After School Program

CLEAR Youth & Young Adult Services, Inc.: Our Children, Our Future Investing Today!

Cleveland Music Foundation, Inc.: GRAMMY Museum Mississippi Youth Leadership Council

Delta Care Hope Foundation: Afterschool Program

Family Biz Builder: College & Career Readiness Program

Griot Arts, Inc.: Act Bootcamp

MidSouth Music Institute: Camp CoroRio

FUTURE/MS Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz: Winter Weather Gear

Mississippi Delta Academies: LEAP Youth Leadership Program (formerly YELL 2.0)

Mississippi Humanities Council: Luciérnagas Family Reading Program

Mosley Outreach Ministries: Summer Initiative

Porter-Leath: Generations | AmeriCorps Seniors Serving as Foster Grandparents in DeSoto County

Tallahatchie General Hospital Medical Foundation: “Empowering Holistic Wellness: A Comprehensive Initiative for Employee Health and Productivity in Charleston”

Teach Plus Mississippi: 2024-25 Delta Change Agent

Salvation Army of Greenwood: Summer Enrichment Camp

YMCA Memphis/Mid-South: Jr. StreetKings Roller Hockey League

ArtPlace Mississippi, Inc.: Leflore Early Arts Program (LEAP)

Black Parents United Foundation: Durocher Service Projects-Boys to Men Program

Calvary Episcopal Church: Reading at the Park (RAP)

Excel By 5 Inc: Excel by 5 Childhood Programs

Coahoma County Diaper Bank: Excel by 5-Alligator

Delta Hands for Hope: Excel by 5-Beulah

Cleveland School District: Excel by 5-Cleveland

We2gether Creating Change: Excel by 5-Drew

Bonanza Buying Center: Excel by 5-Duncan

Coahoma County Diaper Bank: Excel by 5-Gunnison

City of Hernando: Excel by 5-Hernando

Dollywood Foundation: Excel by 5-Horn Lake

Sunflower County Library System: Excel by 5-Indianola

St. Paul M.B. Church: Excel by 5-Olive Branch

City of Senatobia: Excel by 5-Senatobia

Tallahatchie River Foundation, Inc.: Excel by 5-Tallahatchie County

Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz: Winter Weather Gear and Blankets for Infants

Northwest Mississippi Theatre Guild Inc: Southern Theatrical Arts Reparatory School/STARS-Kudzu Playhouse

Cleveland Music Foundation, Inc.: GRAMMY Museum Mississippi Youth Leadership Council

DeSoto Arts Institute: Fim Factory

Emmett Till Interpretive Center: Youth Advisory Council

From The Heart Productions Inc.: Sunflower County Film Academy

Isaac Chapel Rosenwald Museum & Educational Center: STEM Education Program

Mississippi Council on Economic Education:

Striking the Right Chord: Careers in the Music Industry

Economics of the Mississippi Music Industry

Spring Initiative, Inc.: High School Program

The Delta State Foundation:

Creative Horizons: Books, Scholarships & Arts for Brighter Futures

Wiley Planetarium – film “Global Soundscapes”

Family Biz Builder – Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica Counties

College & Career Readiness Program

Isaac Chapel Rosenwald Museum & Educational Center – Marshall County

Project S.C.R.A.P.S. – Students Creating Robots & Printable Solutions