Erin And Ben Napier Named Stars of Hope for Crystal Ball 2022

The 22nd annual Crystal Ball, hosted by the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, will honor Mississippi natives, University of Mississippi graduates, and HGTV’s Home Town stars, Erin and Ben Napier … Continued

CFNM covid-19 FEED Northwest Mississippi Fund increases to $55,000

The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi (CFNM) launched Phase II of its FEED Northwest Mississippi Fund thanks to the Dan and Margaret Maddox Foundation, of Hernando, increasing their matching gift … Continued

Clarksdale Virtual Realty Center receives $15,500 Grant

The Clarksdale VRCenter and Academy was started in the spring of 2017 and is the outcome of five years of research and development with Virtual Reality Technology and working with … Continued

Shifting Rhythms: Coahoma Mobile Education receives $7,000 Grant

A project initiated by two professors at Olin College and students of Babson College has received a $7,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi. The grant came from … Continued

Lucy Janoush looses battle with cancer

Community Foundation Board Director, Lucy Janoush, lost her 1.5 year long battle with cancer Sunday, September 17. She was a leader in Cleveland, Bolivar County and the whole state of … Continued

9/11 Day of Service Project

Volunteer Northwest Mississippi held its 4th annual joint 9/11 Day of Service project with MidSouth Project Package, a Southaven 501c3 whose mission is to send care packages to midsouth men … Continued

Hollis new Chairman of Community Foundation Board of Directors

Hernando, Miss. July 1, 2016– The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi is pleased to announce that Scott Burnham Hollis will now serve as chairman of its Board of Directors. Scott … Continued

Community Foundation taps new board members

The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi has elected four new Directors to serve three-year terms on its Board. They join 15 other Board members to govern the 501.c.3 charitable foundation, … Continued

The Big Challenge

The Maddox Foundation has offered a dollar-for-dollar $9 million challenge grant to the Community Foundation, and our deadline to meet this challenge is December 31, 2013. Already 70% of the … Continued

The Box Project

Tim and Samone Holston grew up on a dirt road in the “suburbs” of Itta Bena, fortunate to have a Box Project sponsor family from Massachusetts. When he was an … Continued