The Place-Based Education & Civil Entrepreneurship Endowment awarded Access Connections to Success, INC. a $6,000 grant to provide education and employment to youths in the field of farming and agriculture … Continued
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Sculpture coming to Hernando to remember Holocaust children
The Unknown Child Foundation, a new fund to be welcomed to the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, has set its sights on DeSoto County to house a statue and remembrance … Continued
Taste of DeSoto to benefit area organizations
Taste of DeSoto donated a total of $24,500 from its fund with the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi to Heartland Hands Food Pantry, House of Grace, American Liver Foundation and … Continued
Grant multiplies Rock & Blues in Clarksdale
Clarksdale’s Rock & Blues Museum attracts local and visitors, presenting culture not only from Mississippi blues, but the rock and roll music it inspired. This young nonprofit offers the viewpoint … Continued
Healing Hearts receives Community Foundation grant
Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center in Southaven received a $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi’s Endowment for the Future of Northwest Mississippi. The grant will assist Healing … Continued
Spring Initiative gets $18,000 grant, plans to expand
The Spring Initiative, a local after school program for underprivileged youth, got a grant for $18,000 last week. The grant is from the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, and the … Continued
Awarding of the Cindy Lipscomb Scholarship
Andrew Sweatt, 2014 graduate of Hernando High School, is the recipient of the Cindy Lipscomb Scholarship offered through the DeSoto County Prayer Council. The scholarship endowment is managed through the … Continued
Delta State receives Community Foundation grant to support Grammy Museum and tourism
Cleveland and Bolivar County will be the home of the second Grammy Museum in the nation and is scheduled to open in 2015. To make plans for tourism as an … Continued
Building a local food system one bag at a time
4Rivers Fresh Foods wants to feed your family the freshest, most nutritional foods conveniently, from local farms at a pickup point near you. We gather the best of what local … Continued
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Announces New STEM Education Initiative in Local Mississippi Public Schools
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi expanded its partnership with EverFi, a leading education technology company, to add a web-based Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) course to the digital literacy … Continued