Delta Business Journal praises Community Foundation for building basics for economic development

Commentary by Scott Coopwood best georgia cash advance Photo by Cherry Mathis Every other day it seems as though some new entity pops up and is “helping the Delta.” As … Continued

Josh Ose Memorial Scholarship to benefit Hernando High School students

The Josh Ose Memorial Scholarship was awarded to two Hernando High School seniors for 2014. Receiving $1,000 each were Timothy Chavez attending the University of Mississippi and Allie Bierman attending … Continued

Brown Baptist Farm Project creates opportunity for apprenticeship

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

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