Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 82-1629178Community development

Who funds Higher Purpose Co?

11 private foundations gave Higher Purpose Co in Clarksdale, MS $3.8 million across 30 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

30 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $240,000
  2. Globetrotter FoundationPaicines, CA 2024

    Operating support

    $200,000
  3. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2024

    To support community events hosted by Higher Purpose.

    $5,000
  4. Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation IncLos Angeles, CA 2024

    Community programming support

    $5,000
  5. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2024

    Working towards a resilient and equitable food system

    $5,000
  6. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2023

    To provide funding to build staff capacity, resource programming, and support renovations of an entrepreneurial hub to be made available to residents of Coahoma County that teaches how to build personal, community and generational assets, in an area that is underserved, and traditionally lacks access to capital.

    $400,000
  7. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

    $300,000
  8. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General Support

    $190,000
  9. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    In support of providing business education, funding and networking opportunities for disadvantaged small businesses in jackson, MS

    $125,000
  10. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $11
  11. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2022

    To build staff capacity, resource programming, and support renovations of an entrepreneurial hub to be made available to residents of Coahoma County that teaches how to build personal, community and generational assets, in an area that is underserved, and traditionally lacks access to capital.

    $400,000
  12. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2022

    support Black-owned businesses in Mississippi with funding and technical assistance (TA) and continue the ongoing networking, fellowship and TA for these owners as they focus on their economic security and entrepreneurial development in Mississippi

    $300,000
  13. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General Support

    $195,000
  14. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    In support of providing business education, funding, and networking opportunities for disadvantaged small businesses in jackson, mississippi

    $125,000
  15. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General operating support

    $50,000
  16. Ames Family FoundationTraverse City, MI 2022

    Charitable contributions

    $50,000
  17. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $5
  18. The Rockefeller FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    In support of providing business education, funding, and networking opportunities for small, black-owned businesses in jackson, mississippi

    $250,000
  19. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General Support

    $190,000
  20. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $60,000
  21. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $2,500
  22. The Meeker Rom Grausz Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  23. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2020

    COVID-19 Coahoma County Business Relief Initiative

    $200,000
  24. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2020

    Increasing Access to Capital Options for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs in the Mississippi Delta: Kiva Hub Mississippi Delta

    $62,500
  25. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $25,000
  26. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $3,500
  27. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $5
  28. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    General Support

    $240,000
  29. Jessie Smith Noyes FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General support

    $25,000
  30. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2018

    General Support

    $190,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in Mississippi and are not among Higher Purpose Co’s funders above.

  1. Mississippi Power Foundation IncGulfport, MS 29 grants Accepts applications $888,250 to similar organizations
  2. Phil Hardin FoundationMeridian, MS 18 grants Accepts applications $646,216 to similar organizations
  3. Walker FoundationRidgeland, MS 5 grants Accepts applications $70,000 to similar organizations
  4. The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLos Altos, CA 5 grants Accepts applications $1,812,050 to similar organizations
  5. Ergon Foundation IncJackson, MS 9 grants Preselected only $1,270,000 to similar organizations
  6. Cadence Bank FoundationTupelo, MS 3 grants Accepts applications $22,000 to similar organizations
  7. The Goldman Sachs FoundationNew York, NY 3 grants Preselected only $5,028,130 to similar organizations
  8. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 7 grants Accepts applications $2,724,281 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 82-1629178 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.