Grants Awarded By
Mississippi Power Foundation Inc

83 Grants Awarded in 2022

Grant RecipientAward
MISSISSIPPI COAST MODEL RAILROAD MUSEUM

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: EXPAND OPEARTIONS OF THE RAILROAD MUSEUM TO INCLUDE STEM LAB

$100,000

HATTIESBURG, MS

PURPOSE: ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER AND RENOVATE BUILDING TO HOUSE SOLTUIONS CENTER FOR SUPPORTING THERAPY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH NEURO-DIVERSE DISABILITIES.

$90,000
UNITED WAY FOR JACKSON & GEORGE COUNTIES

PASCAGOULA, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING PAYMENT PROGRAM/ACT WORK PGM FOR MOSS POINT & OCEAN SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS/MINORITY BUSINESS OWNER GRANTS

$65,918

CAMP SHELBY, MS

PURPOSE: CAMP SHELBY MUSEUM DISPLAY OF ADJ GENERAL COLLINS UNIFORM

$50,000

BILOXI, MS

PURPOSE: CONTRIBUTION TO UPGRADE MICAH DAY CENTER FOR HOMELESS POPULATION TO COME FOR FOOD, SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY

$50,000
CITY OF WIGGINS

WIGGINS, MS

PURPOSE: FAADE GRANTS FOR WIGGINS LOCAL BUSINESSES

$50,000

BAY ST LOUIS, MS

PURPOSE: HANCOCK CTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS/MINORITY BUSINESS GRANTS

$50,000

HATTIESBURG, MS

PURPOSE: FAADE GRANTS FOR HATTIESBURG LOCATED SMALL MINORITY BUSINESSES

$50,000

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: CONTRIBUTION FOR MERREHOPE & THE F.W. WILLIAMS HOME

$50,000

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING PAYMENT PROGRAM

$42,652

MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING EDUCATION GIFT PROGRAM/SOUTHERN COMPANY JOINT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

$41,100

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS

PURPOSE: CONTRIBUTION FOR BUILDING PUBLIC ART INSTALLATINO IN DOWNTOWN WAVELAND

$35,000

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT THE ARTS/CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE GULF COAST

$30,000
MISSISSIPPI POWER COMMUNITY CONNECTION

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: FUNDING SERVICE ORGANIZATION WHO DONATES THEIR TIME, TALENTS AND DONATIONS TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS

$30,000

NEW YORK, NY

PURPOSE: PASCAGOULA RIVER AUDUBON CENTER FUNDING

$30,000
S CENTR MS CONS FOR EDUC EXCEL & DVLMPT

HATTIESBURG, MS

PURPOSE: MAKING CONNECTIONS EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE

$30,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO FOREST/LAMAR/JONES CTY HEART WALKS

$26,500
ARTS HANCOCK COUNTY MISSISSIPPI

BAY ST LOUIS, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT LOCAL ART PROJECTS IN HANCOCK COUNTY

$25,000

JACKSON, MS

PURPOSE: JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP

$25,000
MAIN STREET PASCAGOULA

PASCAGOULA, MS

PURPOSE: COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GRANT FOR DOWNTOWN PASCAGOULA REVITALIZATION PHASE 3

$25,000

PASS CHRISTIAN, MS

PURPOSE: MITIGATE AND REPAIR DAMANGE TO HISTORIC RANDOLPH COMMUNITY CENTER

$25,000

PICAYUNE, MS

PURPOSE: COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GRANT FOR PICAYUNE CITY ENTRANCE GATEWAY/ALLEYWAY TRANSFORMATION AND PICAYUNE COMMUNITY CENTER APPLIANCES REPLACEMENT

$25,000

HATTIESBURG, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING EDUCATION GIFT PROGRAM

$24,785
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EAST MISSISSIPPI

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: TOWN OF HICKORTY CITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS

$15,000
GULFPORT SCHOOL DICTRICT

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT HARRISON CTY ENERGY ACADEMY THROUGH LINEMEN PIPELINE PROGRAM INITATIVE

$15,000

LAUREL, MS

PURPOSE: IMAGINATION BOOKS FOR CHILDREN OF JONES COUNTY

$15,000
STONE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

WIGGINS, MS

PURPOSE: NEW WELDING BOOTHS FOR CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAM

$15,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

MADISON, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION FOR SUPPORT OF THE MS. CHAPTER OF NATURE CONSERVANCY WORK

$15,000
GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: COVID-10 VACCINE CAMPAIGN/PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES (P2P)

$12,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC

KENNESAW, GA

PURPOSE: SHUCK CANCER GULF COAST AND REAL MEN WEAR PINK FUNDRAISERS

$10,000
BACOTMCCARTY FOUNDATION

PASCAGOULA, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO SUPPORT CHARITY IN ADDRESSING NEEDS FOCUSING ON YOUTH, EDUCATION, ARTS AND OTHER WORTHY CAUSES

$10,000
CITY OF LUCEDALE

LUCEDALE, MS

PURPOSE: RETROFIT CITY MAINTENANCE BARN INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER

$10,000
COMEBACK COOLERS

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION FOR COOLERS TO ASSIST RESTORATION EFFORTS AFTER STORM DAMAGE

$10,000

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: GRANTS FOR MINORITY-VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY

$10,000
HOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF MS INC

BRANDON, MS

PURPOSE: RUN FOR HOPE FUNDRAISWER FOR RENOVATING COTTAGES FOR UNDERPRVILEGED CHILDREN AT HOPE VILLAGE IN MERIDIAN

$10,000
LAND TRUST FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL PLAINS

BILOXI, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT RESOURCES TO CONSERVE AND RESTORE LANDS IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES

$10,000
PROGRAM BELIEVE

BILOXI, MS

PURPOSE: SUMMER CAMP AND PROGRAM AND TUTOR SUPPPLIES FOR MINORITY STUDENTS

$10,000
CASA OF HANCOCK COUNTY

BAY ST LOUIS, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE FOR NEEDS OF ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN

$8,500
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE

PASCAGOULA, MS

PURPOSE: ANNUAL HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP

$8,000
PEARL RIVER COMM COLL DEVELOPMENT FDN

POPLARVILLE, MS

PURPOSE: POPLARVILLE EXCEL BY 5 PROGRAM/HERITAGE SCHOLARSHPS

$8,000

MOSS POINT, MS

PURPOSE: AT RISK TEENAGERS PARTNERING WITH MOSS POINT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PLAY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES-MENTORING

$7,500

JACKSON, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION FOR INNOVATE MISSISSIPPI BILOXI CAMPUS

$7,500
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMM COLLEGE FNDN

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING EDUCATION GIFT PROGRAM

$7,500
MISSISSIPPI WILDLIFE FEDERATION

MADISON, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO HELP CONSEVE MISSISSIPPI'S NATURAL REOURCES AND PROTECT WILDLIFE LEGACY

$7,500

DECATUR, MS

PURPOSE: HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS

$7,000

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: FUNDING FOR LINEMAN TRAINING PROGRAM/HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS

$7,000
UNITED WAY OF EAST MISSISSIPPI

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING PAYMENT PROGRAM

$6,641

HATTIESBURG, MS

PURPOSE: MATHCING PAYMENT PROGRAM

$6,479
2ND CHANCE MS INC

MADISON, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO FURTHER THE ADULT LEARNERS LEGACY

$5,000
ALEC MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER

ARLINGTON, VA

PURPOSE: FURTHER EDUCATION FOR MS. LEGISLATIVES

$5,000

POPLARVILLE, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO SUPPORT PURCHASE OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS

$5,000
EAST MISSISSIPPI FOOTHILLS LAND TRUST INC

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT THE WORK TO CONSERVE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT OPEN SPACES AND GREEN SPACES OF ECOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, OR SCENIC SIGNIFICANCE IN THE MOUNTIES OF EAST MISSISSIPPI

$5,000

COMO, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN

$5,000

LAUREL, MS

PURPOSE: LONG TERM DISASTER RECOVERY FOR FAMILIES IN JONES COUNTY

$5,000

BILOXI, MS

PURPOSE: ARTS AND STREAMLIGHT PROJHECTS IN DOWNTOWN BILOXI TO ENHANCE COMMERCIAL CLUSTERS OF BUSINESS

$5,000
GULFPORT MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GRANT FOR HISTORICAL GULFPORT AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS DISTRICT FAADE

$5,000

HILLSDALE, MI

PURPOSE: ENDOWMENT ON RETIREE JEFF STONE VP'S BEHALF

$5,000

ELLISVILLE, MS

PURPOSE: HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS

$5,000

BRANDON, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT FIRST LEGO LEAGUE STATE COMPETITION

$5,000

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT THE PROMOTION OF AMATEUR ATHLETICS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES FOR MISSISSIPPIANS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.

$5,000
TOWN OF SOSO

SOSO, MS

PURPOSE: STORM DEBRIS CLEANUP

$5,000

JACKSON, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT MLK CELEBRATION IN LAUREL COMMUNITY

$3,100
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHOCTAW AREA COUN

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: FRIENDS OF SCOUTING DONATION

$3,000
DYNAMIC ENRICHMENT NETWORK

GULFPORT, MS

PURPOSE: YOUTH CENTER IN BAYOU VIEW GULFPORT

$2,500
WREATHS FOR BNC

BILOXI, MS

PURPOSE: WREATHS FOR NATIONAL CEMETERY IN BILOXI

$2,500

LAUREL, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING PAYMENT PROGRAM

$2,302

COLUMBUS, MS

PURPOSE: MATCHING EDUCATION GIFT PROGRAM

$2,000

MADISON, MS

PURPOSE: ANNUAL SUPPORT OF LITTER PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSE

$2,000
HOME OF GRACE

VANCLEAVE, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO ASSIST FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION HELPING THOSE STRUGGLING WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDITION.

$1,500
HOPE VILLAGE FOR CHILDREN

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: DONATION TO THE RUN FOR HOPE FUNDRAISER WHICH AIDS THOSE CHILDREN REMOVED FROM PRIMARY CAREGIVERS CUSTODY DUE TO ABUSE, NEGLECT OR ABANDONMENT.

$1,500

HATTIESBURG, MS

PURPOSE: SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULT UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS

$1,500
MLK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

HATTIESBURG, PA

PURPOSE: DONATION FOR MLK CELEBRATION IN THE CITY OF LAUREL

$1,500

VANCLEAVE, MS

PURPOSE: ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT FOR MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT

$1,500
MISS VALLEY STATE UNIV J H WHITE FDN

ITTA BENA, MS

PURPOSE: CONTRIBUTION FOR AUGUSTA C WHITE LUNCHEON

$1,000

MERIDIAN, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT THE ARTS/CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN MERIDIAN

$1,000
SOBRIETY TRAINED OFFICERS REPR MS (STORM)

PEARL, MS

PURPOSE: SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND OFFICER RECOGNITION

$1,000

JACKSON, MS

PURPOSE: LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN DONATION

$1,000

LUCEDALE, MS

PURPOSE: PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH-PARTICULARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH

$500

WAVELAND, MS

PURPOSE: HANCOCK COUNTY YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SESSION

$500

MEMPHIS, TN

PURPOSE: MEMORIAL ON BEHANF OF NANCY STONE

$500
THE GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF PRIDE INC

BILOXI, MS

PURPOSE: GULF COAST ANNUAL PRIDE EVENT

$500

AUBURN, AL

PURPOSE: MATCHING EDUCATION GIFT PROGRAM

$250

BATON ROUGE, LA

PURPOSE: EDUCATIONAL MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM

$250