Mississippi

Mississippi Mississippi

Our Commitment Today

We focus our grantmaking in Jackson, East Biloxi and Sunflower County, while also making state-level investments that can positively impact all Mississippi children. Each of our priority communities face unique challenges that are in need of long-term planning and partnerships:

  • Natural and man-made disasters across the Gulf Coast, including Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, have disproportionately impacted the community, including devastating the Vietnamese fishery economy in East Biloxi.
  • Families in Sunflower County reflect the unique challenges and opportunities of rural communities across the Deep South.
  • Jackson, the state’s capital, is central to all things political, economic and social.

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