Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance Inc

Analysis

Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in University, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance Inc reported income of $543k and spending of $507k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $391k to $543k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute for Creative Community Initiatives ($543k), Northern Bedrock Conservation Corps ($543k) and Kalamazoo Center for Youth & Community ($543k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $184k. At year end it held assets of $96k against liabilities of $2,492, net assets of $94k. It reported 3 employees.