Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation

Analysis

Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1981, 45 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation reported income of $56k and spending of $63k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $46k to $56k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 233%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No 333 Scholarship Fund ($56k), PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($56k) and Aspa Advertisement Inc ($56k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% of the total. At year end it held assets of $512k against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $466k.