The Ergon Foundation concentrates its giving in Mississippi with a clear emphasis on education (especially independent K–12 schools and higher-education scholarships/programs) and health/medical causes (cancer, cardiology, children’s hospital and geriatric services). It also supports community-facing institutions—children’s services, museums, disaster relief and local development—often providing capital and program support. Grants are frequently repeat awards to local institutions, suggesting ongoing partnerships with a set of core beneficiaries.
Ergon Foundation Inc has built a grantmaking pattern around Mississippi institutions that need major capital support, with repeated seven-figure and half-million-dollar awards to schools, medical centers, and children’s services. One of its clearest signals is sustained backing for independent K–12 education: Jackson Academy Inc, Jackson Preparatory School Foundation, Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Hartfield Academy, and Delta Streets Academy all appear in the recent grants list. Health care is another major thread, including large awards for cancer research and treatment, cardiology, and emergency care. The foundation also supports children’s organizations and specialized service providers, such as Mississippi Children’s Home Society dba Canopy Children’s Solutions and Magnolia Speech School. Its giving is not limited to operating aid; many grants are tied to campaigns, buildings, and program launches. That mix suggests a funder focused on strengthening institutions through specific projects while also providing general support to recurring partners.
Education appears in multiple forms. Ergon Foundation Inc gave $650,000 to Delta Streets Academy to establish an elementary school, $600,000 to Jackson Academy Inc for a capital campaign, and $500,000 to Christ Presbyterian Academy for general support. Higher education and workforce pathways also show up through the Mississippi State University Foundation Inc grant for Bagley College of Engineering, Summer Bridge Program, and diversity programming, plus support for the University of Mississippi Foundation tied to engineering scholarship and the School of Engineering. Health care is another clear priority: the foundation granted $615,000 to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for its cancer center and research institute capital campaign fund, and $500,000 to Cleveland Clinic Foundation Inc for interventional cardiology. Children’s and speech services are part of the portfolio as well, including Magnolia Speech School’s building fund.
Typical grants cluster at meaningful but varied levels: the 25th percentile is $20,000, the median is $30,000, and the 75th percentile is $100,000. The recent-gift list also shows many larger project grants in the hundreds of thousands, which means the foundation uses a wide size range depending on purpose. Repeat awards are common: several institutions appear in more than one year, including Jackson Academy Inc, Jackson Preparatory School Foundation, University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Cleveland Clinic. The foundation is a grantmaker rather than a program-related investor, and it also funds individuals. The pattern is institution-centered and often tied to specific projects or campaigns rather than open application cycles.
$10.8M
$210.7M
$14.2M
$11.8M
Most grants fall between $20K and $100K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$100K
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Concentrated, mid-to-large grants with frequent repeat funding to a core set of local grantees; a mix of capital/campaign gifts and program support rather than many small, one-off donations.
Notable grantees: Jackson Preparatory School Foundation, The University of Texas Foundation (MD Anderson cancer research), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Magnolia Speech School, Great City MS Foundation
Mississippi is the main geography for Ergon Foundation Inc’s giving, with 80% of grants to recipients in the HQ state and MS as the top state by grant count. Jackson appears frequently, alongside other Mississippi locations such as Greenwood, Flowood, Madison, Mississippi State, and Starkville. Outside Mississippi, recent grants also reached Austin, Cleveland, Nashville, and Oxford through named institutions and foundations. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
Its recent grants emphasize independent K–12 schools, Mississippi higher education, cancer and cardiology care, children’s services, and civic or community institutions. Named grants include support for school capital campaigns, engineering scholarships, cancer center funding, mobile cardiovascular services, and children’s home or speech-school programming.
Both appear in the recent grants. Some awards are tied to specific campaigns or facilities, such as school capital campaigns, a cancer center capital campaign, and a new school building fund. Other recipients received general support, including Mississippi Children’s Home Society dba Canopy Children’s Solutions, Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Jackson Heart Foundation, and Cleveland Clinic.
The grant-size profile centers on a $30,000 median, with a 25th percentile of $20,000 and a 75th percentile of $100,000. The recent grants list also shows many larger awards in the $250,000 to $725,000 range for schools, health systems, and university projects.
Mississippi is the foundation’s top giving state, and 80% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Jackson is the most common recipient city in the recent grants, with additional Mississippi recipients in Greenwood, Flowood, Madison, Mississippi State, Starkville, and Oxford.
Yes. Several organizations appear more than once across the recent grants list, including Jackson Academy Inc, Jackson Preparatory School Foundation, University of Mississippi Medical Center, The University of Texas Foundation, Mississippi State University Foundation Inc, Magnolia Speech School, and Cleveland Clinic.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER | JACKSON, MS | $615,000 | 2025 | CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND |
| THE LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE | JACKSON, MS | $500,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | $500,000 | 2025 | MD ANDERSON CANCER RESEARCH |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | $500,000 | 2025 | MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION INC | CLEVELAND, OH | $500,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER | JACKSON, MS | $500,000 | 2025 | CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND |
| JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $300,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| JACKSON ACADEMY INC | JACKSON, MS | $300,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| MSU FOUNDATION | MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS | $300,000 | 2025 | SUMMER BRIDGE & DIVERSITY FUND |
| JACKSON ACADEMY INC | JACKSON, MS | $300,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC | STARKVILLE, MS | $300,000 | 2025 | DIVERSITY/STEM |
| JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION | FLOWOOD, MS | $300,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI | JACKSON, MS | $250,000 | 2025 | FRIENDS OF THE PLANETARIUM FUND |
| MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL | JACKSON, MS | $250,000 | 2025 | BUILDING HOPE CAMPAIGN |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION | OXFORD, MS | $250,000 | 2025 | ENG/COMP - DEI - BUS INNOV/ENTREP |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC | CLEVELAND, OH | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GREAT CITY MS FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GREAT CITY MS FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $250,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION | OXFORD, MS | $250,000 | 2025 | ENGINEERING, DIVERSITY, COMPUTER SCIENCE |
| MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL | MADISON, MS | $250,000 | 2025 | BUILDING FUND |
| MISSISSIPPI PRISON CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC | MADISON, MS | $230,000 | 2025 | PRISON CHAPEL CONSTRUCTION |
| ASPHALT INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | LEXINGTON, KY | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ASPHALT INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | LEXINGTON, KY | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC | BRANDON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION | OXFORD, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | CHILDREN' MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN |
| WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE | CLINTON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GORE ARTS COMPLEX PROJECT |
| JACKSON HEART FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | MOBILE CARDIOVASCULAR |
| MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE REDEEMER'S SCHOOL | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| ST DOMINIC HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION INC | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY CARE - DOMINICAN SISTERS |
| MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | CANOPY CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS |
| MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE | CLINTON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GORE ARTS COMPLEX |
| JACKSON HEART FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| REDEEMERS SCHOOL | JACKSON, MS | $200,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY | NASHVILLE, TN | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION | FLOWOOD, MS | $150,000 | 2025 | JACKSON PREP ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB |
| MISSISSIPPI BLOOD SERVICES | FLOWOOD, MS | $150,000 | 2025 | DONOR COACH REFURBISH |
| SALVATION ARMY - JACKSON CORPS | JACKSON, MS | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE SALVATION ARMY - JACKSON | JACKSON, MS | $150,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART | JACKSON, MS | $150,000 | 2025 | CENTER FOR CHILDHOOD CREATIVITY EXPANSION BUDGET |
| CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY | NASHVILLE, TN | $150,000 | 2025 | UNSEEN STORIES CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
| JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION | JACKSON, MS | $150,000 | 2025 | LOCKER ROOM AND MANNING CENTER |
| MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY (DBA CANOPY CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS) | JACKSON, MS | $125,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY | JACKSON, MS | $125,000 | 2025 | CANOPY CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS |
| STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC | JACKSON, MS | $125,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER
$615,000CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND
THE LITTLE LIGHT HOUSE
$500,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION
$500,000MD ANDERSON CANCER RESEARCH
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION
$500,000MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION INC
$500,000GENERAL SUPPORT
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER
$500,000CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND
JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
$300,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
JACKSON ACADEMY INC
$300,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
MSU FOUNDATION
$300,000SUMMER BRIDGE & DIVERSITY FUND
JACKSON ACADEMY INC
$300,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
$300,000DIVERSITY/STEM
JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
$300,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI
$250,000FRIENDS OF THE PLANETARIUM FUND
MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL
$250,000BUILDING HOPE CAMPAIGN
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
$250,000ENG/COMP - DEI - BUS INNOV/ENTREP
CLEVELAND CLINIC
$250,000GENERAL SUPPORT
GREAT CITY MS FOUNDATION
$250,000GENERAL SUPPORT
GREAT CITY MS FOUNDATION
$250,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
$250,000ENGINEERING, DIVERSITY, COMPUTER SCIENCE
MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL
$250,000BUILDING FUND
MISSISSIPPI PRISON CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC
$230,000PRISON CHAPEL CONSTRUCTION
ASPHALT INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ASPHALT INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
$200,000CHILDREN' MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN
WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
$200,000GORE ARTS COMPLEX PROJECT
JACKSON HEART FOUNDATION
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION
$200,000MOBILE CARDIOVASCULAR
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE REDEEMER'S SCHOOL
$200,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
ST DOMINIC HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION INC
$200,000EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY CARE - DOMINICAN SISTERS
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
$200,000CANOPY CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
$200,000GORE ARTS COMPLEX
JACKSON HEART FOUNDATION
$200,000GENERAL SUPPORT
REDEEMERS SCHOOL
$200,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT
JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
$150,000JACKSON PREP ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
MISSISSIPPI BLOOD SERVICES
$150,000DONOR COACH REFURBISH
SALVATION ARMY - JACKSON CORPS
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE SALVATION ARMY - JACKSON
$150,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART
$150,000CENTER FOR CHILDHOOD CREATIVITY EXPANSION BUDGET
CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY
$150,000UNSEEN STORIES CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
$150,000LOCKER ROOM AND MANNING CENTER
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY (DBA CANOPY CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS)
$125,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
$125,000CANOPY CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS
STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
$125,000GENERAL SUPPORT