About Fair Count
Fair Count Inc. concentrates funding on civic participation and voter mobilization, especially nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts in Southern Black communities (notably Mississippi, Georgia, and North Carolina), while also supporting faith-based community organizations and legal/civic capacity groups. The portfolio is dominated by one very large national grant alongside a broad set of smaller, targeted election-cycle and community grants, with occasional support for immigrant/Latinx organizing and research about the South's pandemic impacts. Recipients include churches, grassroots community groups, state civic coalitions, and civil-legal organizations, reflecting a mix of faith-based and community-centered civic engagement strategies.
Focus Areas
Nonpartisan GOTV and voter registration in Mississippi (and broader Deep South) targeting Black communitiesFaith-based voter mobilization and community assistance through local Black churchesState-level civic capacity and civic rights/legal services in the South (e.g., Mississippi Center for Justice; Democracy North Carolina)Grassroots immigrant/Latinx civic engagement and organizing (MiJente; Make the Road States)Production and dissemination of research on COVID-19’s economic/political impacts in the Southern states
Who They Fund
About Fair Count
Fair Count Inc. is defined by a large organizational grant of $4,985,000 in 2025 to the Defending American Values Coalition, alongside a portfolio built around nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote work in Southern communities. The foundation’s recent grants also show repeated support for churches and civic groups in Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Arizona, with many awards tied to election-cycle mobilization. In Mississippi, it funded groups such as Twin Forks Rising Community Development Corporation, Mississippi Center for Justice, The Lighthouse Black Girl Project, and the Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic Participation for voter engagement work connected to the 2023 and 2024 elections. The giving pattern also includes assistance for poor communities through local churches, plus occasional support for immigrant and Latinx organizing. A separate grant to the National Conference on Citizenship supported quarterly Pandemic to Prosperity: South reports, showing that Fair Count Inc. has also backed research and dissemination on COVID-19’s effects in the South. The mix points to a funder that combines large-scale organizational support with targeted, place-based civic engagement grants.
What Fair Count Funds
A core theme in Fair Count Inc.’s grantmaking is nonpartisan voter registration and GOTV work. In Mississippi, it gave $50,450 to Twin Forks Rising Community Development Corporation, $50,000 to Mississippi Center for Justice, and $13,500 to The Lighthouse Black Girl Project for election-related voter engagement. The foundation also extended this model into other states, including a $25,000 microgrant to Souls to the Polls Wisconsin a Project of Pastors United Community Advocacy and a $20,000 grant to Democracy North Carolina for voter engagement in North Carolina. Beyond election work, it supported poverty relief through churches: Saint James Baptist Church received $57,000 and Lifeline Baptist Church received $50,000 to provide assistance for the poor. Fair Count Inc. also made a $15,000 grant to Mijente and a $10,000 grant to Migrant Equity Southeast Inc for voter engagement work.
How Fair Count Gives
Fair Count Inc.’s typical grant size is $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile, though the portfolio includes one much larger 2025 organizational grant of $4,985,000. The recent record shows repeated support to some recipients across years, including Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice, The Lighthouse Black Girl Project, Lifeline Baptist Church, and Arone M Washington Foundation Inc. That suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards in parts of the portfolio. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Recent grants are mostly operational or program grants tied to civic participation, community assistance, or research dissemination.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.3M
Total Assets
$2.8M
Total Revenue
$8M
Total Expenses
$9.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $50K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Regional7 states funded
About 30% of grants go to recipients in MS.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
REBECCA DEHART
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