Funding search · EIN 260594821 · Ridgeland, MS

The Dick Molpus Foundation

Name: The Dick Molpus Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

75
grants reported: $2.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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National Parents for Public Schools4 grants · $675,000
Msu Foundation3 grants · $657,500
The Parents Campaign - Research & Education4 grants · $600,000
Community Foundation for Mississippi4 grants · $259,500
Mississippi Today2 grants · $150,000
Foundation for Mississippi History1 grant · $150,000
The 18th Ward4 grants · $120,000
Legacy Education & Community Emp3 grants · $60,000
Mount Zion United Methodist Church1 grant · $25,000
University of Mississippi Foundation2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$577,950

2022

$856,750

2023

$726,000

2024

$713,100

2025

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
The Parents Campaign - Research & Education · Jackson, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$300,000
Msu Foundation · Mississippi State, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$300,000
Msu Foundation · Mississippi State, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$200,000
National Parents for Public Schools · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$192,500
National Parents for Public Schools · Jackson, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$182,500
National Parents for Public Schools · Jackson, MS · 2025
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$150,000
Foundation for Mississippi History · Jackson, MS · 2022
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$100,000
The Parents Campaign - Research & Education · Jackson, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$100,000
Mississippi Today · Ridgeland, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$100,000
The Parents Campaign - Research & Education · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$100,000
National Parents for Public Schools · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$100,000
The Parents Campaign - Research & Education · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$72,000
Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$70,000
Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$60,000
Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$57,500
Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$57,500
Msu Foundation · Mississippi State, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$50,000
Mississippi Today · Ridgeland, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$35,000
The 18th Ward · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$35,000
The 18th Ward · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$25,000
The 18th Ward · New Orleans, LA · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$25,000
The 18th Ward · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$25,000
Mount Zion United Methodist Church · Philadelphia, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$20,000
Legacy Education & Community Emp · Forest, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$20,000
Legacy Education & Community Emp · Forest, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$20,000
Friends of the Wilkinson Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$20,000
Legacy Education & Community Emp · Forest, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$15,000
University of Mississippi Foundation · University, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$10,000
Methodist Children'S Home · Jackson, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$10,000
Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$10,000
Open Arms · Philadelphia, MS · 2025
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$10,000
Pollys Paws · Philadelphia, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$10,000
Prairie Belt Blues Foundation · West Point, MS · 2025
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$10,000
Prairie Belt Blues Foundation · West Point, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$10,000
Mission First Early Learning Center · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$10,000
University of Mississippi Foundation · University, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$5,000
2nd Chance Ms · Oxford, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$5,000
2nd Chance Ms · Oxford, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$5,000
2nd Chance Ms · Oxford, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$5,000
2nd Chance Ms · Oxford, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$3,000
Fondren Renaissance Society · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,500
Animal Rescue Fund of Ms · Jackson, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,500
Remo'S Rescue · Carthage, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,500
Attala County Baptist Association · Kosciusko, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,000
West Point Clay County Animal Shelter · West Point, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,000
McClean Fletcher Center · Jackson, MS · 2024
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,000
Animal Rescue Fund of Ms · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,000
Fondren Renaissance Society · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,000
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$2,000
Unc Center Study of the American South · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,500
Nature Conservancy in Ms · Jackson, MS · 2024
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$1,500
Nature Conservancy in Ms · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,500
Nature Conservancy in Ms · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
Andrew Goodman Foundation · Upper Saddle River, NJ · 2025
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$1,000
Clean Up Jackson · Jackson, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
Methodist Foundation of Ms · Ridgeland, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
Remo'S Rescue · Carthage, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
Wells Memorial United Methodist Church · Jackson, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
Friends of Thacker Mountain Radio · Oxford, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
McClean Fletcher Center · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
The River · Philadelphia, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
Lillydale Literacy Project · Marblehead, MA · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$1,000
Vieux Carre Property Owners · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$750
Ms Alliance of Nonprofit & Philanthropy · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$500
Living Services · Jackson, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$500
Jsu Development Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$500
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2023
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$500
Living Services · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$500
Murrah Debate Quiz Bowl · Jackson, MS · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$400
Lord'S Leading Ladies · Starkville, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$250
Lake Forest Ranch · Macon, MS · 2025
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$250
The Ohio River Way · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
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$250
Oacgc - Paddlefest (Outdoor Adventure Clubs of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Contribute to organization's exempt purpose
$200
Breakthrough Tid Formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2025
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$200
McClean Fletcher Center · Jackson, MS · 2022
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.