Funding search · women's health · Mississippi
Who funds women's health work in Mississippi
15 funders have a record of paying for women's health work by Mississippi recipients: 43 grants totaling $5.1M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($245,000), The Bower Foundation ($1.5M) and Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation ($231,523).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Mississippi recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $31,000 to JOSEPH ABRAHAM DONALD MCBRIDE - JAC — 79943 health policy research scholars cohort six - 2022
Largest: $312,836 to MHA HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION — ms student nurse mentorship
Largest: $90,523 to PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE — dr. william lewis honors insitute lyceum lecture series - year ix, 2021 womens health symposium, modernization of organic chemistry, and wildcat way to adventure - kid's college.
Community Foundation of NorthwestHernando, MSCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $436,000 to WOMENS AND CHILDRENS HEALTH — women&childrens' health initiatives
Largest: $2,500 to MANNING FAMILY FUND — to support the ummc missions of education, research, and health care
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
6 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2022Largest: $250,000 to HERBAL BLESSINGS LLC — provide technical assistance and capacity building to low-income minority and women owned health and wellness businesses resulting in greater health and wealth equity outcomes
Community CatalystBoston, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $266,000 · through 2024Largest: $168,500 to MISSISSIPPI BLACK WOMEN'S ROUNDTABLE — support health issues
Largest: $150,000 to ECUMENICAL COALITION FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES — reproductive health
Women'S Foundation of MississippiJackson, MSCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MINORITY HEALTH — support for healthy women, health families initiative
Rei Cooperative Action FundSumner, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $84,909 · through 2023Largest: $84,909 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI — health and nature research
College of American Pathologists FoundationNorthfield, ILCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,992 · through 2022Largest: $9,992 to University of Mississippi Medical Center — women's health study grant - phase #1
Largest: $10,000 to DELTA COTTON BELLES — women's health
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