Lamar County Education Foundation INC

Tax-deductible

Hattiesburg, MS501(c)(3)EducationEIN 72-1362270Revenue $67K in FY2025

On file with the IRSlamarfoundation.orgPo Box 18590, 39404-8590 · Hattiesburg, MSTax-exempt since Nov 2005Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

This page gets seen. Tell your story. Claim this org.

To promote and aid educational funding for Lamar County, ms schools

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

Before you give

FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $21K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
1
named funder · $466
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$74K
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$67K
-74% vs prior year
Spent
$183K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$355K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$67K
FY2025▼ -74%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$170K
FY2021$222K
FY2022$371K
FY2023$302K
FY2024$254K
FY2025$67K
Expenses
$183K
FY2025▼ -11%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$113K
FY2021$131K
FY2022$493K
FY2023$385K
FY2024$205K
FY2025$183K
Net assets
$355K
FY2025▼ -25%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$637K
FY2021$729K
FY2022$606K
FY2023$523K
FY2024$470K
FY2025$355K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2005.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $146K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? The org can add a note here. Claim this org to fix it.

Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
See Lamar County Education Foundation INC executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Something off? The org can add a note here. Claim this org to fix it.

Programs and updates

Provides funding and support for Lamar County, Mississippi schools' educational programs.

Questions for Lamar County Education Foundation INC

Tap to ask. Lamar County Education Foundation INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Lamar County Education Foundation INC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

1 program · $174K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Public awareness of the need for increased funding for the schools was increased

$174Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$466
Grants paid · 15 grants · $1.1M · 2020–2024
Various Lamar County SchoolsFY2024$121,746
Backpack Food ProgramFY2024$38,400
Various Lamar County SchoolsFY2023$205,924
Backpack Food ProgramFY2023$32,556
Individual RecipientFY2023$7,000
Various Lamar County SchoolsFY2022$421,949
2nd Chance MississippiFY2022$17,890
Backpack Food ProgramFY2022$17,864
Individual RecipientFY2022$8,694
Various Lamar County SchoolsFY2021$97,374
Backpack Food ProgramFY2021$16,104
2nd Chance MississippiFY2021$8,428
Various Lamar County SchoolsFY2020$83,150
Backpack Food ProgramFY2020$18,630
Individual RecipientFY2020$5,776

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$67K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$67K
Money outPt IX
$183K
Ln 25
Programscol B$146K
Owns and owesPt X
$355K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$429K
LiabilitiesLn 26$74K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$67K
Total revenueLn 12$67K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$429K
LiabilitiesLn 26$74K
Net assetsLn 32$355K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $67K$183K−$116K$355K 990 PDF
FY2024 $254K$205K$49K$470K 990 PDF
FY2023 $302K$385K−$83K$523K 990 PDF
FY2022 $371K$493K−$122K$606K 990 PDF
FY2021 $222K$131K$92K$729K 990 PDF
FY2020 $170K$113K$57K$637K 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.