The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi was born out of a cooperative project in 2000 to place an online computer in every DeSoto County public classroom. DeSoto became the first county in Mississippi to accomplish this goal as a pilot project for the state.

Following this model, Mississippi became the first state in the nation with an online computer in every public school classroom. After this success, a local steering committee met for more than two years, and the Foundation was incorporated in January 2002 to serve eight counties: Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica and Tate.

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Assets and Giving for Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi

Assets

2019 - 21,214,919
2018 - 17,536,858
2017 - 18,148,346
2016 - 17,725,540

Domestic Grants

2019 - 2,213,259
2018 - 2,107,869
2017 - 1,349,084

Link to Grants

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