Chisholm Foundation

The Chisolm Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to nonprofits on the areas of education, art, and religion.

At-A-Glance

Location: Laurel, MS View on map
Tax ID: 64-6014272
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $115,712,003 Revenue: $8,532,820 Expenses: $6,611,883

The Chisolm Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to nonprofits on the areas of education, art, and religion.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $115,712,003 $8,532,820 $6,611,883 View
2024 $112,746,429 $11,226,743 $6,505,247 View
2023 $101,960,203 $35,435,117 $5,153,995 View
2022 $53,985,435 $6,253,972 $5,478,701 View
2021 $97,086,832 $15,653,652 $7,331,052 View
2020 $81,528,435 $11,524,723 $4,761,923 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Expenses Detail

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $7,764,548
  • Number of Grants: 6
  • Number of Funders: 1

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,638,0002021 Trust Ma Chisholm Charitable TrustSEE ATT'D EXPENDITURE
$1,495,3482022 Trust Ma Chisholm Charitable TrustSEE ATT'D EXPENDITURE
$1,274,5002020 Trust Ma Chisholm Charitable TrustSee attched expenditure

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $13,244,567
  • Number of Grants: 669
  • Number of Recipients: 281

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$155,9292022 MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH, INC.donation
$150,0002022 Independent Women's Forumdonation
$150,0002022 Millsaps Collegedonation to the Special Schola
$150,0002022 Millsaps Collegedonation to the Special Schola
$150,0002022 Vmts Education Incdonation to VMTS Education
$125,0002022 Second Stage Theatre, Inc.donation
$100,0002022 Empowereddonation
$91,0002022 Independent Women's Forumdonation
$85,0002022 Second Stage Theatre, Inc.donation
$80,0002022 MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH, INC.donation
$75,0002022 American Transparencydonation to support "Open the B
$75,0002022 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratorydonation
$75,0002022 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Incdonation
$60,0002022 Mississippi Museum of Art Inc1st installment of $60,0000 fc
$60,0002022 OUTDOORS FOR ALL FOUNDATION3rd payment on $300,000 plec
$57,5002022 Hudson Institute Incdonation
$56,7932022 Vmts Education Incdonation to VMTS Education
$50,0002022 American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Researchdonation
$50,0002022 Cato Institutedonation to support "Project S
$50,0002022 Congaree Foundationdonation
$50,0002022 DISCOVERY INSTITUTEdonation
$50,0002022 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centerdonation to the MSKCC Spec
$50,0002022 Mount Olive Ministries Incto support MOM's Kids Zone
$50,0002022 Swedish Medical Center Foundationdonation to support the respon
$50,0002022 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Incdonation