Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, Inc.
To address food insecurity among students in the Mississippi Delta duing COVID-19
2020
Home Region
$100,000
Environmental Working Group
To bring attention to the consequences of agricultural pollution for drinking water and quality of life, build capacity of organizations in the upper Mississippi River basin to communicate and advocate on water quality issues, and explore innovative approaches to improve the durability of conservation efforts, including remote sensing of cover crops
To partner with the Clarksdale Municipal School District to provide The Mississippi Reading Roadmap program, a comprehensive out-of-school approach to improve early literacy achievement with 300 students attending the district's four elementary schools
2020
Home Region
$200,000
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Inc.
To support Shifting Rhythms, a mobile technology, arts and entrepreneurship after-school and summer enrichment program in Coahoma County, Mississippi
2020
Home Region
$167,613
Mississippi's Lower Delta Partnership
Continued support for the Mississippi's Lower Delta Partnership (LDP) to continue work promoting USDA conservation programs to encourage conservation and reforestation in the Mississippi Delta
To support the Bridge to Soil Health Program by building a deeper and broader coalition to develop a greater, shared understanding of how agriculture impacts soil health and climate change in the Upper Mississippi River basin.
