Mississippi Sports Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$656k
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$718k
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$1.2m
$47k liabilities
Net assets
$1.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
25
6.8y av
Staff
10
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
8
named in Part VII
Mississippi Sports Foundation Inc's network
25 people14 organisationsi25 people and 14 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (25). Violet dotted lines (17) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
25 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 29 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 25 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Hart | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ben James | Director Emeritus | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ben Lane | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Brian Sims | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Bryan Lagg | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Chris Champion | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Chris Correro | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Chris Maddux | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Cissye Gallagher | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jim Keith | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Johnny Ray | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Joseph S McNulty | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Karl Bierdeman | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Katie Hester | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ken Graeber | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Marcus Wallace | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Boerner | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Nick Crutcher | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Ron Winford | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Ronnie Musgrove | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sidney Allen | Vice-President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Stephen Sims | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Steve Rowell | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Terry High | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Whit Hughes | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Blackwell | Executive Director | since 2018 |
| Billy Brunt | Treasurer | since 2018 |
| CAL Wells | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Chris Correro | Vice-Preside | since 2018 |
| Johnny Ray | -President | 2018 |
| Joseph Moss | Vice President | since 2020 |
| Lulu Maness | Adminsitrato | since 2018 |
| Sam Kelly | Vice President | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lulu Maness | Administrator | 40 | $76k | ||
| Andrea Patterson | Executive Director | 40 | $71k | ||
| Chris Correro | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| John Holtman | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Ben James | Director Emeritus | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael Boerner | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Nick Crutcher | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Sidney Allen | Vice-President | 0 | $0 | ||
| Chris Champion | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Johnny Ray | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Alan Hart | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Katie Hester | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Doug Davis | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Terry High | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Whit Hughes | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Jim Keith | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Cissye Gallagher | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Joseph S McNulty | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Brad Maley | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Ben Lane | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Brian Sims | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Stephen Sims | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Marcus Wallace | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Chris Maddux | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Ken Graeber | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Bryan Lagg | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Steve Rowell | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Margaret White | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Billy Brunt | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Cal Wells | Secretary | 3 | $0 | ||
| Sam Kelly | President | 2 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Mississippi Sports Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 640824344
- Address
- 1152 Lakeland Dr, Jackson, MS, 39216-4701
- State
- Mississippi
- Mission
- The organization's mission is to protect, promote and preserve mississippi's rich sports history while operating the mississippi sports hall of fame & museum. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- A58I Arts, culture and humanities
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1992
- Principal officer
- Andrea Patterson (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 1993
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBrian Sims
≥8years on the filingsChris Maddux
≥8years on the filingsJim Keith
≥8years on the filingsJoseph S McNulty
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.2m
- Total liabilities
- $47k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $180k
- Program service revenue
- $89k
- Employees
- 10
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $572k | $663k | Deficit $92k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.