Medgar Evers Institute
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
NURTURING POSITIVE CIVIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE BY ENGAGING IN INNOVATIVE AND MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES.
- Income
- $109,248
- Spending
- $117,434
- Spent on programs
- 73%
- Reserves
- 3.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $64,170, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 74 out of 100. Higher than 50% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 7% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1573% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 12 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 90% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $86,164 spent. - "WHAT'S AT STAKE:" FREEDOM SUMMER:"WHAT'S AT STAKE?" IS A SERIES THAT EXAMINES CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL JUSTICE CHALLENGES AFFECTING AFRICAN AMERICANS AND DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES. THE 2024 SERIES FREEDOM SUMMER PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER THOUGHT LEADERS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS, CREATIVE, AND HEALTHCARE COMMUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF RECENT EFFORTS AND OTHER MODERN-DAY BARRIERS THAT LIMIT AMERICANS' VALUABLE RIGHTS. EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WITH A FOCUS ON THE EVENTS OF THE FREEDOM SUMMER OF 1964. PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR VOTING RIGHTS AND THE IMPACT OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. - MEDGAR WILEY EVERS LECTURE SERIES: JOY REID PRESENTS HER NEWEST BOOK, "MEDGAR AND MYRLIE: MEDGAR EVERS AND THE LOVE STORY THAT AWAKENED AMERICA." NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR, AND HOST OF MSNBC'S THE REIDOUT WILL DISCUSS HER LATEST BOOK, MEDGAR EVERS AND THE LOVE STORY THAT AWAKENED AMERICA, WITH MODERATOR EBONY LUMUMBA, CHAIR OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY. THE DISCUSSION WILL ANALYZE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT'S HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH THE LIVES AND LEGACY OF MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS. - MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (FORMERLY SCHOLARS PROGRAM):A CONVERSATION WITH KEON BURNS"WE DID MORE THAN BAG GROCERIES: BLACK GROCERS, ACTIVISM, AND COMMUNITY RESISTANCE DURING THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN MISSISSIPPI"KEON BURNS, A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE IN HISTORY AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARDED BY THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY.THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY. DESIGNED TO FOSTER LIFELONG INTEREST, ENCOURAGE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF MEDGAR EVERS'S LIFE AND WORK, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN MISSISSIPPI, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, THE FELLOWSHIP SEEKS TO NURTURE GRADUATE STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER FACULTY MEMBERS. PRIMARY SOURCE RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED IN RESIDENCE AT THE WILLIAM F. WINTER ARCHIVES AND HISTORY BUILDING IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. - REDI (RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE)THE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TOUGALOO COLLEGE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, IS A FREE, TWELVE-WEEK PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ON-SITE AND VIRTUAL TRAINING SESSIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS IN ADAMS, CLAIBORNE, JEFFERSON, AND WILKINSON COUNTIES. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES TO ESTABLISHED AND PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS ON BUSINESS STRUCTURE, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND SHORT- AND LONG-TERM BUSINESS GOALS. WITH THIS INFORMATION, BUSINESS OWNERS AND EMERGING BUSINESS OWNERS IN AREAS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD HIGH POVERTY, AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT CAN CREATE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES AND LIVELIHOODS FOR MANY RURAL FAMILIES. - A-TEAAM (AMBASSADORS OF THE EVERS ACADEMY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES) THE A-TEAAM IS A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, ORIGINALLY BASED IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, WHICH INSPIRES YOUNG MALES OF COLOR IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LIVE THE LEGACY OF MEDGAR EVERS. THESE YOUNG MEN INTERACT WITH A "VILLAGE" OF ROLE MODELS AND MENTORS OF TWENTY-THREE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. WITH THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM IN JACKSON, CANTON, AND MERIDIAN, MS, THE A-TEAAM HAS EXPANDED ITS REACH TO OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO INCLUDE HOUSTON, TX, E. ST. LOUIS, IL, LAS VEGAS, NV, CINCINNATI, OH, CHICAGO, IL, LOUISVILLE, KY, AND WASHINGTON, D.C. - PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO MEDGAR WILEY EVERS:MEDGAR WILEY EVERS WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM BY PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN.THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM IS THE HIGHEST U.S. CIVILIAN HONOR, AWARDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE "AN ESPECIALLY MERITORIOUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SECURITY OR NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES, WORLD PEACE, CULTURAL OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENDEAVORS." AWARDEES ARE SELECTED BY THE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN SELECTED THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM IN 1946. - GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION HONORING MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS:SINCE 2007, THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION AWARD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHOSE VISION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITARIANISM HAVE TRANSFORMED THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS AND ADVANCED SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE SPIRIT OF GORDON PARKS' OWN WORK.MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS WAS HONORED BY THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION AT ITS ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER AND AUCTION. THE HONOR RECOGNIZED MS. EVERS-WILLIAMS'S LIFELONG LEADERSHIP IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SERVICE AND ELEVATED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF MMEI'S MISSION TO PRESERVE CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY, PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS. - POMONA COLLEGE: DISCUSSION WITH JOY REID AND HER BOOK "MEDGAR AND MYRLIE: MEDGAR EVERS AND THE LOVE STORY THAT AWAKENED AMERICA."MMEI PARTICIPATED IN AN EDUCATIONAL DISCUSSION AT POMONA COLLEGE FEATURING JOY REID AND HER BOOK MEDGAR AND MYRLIE. THE PROGRAM CENTERED ON MS. REID'S 2024 PUBLICATION, MEDGAR AND MYRLIE: MEDGAR EVERS AND THE LOVE STORY THAT AWAKENED AMERICA AND EXAMINED THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THROUGH THE LIVES AND LEGACY OF MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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