Active / Applicant-Specific Verification Required — official CFM grants page lists the Shackelford Fund opportunity open year-round. Applicant-specific pursuit remains gated on downtown Jackson eligibility/direct impact, current portal/forms/attachments, verified Contact/email, opt-out/bounce clearance, and exact-opportunity deduplication.Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100
CFM-SHACKELFORD-FUND-GRANTS-ROLLING
Community Foundation for Mississippi John F. & Lucy Shackelford Fund Grants — Rolling
Community Foundation for Mississippi accepts year-round letters of interest for John F. and Lucy Shackelford Fund support benefiting downtown Jackson. Eligible charitable organizations and government entities may seek support for structures, programs/projects, event sponsorships, and other requests tied to long-term downtown livability and improvement.
FundingCurrent public opportunity page does not publish a minimum, maximum, or standard award range.
DeadlineOpen year-round; no fixed deadline, clock time, or time zone published.
Last verifiedSeptember 24, 2026
Required next actionIdentify a specific charitable organization or government entity with a defensible downtown Jackson project; verify direct downtown impact, current grants-portal requirements, project budget and any applicant-specific match/procurement requirements, verified business Contact/email, Email_Opt_Out, permanent hard-bounce status, CRM/Atlas_Email_Queue/authoritative send-history deduplication, and the canonical Mississippi WorkDrive path before ORIGINAL outreach or package production.
Broad Eligibility
Charitable organizations or government entities located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, or organizations whose request directly serves downtown Jackson. Applicants outside downtown must demonstrate direct impact to downtown.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100. N9+ Fit Score 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit Score 10/100 conditional. Direct Vendor Fit 0/100. Strong local/community-development relevance with a year-round intake, but the current public page does not publish a controlling award range. N9+ has no defensible direct pathway. QC Healthcare relevance is conditional on a separately credible downtown Jackson health/community project and verified allowable costs.
The Community Foundation for Mississippi (CFM) currently lists John F. and Lucy Shackelford Fund Grants as an open year-round opportunity supporting long-term improvements in downtown Jackson, Mississippi.
Eligibility: Charitable organizations or government entities located in downtown Jackson, or organizations whose request directly serves downtown Jackson. Applicants based outside downtown must demonstrate a direct downtown impact.
Funding: The current controlling public opportunity page does not publish a minimum award, maximum award, or standard award range. Historical Shackelford Fund awards demonstrate substantial prior investment in downtown Jackson, but those prior awards are not a controlling current funding range or cap.
Match / cost share: No fixed mandatory cash-match percentage is stated on the current public opportunity page. CFM does state that applicants should be able to demonstrate the request’s connection to downtown livability and the support of the community and/or other funders.
Eligible request types: The current letter-of-interest pathway asks whether the request is for a physical structure, a program or project, an event sponsorship, or another type of request. The fund’s stated focus is long-term improvement of downtown Jackson and its livability.
Deadline: Open year-round; no fixed closing date, clock time, or time zone is published.
Submission: Letter of interest through the Community Foundation for Mississippi grants portal. Applicant-specific portal fields, forms, attachments, budget requirements, and any project-specific procurement conditions must be re-verified before package production or submission support.
Atlas assessment: Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100. N9+ Fit Score 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit Score 10/100 conditional. Direct Vendor Fit 0/100. This is a broad downtown community-improvement fund, not a direct healthcare-device or vendor program. QC Healthcare relevance would require an independently credible downtown Jackson health/community project and specific allowable-cost confirmation; N9+ should not be forced into this opportunity.
Outreach status: No ORIGINAL outreach is authorized from this research record alone. Before applicant-specific action, Atlas must verify a qualifying organization and project, current portal requirements, a verified business Contact/email, Email_Opt_Out, permanent hard-bounce status, exact-opportunity CRM/Atlas_Email_Queue/send-history deduplication, and the canonical Mississippi WorkDrive path.
Source verificationReferenced source · formississippi.orgAtlas last verified this record September 24, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
