2024-11-15T09:29:59-06:00 2023-12-31 640897081 MATTHEWS CUTRER & LINDSAY PA 1020 HIGHLAND COLONY PKWY 500 RIDGELAND MS 39157 990 2023-01-01 931238641 MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE MEDG 6017093595 PO BOX 13222 JACKSON MS 39236 REENA EVERS-EVERETTE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6017093595 2024-11-14 1 1 CHARLES R LINDSAY CPA P00294610 6018988875 2024-11-14 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z REENA EVERS-EVERETTE PO BOX 13222 JACKSON MS 39236 553791 0 X N/A X 2014 MS NURTURING POSITIVE CIVIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE BY ENGAGING IN MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 8 6 1 100 0 0 63362 106645 0 0 0 0 0 0 63362 106645 0 0 0 0 51336 69159 0 0 21285 97000 63131 148336 132290 -84974 -25645 65726 40081 0 0 65726 40081 X NURTURING POSITIVE CIVIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE BY ENGAGING IN INNOVATIVE AND MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES. 0 0 91266 "WHAT'S AT STAKE:" THE SERIES. "WHAT'S AT STAKE?" IS A SERIES THAT EXAMINES CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL JUSTICE CHALLENGES IMPACTING AFRICAN AMERICANS AND DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES. THE 2023 SERIES BRINGS TOGETHER THOUGHT LEADERS FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS, CREATIVE SECTOR, AND HEALTHCARE COMMUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF RECENT EFFORTS AND OTHER MODERN-DAY BARRIERS CONTROLLING THE VALUABLE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS. GENERATION Z SUMMIT THE GENERATION Z (GEN Z) SUMMIT IS A SEVEN-DAYS, SIX-NIGHTS SUMMIT, THAT BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG LEADERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND DISCUSS BEST PRACTICES ON ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM. THESE YOUNG LEADERS EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY, TRAVELING TO HISTORICAL SITES AND LOCATIONS MONUMENTAL TO OUR HISTORY, AND THROUGH STORY EXCHANGE WITH PAST AND PRESENT COMMUNITY LEADERS. IN HONORING THE LIVES OF MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ALONG WITH OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEGENDS, THESE YOUNG LEADERS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BECOME LEADERS THAT WILL GUIDE THE NEXT GENERATION FORWARD. THIS INAUGURAL GEN Z SUMMIT WAS PART OF THE VOICES OF COURAGE AND JUSTICE COMMEMORATIVE CELEBRATION. VOICES OF COURAGE AND JUSTICE COMMEMORATIVE CELEBRATIONCOMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF MEDGAR EVERS ASSASSINATION, THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE PRESENTED THE VOICES OF COURAGE AND JUSTICE COMMEMORATIVE CELEBRATION. A SEVEN-DAY EVENT, CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MR. EVERS AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MRS. MYLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS WAS ALSO HONORED FOR HER UNWAVERING BRAVERY AS SHE CONTINUED THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY FOR ALL AFTER MR. EVERS MURDER. THE FESTIVITIES INCLUDED A GENERATION Z SUMMIT; A PICTORIAL EXHIBIT FROM THE ERNEST WITHERS COLLECTION FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; A SPEAKERS SERIES, A FILM FESTIVAL, A NIGHT WITH THE MISSISSIPPI BRAVES, HONORING MEDGAR EVERS; NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE TRAILS & RAILS EVENT WITH THE GRAND OPENING OF THE EVERS FAMILY HOME NATIONAL MONUMENT AND THE MYRLIE EVERS GARDEN; THE MORE THAN A WIDOW BRUNCH, HONORING MRS. MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS; AND THE COURAGE AND JUSTICE GALA, CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF MR. AND MRS. EVERS AS WELL AS HONORING CIVIL RIGHTS LEGENDS, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL LEADERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVIL RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND NATIONWIDE. MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP( FORMERLY SCHOLARS PROGRAM)THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS INSTITUTE AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVE AND HISTORY. DESIGNED TO INCREASE THEIR LIFE-LONG INTEREST, ENCOURAGE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF MEDGAR EVERS'S LIFE AND WORK, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN MISSISSIPPI BY UPPER-LEVEL 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.ONE COMPETITIVE FELLOWSHIP WILL BE AWARDED. REDI (RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVETHE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, IN COLLABORATION WITH BY 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 BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREAS OF BUSINESS STRUCTURE, LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, MANAGING FINANCES, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, STRATEGIC PLANNING AS WELL AS SHORT AND LONG-TERM BUSINESS GOALS. WITH THIS HELPFUL INFORMATION, THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND EMERGING BUSINESS OWNERS, IN WHAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY HIGH POVERTY AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREAS, 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. 91266 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MS X REENA EVERS-EVERETTE 6017093595 PO BOX 13222 JACKSON MS 39236 MYRLIE EVERS CHAIRMAN EMERITUS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DR MARINO BRUCE CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ALVENO CASTILLA TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ROSCOE JONES JR VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 AREKIA BENNETT-SCOTT BOARD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE EVERS-EVERETTE BOARD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALEX LAWSON BOARD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER JOHNSON BOARD DIRECTOR/LEGAL COUNSEL 1.00 X 0 0 0 REENA EVERS-EVERETTE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 64170 0 0 64170 0 0 0 0 0 0 THE MARKHAM GROUP 1000 W 3RD STREET LITTLE ROCK AR 72201 GALA EVENT PRODUCTION 281206 1 6645 100000 106645 447146 6645 447146 0 106645 0 0 0 64170 38502 9625 16043 4989 2993 749 1247 5852 5852 6700 3350 1675 1675 2117 1397 360 360 2990 1974 508 508 PROGRAM EXPENSES 35792 35792 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 9680 7258 970 1452 132290 91266 19739 21285 50726 38109 15000 1972 1650 1650 0 0 65726 40081 0 0 X 65726 40081 65726 40081 65726 40081 -25645 0 X 0 0 0 X 28691 102872 158337 63362 553791 907053 28691 102872 158337 63362 553791 907053 240577 666476 907053 0.73480 0.50180 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1650 1650 0 0 MEDGAR EVERS REMEMBRANCE EVENT 60TH 453791 6645 447146 447146 453791 6645 447146 447146 447146 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN MYRLIE EVERS (CHAIRMAN EMERITUS), REENA EVERS-EVERETTE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) AND NICOLE EVERS-EVERETTE (BOARD MEMBER). FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS SENT TO THE BOARD OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARISE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ANSWERED AMD CLEARED PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C AFTER DISCLOSURE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND ALL MATERIAL FACTS, AND AFTER ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERESTED PERSON, SUCH PERSON SHALL LEAVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR COMMITTEE MEETING WHILE THE DETERMINATION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DISCUSSED AND VOTED UPON. THE REMAINING DIRECTORS OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHALL DECIDE IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE BOARD REVIEWS COMPENSATION ANNUALLY BEFORE ANY CHANGES ARE MADE AND COMPARES THE COMPENSATION TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.