Nonprofit · EIN 72-1392119
MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · PEARL, MS 39208
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,605,137 | $2,313,879 | $291,258 | $3,914,814 | $408,331 | $3,506,483 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,251,965 | $2,234,681 | $17,284 | $3,710,353 | $518,660 | $3,191,693 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,129,345
- of which government grants
- $2,047,500
- Program service revenue
- $340,158
- Investment income
- $130,620
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $18,215
- Other revenue
- $5,014
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $12,500
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $103,657
- Other salaries and wages
- $603,409
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $856,546
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $51,520
- Occupancy
- $122,500
- Depreciation
- $68,251
- Program services (functional)
- $2,078,573
- Management and general (functional)
- $223,187
- Fundraising (functional)
- $12,119
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,710,353
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,914,814
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $408,331
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,506,483
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $299,298
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,138,620
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,985,450
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $521,033
- Gross receipts
- $3,016,760
- Employees
- 34
- Volunteers
- 18
- Year formed
- 2009
- State of legal domicile
- MS
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRENT BEAN | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $103,657 | $13,444 |
| MATT MCWILLIAMS | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WES WINBORNE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JASON HENRY | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TREY MCCOY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHNNY YOUNG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL WATERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRUCE BRUMFIELD | PAST CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTEE HOLBROOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LEE NATIONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID HILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES L ROBERTS JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WHIT ADAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM HUX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE PEPPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD SPIVEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PEGGY HARTHCOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SCOTT RUSSELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JANA BUFORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRENT BEAN | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $95,392 | $12,003 |
| MATT MCWILLIAMS | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WES WINBORNE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JASON HENRY | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM STEWART | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KIM JENT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL WATERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHIP MCALPIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTEE HOLBROOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVE CLABAUGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID HILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES L ROBERTS JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WHIT ADAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM HUX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE PEPPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LLOYD SPIVEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PEGGY HARTHCOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT RUSSELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANNON HILLMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TREY MCCOY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB WILSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LEE NATIONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHNNY YOUNG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 5165 OLD BRANDON RD, PEARL, MS 39208-9025
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- BRENT BEAN, 5165 OLD BRANDON ROAD, PEARL, MS 39208
- Signed the 990
- BRENT BEAN, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (601) 605-2989
- Website
- WWW.MCEF.COM
- Return prepared by
- MATTHEWS CUTRER & LINDSAY PA
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE CAREERS, RECRUIT CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS AND TRAIN A QUALITY WORKFORCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Program accomplishments
- DURING 2024, MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION (MCEF) CONTINUED TO STRIVE IN MEETING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WERE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED BY ITS FOUNDERS MANY DECADES AGO. THE STAFF AT MCEF WORKED VIGOROUSLY TOWARDS THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION OF PROMOTING CAREERS, RECRUITING CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS, AND TRAINING A QUALITY WORKFORCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN MISSISSIPPI. MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ALONG WITH THE STAFF OF MCEF, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACCELERATEMS MET QUARTERLY IN 2024 TO REVIEW THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF MISSISSIPPI'S CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. MCEF'S STAFF ALSO MET 3 TIMES IN 2024 WITH ALL 179 OF THE SECONDARY-CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL (CTE) CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS TO SHARE PERTINENT INFORMATION NEEDED TO KEEP THE PROGRAMS OPERATING PROPERLY AND TO INFORM THEM OF ANY PROBLEM AREAS THAT MAY REQUIRE MORE ATTENTION THAT WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS.ENROLLMENT IN SECONDARY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT MS GREW DURING THE 2024 SCHOOL YEAR. MCEF OVERSAW 106 CENTERS THAT COMPRISED 179 CONSTRUCTION TRADE PROGRAMS INCLUDING 6,000 STUDENTS. EIGHT NEW CAREER AND TECHNICAL TRADE PROGRAMS WERE ADDED TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IN ADDITION, MCEF CERTIFIED OVER 25 NEW INSTRUCTORS IN THE NCCER CURRICULUM. MCEF STAFF ALSO CERTIFIED OVER 1,000 INMATES INCARCERATED IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT MS, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE PROPER EDUCATION AND TRAINING THEY NEED TO ENSURE A FRESH START IN THE WORKFORCE INDUSTRY UPON RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION.IN THE 2024 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, MCEF CONTINUED ITS GOAL TO PLACE MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON RECRUITING AND PROMOTING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, IN LARGE PART TO SECONDARY STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN CT EDUCATION AND THAT ARE UNAWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES OFFER THAT WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR A LUCRATIVE FUTURE AND A SUCCESSFUL CAREER PATH. MCEF GREW ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS(MAIS) BY ASSISTING IN CREATING 5 STAND ALONG CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS SPEAKING TO MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND COUNSELORS ACROSS THE STATE. MCEF ALSO IMPLEMENTED MORE FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION WITH THE NEWLY HIRED ACCELERATEMS CAREER COACHES THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN VARIOUS SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREER(S). THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING AWARENESS OF CT EDUCATION TO THESE COACHES, AS WELL AS ALL SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS IS A KEY COMPONENT TO CHANGING THE DISTORTED IMAGE MISSISSIPPIANS HAVE ABOUT PURSUING A CAREER IN A SKILLED TRADE.IN THE SPRING OF 2024 MCEF ONCE AGAIN HOSTED THE SKILLSUSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CONSTRUCTION TRADES. PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALMOST 200 HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PUT THEIR SKILLS TO THE TEST AGAINST THEIR PEERS AS WELL AS PERFORM IN FRONT OF LEADING CONTRACTORS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS EVENT, MCEF HELD THEIR SECOND ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION CAREER JOB FAIR AND MCEF CONSTRUCTION CAREER SIGNING DAY. OVER 300 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OVER TWO DOZEN COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS TO DISCUSS JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TRADES. MCEF ALSO HAD TWENTY-TWO SENIORS SIGN THEIR INTENT TO CONTINUE THEIR PATH THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY VIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS, APPRENTICESHIPS, OR ENTERING STRAIGHT INTO THE WORKFORCE.Expenses $2,078,573 · grants $12,500 · revenue $340,158
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 72-1392119
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,914,814
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,016,760
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $2,605,137 | $2,313,879 | $3,914,814 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,251,965 | $2,234,681 | $3,710,353 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 72-1392119).
Questions about MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION is 72-1392119.
- Is MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names BRENT BEAN.
- Who are the officers and directors of MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 19 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $103,657 (BRENT BEAN, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does MISSISSIPPI CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $2,605,137, expenses of $2,313,879 and total assets of $3,914,814 at year end.
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