Manna Ministries

What Manna Ministries does

Manna Ministries is a faith-based 501(c)-style nonprofit organization headquartered at 120 Street A, Picayune, Mississippi, founded in 1989 and operating across Pearl River County with a staff of 11–50 employees and professional volunteers. The organization functions as a community safety net for uninsured and low-income residents, delivering free medical care (primary care, cardiology, diagnostics, women's health), free dental services for adults aged 18–70, after-school literacy tutoring through the Head & Heart program (grades 1–3), family stabilization/advocacy services, and weekly mobile food distribution to home-bound individuals. Service delivery is conducted at its Picayune headquarters, a satellite clinic in Poplarville, and through a mobile food truck operating countywide. The Head & Heart program has run for 14+ years with a documented 85%+ grade-level reading outcome rate, and the Family Advocacy Program reports a 70% family stabilization rate.

The organization's revenue model is a hybrid of charitable contributions and earned income: individual and corporate donations, foundation grants (including disclosed grants from AstraZeneca and the O'Reilly Automotive Foundation), United Way funding, and proceeds from the in-house Twice As Nice Thrift Store, which the organization claims generates a $20 community return for every $1 spent. Distribution is direct-to-beneficiary with no customer-facing pricing, and all services are provided free of charge. The technology footprint is minimal — a Wix-hosted website and Facebook presence — and there is no proprietary software, app, or AI/ML capability disclosed.

Strategically, Manna Ministries competes on depth of community relationships, the breadth of its integrated service offering (medical + dental + education + food + advocacy under one roof), and the embedded thrift-store funding engine that differentiates it from purely donation-dependent peer organizations. Its growth is constrained by geography (single county), funder concentration, and dependence on volunteer-staffed medical capacity. Recent moves — the O'Reilly Foundation grant for food truck upkeep, satellite Poplarville clinic operations, and active social-media engagement — suggest incremental rather than transformational expansion.

Name

Manna Ministries

Legal name

Manna Ministries

Website

https://mannaministry.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Manna Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit in Picayune, Mississippi, providing free medical, dental, tutoring, family advocacy, and food distribution services to uninsured and low-income residents of Pearl River County, funded by donations, grants, and its Twice As Nice Thrift Store.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health & Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Equity, Access & Social Determinants Programs (BPAIAJAO), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC), Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Free medical clinic
• Free dental services
• After school tutoring
• Family advocacy services
• Community food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Picayune

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual and corporate donations from community members supporting the organization's mission to provide free healthcare, dental care, tutoring, and family advocacy services.
2. Twice As Nice Thrift Store: Non-profit thrift store where 100% of proceeds support local community initiatives including free medical visits, free dental care, free medications, and food distribution. For every $1 spent, $20 returns to the community.
3. Grants: Foundation grants supporting specific programs such as the O'Reilly Automotive Foundation grant for food truck maintenance and United Way funding for tutoring programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Manna Ministries delivers free medical, dental, after-school tutoring, family advocacy, and food distribution services to uninsured and low-income residents of Pearl River County, Mississippi. It also operates the Twice As Nice Thrift Store, whose proceeds fund these free community programs. All direct services to clients are provided at no charge, supported by donations, grants, and thrift store revenue.

Product overview

Manna Ministries operates as a social services organization offering multiple interconnected community programs. The core offerings include a free medical clinic and dental clinic serving uninsured populations, an afterschool tutoring program (Head & Heart) for reading intervention, a family advocacy program connecting families to resources, a food distribution program for home-bound individuals, and the Twice As Nice Thrift Store which generates funding for all other programs. The thrift store serves as the primary funding mechanism, with proceeds directly supporting the healthcare, tutoring, and food distribution services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Twice As Nice Thrift Store: A nonprofit thrift store where 100% of proceeds go back to the community. For every $1 spent, $20 returns to the community through free medical visits, dental care, and medications. For every $2 spent, 58 home-bound individuals receive food weekly.
• Head & Heart After School Tutoring Program

Products and services

• Medical Clinic

Quantifiable outcome

• 85%+ of students enrolled in tutoring program achieve grade-level reading
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United Way of South MississippicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Way of South Mississippi provides critical funding support for the Head & Heart After School Tutoring Program, which targets students grades 1st-3rd not reading at grade level. Program has operated for 14+ years with 85%+ success rate in improving reading outcomes.
• Resurrection LifeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization with logo displayed on Manna Ministries website, indicating collaborative relationship in community support efforts.
• United Way (Logo)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnited Way logo appears in partner section of website, indicating collaborative relationship supporting community initiatives.
• Coast ElectricminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoast Electric logo appears in partner section, indicating partnership supporting Manna Ministries community programs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coastal Family Health Center: Federally Qualified Health Center operating a multi-site network across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including free and sliding-scale medical and dental care for uninsured and low-income residents. Highly comparable to Manna Ministries' regional clinic-based safety-net model in Mississippi.
• Christ Community Health Services: Faith-based nonprofit health system in Memphis, Tennessee operating multiple clinic sites offering medical, dental, and pharmacy services to underserved populations. Comparable faith-rooted safety-net model.
• Volunteers in Medicine: National network of free clinics relying on volunteer healthcare professionals to serve uninsured and underinsured populations. Directly comparable model of free, volunteer-driven primary care delivery.
• Mercy Health Clinic: Free clinic in Maryland serving uninsured low-income residents with primary and specialty care via volunteer providers. Directly comparable free-clinic safety-net model.
• Good Samaritan Health Center: Atlanta-based nonprofit providing free medical, dental, and ancillary services to uninsured low-income patients. Comparable as a faith-rooted, integrated safety-net clinic model.
• Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative: Network of community health centers serving rural southeast Mississippi with primary care, dental, and enabling services for uninsured populations. Comparable as a regional safety-net provider in the same geography and patient demographic.
• Jackson Free Clinic: Student-run volunteer free clinic in Jackson, Mississippi providing primary care and specialty services to uninsured adults. Directly comparable as a free medical safety net serving uninsured Mississippians.

Emerging players

• Feeding the Gulf Coast: Regional food bank serving south Mississippi and Alabama with mobile pantry and food rescue programs. Comparable to Manna's food distribution component and home-bound meal program.

Regional players

• Catholic Charities of Jackson: Faith-rooted nonprofit in central Mississippi providing food, housing, and family support services to low-income families. Comparable regional nonprofit offering food distribution and family advocacy.

Broad incumbents

• Mississippi Primary Health Care Association: State-level association representing Mississippi's community health centers and FQHCs. Comparable as the broader policy/funding umbrella for the category Manna operates within.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/150994191582367
• Xx.com/mannaministrie2
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/manna-ministries-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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