Loft in the Community

LOFT Mission and Focus

Since 2005, LOFT has awarded nearly $575,000 in grants to many deserving non-profit, charitable organizations across Oxford and Lafayette County to fulfill the mission of LOFT to improve quality of life in Oxford and Lafayette County.  LOFT’s five areas of interest for awarding grants are arts and cultural, civic, educational, health and human services, and municipal initiatives.

LOFT Community Stewardship

The LOFT Board of Directors takes very seriously its obligation to ensure that our precious resources of grant funds are used in ways to provide tangible, sustainable benefits not only to those in need, but to our community as a whole.  Applicant projects must take place within Lafayette County, and grant decisions are made on the local level by the LOFT Board of Directors.

The Role of LOFT, Now and into the Future

In a time of fiscal uncertainty for many nonprofits, community foundations such as LOFT are an increasingly important partner in quality of life initiatives throughout the country.  Community foundations help to fill funding gaps within communities around the nation, and likewise, LOFT seeks to support organizations on the local level whose work is critical to the fabric of Lafayette county and Oxford communities.

LOFT Board of Directors member Mary Sharp Rayner says, “Each year, LOFT grants reach across Oxford and Lafayette County to fund outstanding projects that benefit us all.  The great thing about LOFT is that every gift to our endowment ensures the improvement of quality of life here, for both current and future generations.”

View Previous Grantees

    • 2 nd Chance MS

    • Boy8GirlsCub

    • Camp Good Hope

    • CASA of N. MS

    • Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz

    • Doors of Hope

    • Lafayette Co Literacy

    • Council

    • Love Abound

    • Mississippi Presenters Network

    • Lafayette County: Lafayette County Multi-Purpose Center

    • North Mississippi Exchange Family Center

    • Oxford Medical Ministries Clinic

    • Oxford Civic Chorus

    • Oxford Community Market

    • Oxford Skateboard Association

    • Thacker Mountain

    • Theatre Oxford, Inc.

    • United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County

    • Women of Worth and Excellence

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

    • Red Clay Music Society

    • Oxford Community Market

    • Boys &Girls Club

    • Interfaith Ministry

    • CASA of N. Mississippi

    • Coats for Kidz

    • Doors of Hope

    • Oxford Medical Ministries Clinic

    • Multipurpose Arena

    • LOU Homes

    • North MS Exchange Club

    • Theatre Oxford

    • Oxford Civic Chorus

    • Purpose Awareness

    • MS Presenters Network

    • Lafayette County Literacy Council

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

    • United Way

    • Thacker Mountain

    • Oxford School District Foundation

    • Operation Fit Nation

    • Chamber of Commerce

    • Natchez Trace Council

    • Oxford Film Fest

    • Women of Worth

    • SOAR

    • Junteenth

    • Oxford Fiber Festival

    • Boys and Girls Club-Oxford

    • CASA of Lafayette County

    • Doors of Hope Transition Ministries

    • Girl Scouts Heart of the South

    • Lafayette County Literacy Council

    • MS Coats 4 Kids

    • Memory Makers Respite

    • Oxford Film Festival

    • Oxford Fiber Arts Festival

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • Oxford School District Foundation

    • Theatre Oxford

    • Thacker Mountain Radio Hour

    • Women of Worth and Excellence

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC)

    • Autism Center of North Mississippi

    • Boy Scouts of America, Yocona Area Council

    • Boys & Girls Clubs- Oxford

    • CASA of Lafayette County

    • Doors of Hope Transition Ministries

    • Gordon Community and Cultural Center, Inc.

    • Holding Hands Resale Shop

    • Lafayette County Literacy Council

    • Lafayette County Multi-Purpose Arena

    • LOU-Home

    • Memory Makers Respite Day Services of Oxford

    • Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz

    • Mississippi Presenters Network

    • Mississippi Rose Chapter of The Links

    • North Mississippi Exchange Family Center

    • Oxford Community Market

    • Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce

    • Oxford Fiber Arts Festival

    • Oxford Medical Ministries Clinic

    • Purpose Awareness

    • Quasar

    • Theatre Oxford

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC)

    • Boys and Girls Club of Oxford

    • CASA

    • Gordon Community and Cultural Center

    • MS Coats4Kidz

    • Doors of Hope

    • Holding Hand Resale Shop

    • Lafayette County Literacy Council

    • Lafayette County Fire Department

    • Medical Ministries

    • Memory Makers

    • MS Presenters Network

    • North MS Exchange Family Center

    • Oxford Fire Department

    • The Pantry (Oxford Food Bank)

    • UM Office of Community Engagement

    • Oxford Community Market


    • Boys and Girls Club of Oxford

    • Gordon Community and Cultural Center

    • Lafayette County Fire Department

    • Living Music Resources

    • Memory Makers

    • MS Coats4Kidz

    • Oxford Civic Chorus

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • Oxford Community Market

    • Thacker Mountain Radio Hour

    • Memory Makers Respite Day Services of Oxford Inc

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

    • UM School of Education

    • Burns Belfry Mutlicultural Center

    • First Regional Library

    • Oxford Civic Chorus

    • Living Music Resource

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • Friends of Thacker Mountain Radio, Inc.

    • Mississippi Coats 4 Kidz

    • Gordon Cultural and Educational Center

    • Oxford Film Festival

    • Theatre Oxford

    • Mississippi Presenters’ Network

    • Doors of Hope

    • Boys & Girls Club

    • United Way

    • Girl Scouts

    • Family Crisis Services

    • Oxford Film Festival

    • Friends of Thacker Mountain

    • YAC

    • Crimestoppers

    • Oxford Park Commission

    • VOX Press

    • Camp Lake Stephens

    • Della Davidson Elementary PTO

    • LOU Excel by 5

    • UM Musuem

    • Leisure Lifestyles of Oxford-OPC

    • Oxford Community Market

    • Communicare

    • Holding Hand Resale Shop

    • Dignity Period Oxford

    • Oxford Police Department

    • Lafayette County Fire Department

    • Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

    • Camp Lake Stephens

    • Oxford Middle School Library

    • Spork Leadership Lafayette Team

    • Habitat for Humanity

    • Gordon Community Center

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

    • Oxford Film Festival

    • Boys and Girls Clubs of North Mississippi

    • Exchange Club Family Center

    • Friends of Thacker Mountain Radio

    • Gordon Community and Cultural Center, Inc.

    • Lafayette High School

    • Oxford Film Festival

    • Oxford Park Commission

    • Rotary Club of Oxford

    • University of Mississippi Museum

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

    • Boys and Girls Clubs of North Mississippi

    • Doors of Hope Transitional Ministries

    • Friends of Thacker Mountain Radio, Inc.

    • Good Food for Oxford Schools

    • More Than a Meal/YAC Pack Series

    • North Mississippi Commission on Mental Health and Mental Retardation/Communicare

    • United Way of Oxford and Lafayette County

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council

    • Camp Lake Stephens

    • Friends of Thacker Mountain

    • Interfaith Compassion Ministry

    • L.O.U. Barksdale Clubhouse, Boys and Girls Club of Oxford

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • University of Mississippi Museum

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC) / Theatre Oxford

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC) / Art for Everyone

    • Doors of Hope Transitional Ministry

    • Interfaith Compassion Ministry

    • L.O.U. Barksdale Clubhouse, Boys and Girls Club of Oxford

    • LOU-Home, Inc. / Community Green

    • More Than a Meal

    • Oxford Ballet Association

    • Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation / Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center

    • Oxford Lafayette Historic Homes / Theatre Oxford

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • Oxford Park Commission / Leisure Lifestyles

    • The Leap Frog Program

    • United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County / LOU Excel by 5 Coalition

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC) / Art to Go

    • Oxford Conference for the Book

    • Doors of Hope Transitional Ministry

    • Family Crisis Services

    • Girl Scouts Heart of the South / More Than a Meal

    • Gordon Cultural Center

    • Interfaith Compassion Ministry

    • L.O.U. Barksdale Clubhouse, Boys and Girls Club of Oxford

    • L.Q.C. Lamar House Museum

    • Memory Makers

    • Oxford Film Festival

    • Oxford Lafayette Humane Society

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • Oxford Park Commission / Volunteer Oxford

    • Respite Day Services

    • Southern Foodways Alliance

    • United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County / LOU Excel by 5 Coalition

    • Veterans Memorial Park

    • William Faulkner Remembrance

    • Yocona International Folk Festival

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC)

    • Angel Ranch

    • Camp Lake Stephens

    • Interfaith Compassion Ministries

    • Oxford Film Festival

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • Southern Foodways Alliance

    • The Leap Frog Program

    • Theatre Oxford

    • Veterans Memorial Park

    • Yocona International Folk Festival

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC)

    • Angel Ranch

    • Camp Lake Stephens

    • Oxford Civic Chorus

    • Oxford Community Garden Association

    • Oxford Conference for the Book

    • Oxford-Lafayette Habitat for Humanity

    • Oxford Medical Ministries

    • Southern Foodways Alliance

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC)

    • Oxford Civic Chorus

    • United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC)

    • Angel Ranch

    • Cedar Oaks

    • Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation / Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center

    • Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC)

    • Lafayette County School District Partners for Success

    • Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library Garden Friends

    • Oxford Park Commission / Oxford Skate Park

    • RSVP/TRIAD

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    • City of Oxford / Oxford Police Department

    • Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation /Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center