How much does Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc give?

Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc reported 71 itemized grants totaling $3,507,128, out of $3,582,990 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 81 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (42%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (7%).

Who are Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Back Bay Mission ($4.7M), Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity I ($1.1M), Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast ($931k).

Does Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mississippi Power Foundation Inc, Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation, Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Foundation Inc.

Where is Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc based?

Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc is based in MS.

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Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc

The gulf coast community foundation is a public charity dedicated to the progressive development of worthy causes, providing donor services, and promoting and providing leadership in response to changing community needs. The foundation is a vehicle for charitable giving through which individuals, families, corporations, non-profit…

$3.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 71
Itemized grants FY2024: 61
Organizations funded FY2023: 41%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $3.5M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $1,519,489
Organizations funded a year: 23 to 81; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 5
Total assets, FY2024: $38M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $714k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationAnimalsHealthPhilanthropyOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	70	$3.5M	47%
FY2023	61	$3.8M	41%
FY2022	56	$2.0M	46%
FY2021	81	$2.3M	60%
FY2020	67	$1.5M	67%
FY2019	43	$1.4M	58%
FY2018	23	$1.5M	43%
FY2017	29	$1.4M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$7.6MEducation$3.9MPhilanthropy$1.3MArts & Culture$930kHuman Services$692kFood & Nutrition$625kReligion$509kAnimals$503kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Back Bay Mission	$4,655,395	9	43%
Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity I	$1,088,649	6	73%
Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast	$931,232	7	11%
Habitat for Humanity Bay-Waveland Area Inc	$519,897	2	35%
Lauderdale County Habitat for Humanity	$257,080	3	65%
Picayune School District	$241,557	2	n/a
Pascagoula - Gautier School District	$234,100	1	n/a
Hancock County Food Pantry Inc	$231,521	6	19%
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center	$213,326	4	17%
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Inc	$190,500	2	0%

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All grantees of Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Back Bay Mission	$4,655,395	9	43%
Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity I	$1,088,649	6	73%
Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast	$931,232	7	11%
Habitat for Humanity Bay-Waveland Area Inc	$519,897	2	35%
Lauderdale County Habitat for Humanity	$257,080	3	65%
Picayune School District	$241,557	2	n/a
Pascagoula - Gautier School District	$234,100	1	n/a
Hancock County Food Pantry Inc	$231,521	6	19%
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center	$213,326	4	17%
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Inc	$190,500	2	0%
Gulfport Main Street Association	$190,000	4	58%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast Inc	$169,446	6	2%
United Way of South Mississippi	$160,932	6	7%
Church of the Good Shepherd Inc	$159,750	6	n/a
Feeding the Gulf Coast	$154,364	3	0%
Count Appointment Special Advocates of South Mississippi	$153,007	5	9%
Manna Ministries Inc	$149,500	7	10%
Catholic Social and Community Services	$143,838	2	3%
Hancock Resource Center	$139,190	4	5%
Gulf Coast Main Street Corp Biloxi	$127,700	3	18%
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Foundation Inc	$120,000	4	4%
Humane Society of South Mississippi	$109,914	8	1%
United Way for Jacksongeorge & Greene Counties Ms Inc	$102,500	1	9%
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra Inc	$98,687	3	18%
National Energy Education Development Project Inc	$91,450	2	2%
United Way of the Capital Area Inc	$82,000	1	3%
Elijahs Closet	$81,976	5	30%
Friends of the Animal Shelter Hancock County	$66,725	7	9%
Catholic Charities Housing Associat of Biloxi Inc	$65,000	1	2%
Friends of Jackson County Animal Shelter Pets	$63,000	4	17%
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Inc	$62,083	8	3%
Mississippi Coding Academies	$58,000	2	7%
Jacobs Well Ministries Inc	$57,416	1	2%
Gulf Coast Christian Life Center Inc	$56,321	2	11%
Okeefe Educational Media	$54,684	3	11%
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation	$52,500	3	0%
Levy Restaurants	$51,103	1	n/a
Gulf Coast Nonprofit Center Inc	$50,072	1	7%
Coastal Mississippi	$49,832	2	n/a
Gulf Coast Community Ministries Inc	$47,162	4	10%
Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Inc	$44,000	3	1%
Stone County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	$43,695	5	10%
American Cancer Society	$40,641	5	n/a
Steps Coalition	$38,611	1	6%
St Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy	$37,100	3	1%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$35,500	3	0%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon	$32,997	1	n/a
Lighthouse Academy for Dyslexia	$32,691	4	2%
Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain	$32,550	3	2%
Coastal Family Health Center Inc	$32,500	3	0%
Pass Christian Main Street Foundation	$32,000	2	49%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc	$31,500	3	0%
Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi	$30,995	3	0%
Westminster Presbyterian Church	$30,500	3	n/a
Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport Inc	$30,000	3	18%
Pearl River County SPCA	$28,000	4	1%
Mississippi Aquarium	$25,000	2	0%
Dixie Adoptables	$25,000	1	17%
Long Beach Main Street	$24,300	1	n/a
Ms Coast Coliseum and Convention Center	$22,774	1	n/a
Coastal Concepts	$22,750	1	n/a
Crossroads Food Pantry	$22,500	3	n/a
Camp Desoto	$22,150	4	n/a
Triumph Church of Gulfport	$22,089	3	n/a
Backpack Buddies of Poplarville Inc	$22,000	2	n/a
MS Gulf Coast Buddy Sports Inc	$22,000	3	18%
Wild at Heart Rescue	$21,382	3	n/a
Gulf Coast Christian Women's Job CorpMagdalene House	$21,000	2	16%
Eagle Foundation	$20,863	1	19%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered	$20,600	2	1%
The Arts Hancock County Mississippi	$20,000	2	6%
United Service Organizations Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Puttin On The Pink Breast Cancer Foundation	$20,000	2	n/a
Bethel Free Health Clinic Inc	$20,000	2	19%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation	$20,000	2	0%
Disciples Made Inc	$20,000	1	6%
Gateway United Methodist Church Tootle Food Pantry	$20,000	2	n/a
South Mississippi Soccer Club Inc	$20,000	2	2%
Home of Grace Corporation	$19,731	1	1%
St Paul United Methodist Church	$19,513	2	n/a
Gulf Coast Underground Missio Dei	$19,500	1	12%
Feeding America	$19,338	1	0%
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church	$18,350	2	n/a
Pearl River County 4-H Advisory Council	$18,000	3	n/a
Senior Center of South Pearl River County Inc	$17,900	2	4%
Hundred Members Debating Benevolent Association	$17,700	2	6%
New Bethel Community Development Corporation	$17,604	2	8%
Pearlington Impact Association Inc	$17,375	3	n/a
Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum	$17,000	2	3%
Stringfellow Inc Dba Magnolia Animal Clinic	$16,501	1	n/a
Boat People Sos Inc	$16,100	1	1%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Foundation Inc	$16,082	1	1%
Kiwanis Club of the Greater Picayune Area	$16,000	2	n/a
Pine Grove Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$15,782	2	n/a
Coast Episcopal Schools Inc	$15,650	2	1%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Youth for Christ Inc	$15,200	2	2%
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers Inc	$15,000	2	11%
Resilience of Coastal Kids	$15,000	1	n/a
Stone County Community Cat Society	$15,000	2	n/a
Loaves and Fishes Inc	$13,823	1	6%
Woodside Wildlife Rescue Ltd	$13,755	2	5%
Pneuma - Winds of Hope Inc	$13,450	2	3%
University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation	$12,500	1	0%
Clubhouse Event Group LLC Dba Clubhouse Eventsoutdoor Led	$12,400	1	n/a
Institute for Marine Mammal Studies Inc	$12,000	1	0%
Wells of Southgate	$12,000	1	10%
Rose of Sharon Church of God in Christ	$12,000	1	n/a
Community Care Network Inc	$12,000	1	1%
United Msd Foundation Inc	$11,704	1	2%
Educational Support Organization	$10,775	1	5%
Hancock Cty School District	$10,719	1	n/a
Gulf Coast Education Initiative Consortium Inc	$10,506	2	1%
Mercy Housing & Human Development	$10,279	1	1%
Sock Enterprises Inc	$10,247	1	n/a
Little Theatre of Biloxi	$10,210	1	n/a
Diocesan Council of Biloxi Society of Stvincent de Paul	$10,000	1	1%
Hancock County Community Development Foundation	$10,000	2	3%
Aquatic Research Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Climb Community Development Corporation	$10,000	1	1%
Extra Table Feeds Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Nugent United Methodist Church	$10,000	1	n/a
Mississippi Council on Economic Education	$10,000	1	2%
Diamondhead School Of Fine Arts	$10,000	1	8%
Lakeshore Baptist Church	$10,000	1	n/a
National Audubon Society Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Ainsley's Angels of America	$10,000	1	1%
National Oceans and Applications Research Center	$10,000	1	1%
Son of a Saint	$10,000	2	0%
The Hancock Health Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	15%
Gulf Coast Business Council Research Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	5%
Christ Church	$10,000	1	n/a
Picayune Main Street Inc	$10,000	1	6%
St Francis Community Services	$10,000	1	0%
Infinity Science Center Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Harvest Barn Food Bank	$10,000	1	n/a
Special Olympics Mississippi Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Camp Wilkes Inc	$9,808	1	23%
CASA of Harrison and Stone Counties	$9,654	1	2%
Mississippi State University	$9,600	2	n/a
Sav-A-Life of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Inc	$9,500	1	2%
Wow Women of Wisdom Inc	$9,500	1	n/a
Brothers Keeper Ministries	$9,478	1	13%
Fixin the Coast	$9,000	2	15%
Mississippi Rising Coalition	$8,925	1	6%
Singing River Health System Foundation	$8,310	1	1%
Southern Pearl River County Bak Pak Inc	$8,000	1	23%
Animal Aid of Mississippi	$7,500	2	7%
D'Iberville St Martin Area Chamber of Commerce	$7,338	1	10%
Picayune Carver Culture Museum Inc	$7,180	1	n/a
Picayune Kiwanis Club	$7,000	1	n/a
Hope Haven of Hancock County Inc	$7,000	1	2%
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce Inc	$6,800	1	1%
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church	$6,500	1	n/a
Whisper of Hope Foundation	$6,500	1	n/a
Pirate Excellence Foundation	$6,151	1	12%
Advocates for Freedom	$6,000	1	6%
Moral Welfare Recreation Fund	$6,000	1	n/a
Jubilee Havens	$6,000	1	n/a
Junior Auxiliary of Hancock County Ms Inc	$5,800	1	n/a
Rescue 100	$5,800	1	37%
Gulfport Schools	$5,722	1	n/a
Odom Creative Services	$5,520	1	n/a
Senior Care Management LLC	$5,407	1	n/a
De lEpee Deaf Center	$5,255	1	1%
Beach View Veterinary Hospital	$5,237	1	n/a
What You Give Will Grow	$5,177	1	41%
Moss Point School District	$5,000	1	n/a
Friends of the Mary C O'Keefe Cultural Center	$5,000	1	2%
Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Crusaders for Veterans Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Empowerment for the Next Generation	$5,000	1	n/a
St Patrick Catholic High School	$5,000	1	n/a
Gulf Coast Wildlife Rehab	$5,000	1	n/a
Friends of Pearl River County Hospital and Nursing Home	$5,000	1	n/a

Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 119 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 119.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Mississippi Power Foundation IncMS92× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mississippi Power Foundation Inc · Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation · Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Foundation Inc · Mgm Resorts Foundation · United Way of South Mississippi · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Engelstad Family Foundation · Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation · Pinebelt Foundation · The Burdette Family Foundation · Mississippi Humanities Council Inc · Cadence Bank Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc

How much does Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc give?: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc reported 71 itemized grants totaling $3,507,128, out of $3,582,990 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 81 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (42%), Education (21%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Back Bay Mission ($4.7M), Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity I ($1.1M), Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast ($931k).
Does Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mississippi Power Foundation Inc, Leo W Seal Jr Family Foundation, Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Foundation Inc.
Where is Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc based?: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc is based in MS.