Alabama · Public charity
Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area
To provide local leadership in developing and carrying out an action oriented plan to conserve develop, and utilize the natural resources for the betterment of the region.
- $929k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 64
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $897k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,328
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $71,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 57 | $897k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $487k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $527k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $387k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $318k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $285k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $235k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $217k | 71% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escambia County Bord of Education | $544,905 | 9 | n/a |
| Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County | $234,016 | 7 | n/a |
| City of East Brewton | $137,604 | 5 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $66,717 | 5 | n/a |
| Coastal Alabama Community College | $64,416 | 5 | n/a |
| Mobile County Swcd | $60,686 | 6 | n/a |
| Baldwin County Soil & Water Conservation | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Charitable Aid Association | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Prodisee Pantry Inc | $59,138 | 5 | 1% |
| Pride of Atmore Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escambia County Bord of Education | $544,905 | 9 | n/a |
| Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County | $234,016 | 7 | n/a |
| City of East Brewton | $137,604 | 5 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $66,717 | 5 | n/a |
| Coastal Alabama Community College | $64,416 | 5 | n/a |
| Mobile County Swcd | $60,686 | 6 | n/a |
| Baldwin County Soil & Water Conservation | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Charitable Aid Association | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Prodisee Pantry Inc | $59,138 | 5 | 1% |
| Pride of Atmore Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Barnett Crossroads Vfd | $55,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alabama Coastal Foundation Inc | $52,590 | 5 | 3% |
| Mowa Band of Choctaw Indian Commission | $49,160 | 4 | 1% |
| Flomaton Vfd | $46,352 | 4 | n/a |
| McCall Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $46,213 | 5 | n/a |
| Pride of Atmore | $45,154 | 3 | n/a |
| Baldwin County S&W Conservation District | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Escambia County Commission | $44,934 | 3 | n/a |
| Ridge Road Volunteer Fire Department | $44,775 | 2 | n/a |
| Dixonville Vfd | $43,878 | 4 | n/a |
| Baldwin County Bd of Ed | $43,801 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Creola | $41,578 | 3 | n/a |
| White House Fork Vfd | $40,603 | 3 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama | $39,306 | 4 | 1% |
| Semmes Fire Rescue | $36,378 | 3 | n/a |
| Gulf Shores City School District | $36,349 | 3 | n/a |
| Wawbeek Volunteer Fire Department | $35,803 | 4 | n/a |
| Citizens for a Better Grand Bay | $35,800 | 3 | 16% |
| City of Brewton Fd | $35,269 | 3 | n/a |
| Brewton City Schools | $35,041 | 3 | n/a |
| Bryant Career Technical Center | $33,246 | 3 | n/a |
| Historic Blakeley Authority | $30,336 | 4 | n/a |
| Appleton Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Veterans Recovery Resources | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baldwin County Commission | $26,340 | 2 | n/a |
| Brewton Area Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $25,919 | 2 | 1% |
| Roberts Vfd | $25,120 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Billy Glenn Rushing Post Number 90 of the American Legion | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Mobile | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians | $24,200 | 2 | n/a |
| South Alabama Land Trust Inc | $23,492 | 2 | 1% |
| Grand Bay Fire District | $23,380 | 2 | 5% |
| City of Foley | $22,567 | 2 | n/a |
| National Association of RC&D Councils | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Rock Vfd | $22,170 | 2 | n/a |
| Baldwin County High School FFA | $21,330 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Alabama | $21,189 | 2 | n/a |
| Spanish Fort Fire Rescue Department Inc | $21,055 | 2 | 15% |
| McCall School PTO | $20,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Riverview | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Belforest Civic League | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Independent Order of Odd Fellows | $20,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Foley Elementary School | $19,350 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Bay Minette | $19,178 | 2 | n/a |
| Atmore Private School Foundation | $18,099 | 2 | 1% |
| Robertsdale High School | $17,908 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Lagoon Preservation Society | $16,724 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Satsuma | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Escambia Academy | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bradley Vfd | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Escambia County Fire & Rescue Squad | $15,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Spanish Fort Sports Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Mt Vernon Fire Rescue | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pauline O Rourke Elementary PTO Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flomaton Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Daphne | $14,978 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairhope Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $14,762 | 1 | 3% |
| Belforest Volunteer Fire Search and Rescue Department | $14,245 | 1 | 3% |
| Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation Inc | $14,180 | 1 | 2% |
| Town of Elberta | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elsanor Volunteer Fire Dept & Rescu Rescue Unit Inc | $13,804 | 1 | 3% |
| Baldwin County Beekeepers Association Inc | $13,512 | 1 | n/a |
| Magnolia Springs Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $13,328 | 1 | 3% |
| Boykin-Damascus Vfd | $12,928 | 1 | n/a |
| North Baldwin Chamber Foundation | $12,887 | 2 | n/a |
| Rotary International Dba Atmore Rotary Club | $12,703 | 2 | 7% |
| Magnolia Springs Community Association | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Riverview | $11,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Lillian Volunteer Fire Department | $11,771 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Satsuma | $11,578 | 1 | n/a |
| Escambia County Ala Association of Volunteer Fire Departments Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wallace Vfd | $10,750 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chickasaw Board of Education | $10,726 | 1 | n/a |
| J Larry Newton Elementary School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens for a Better Grand Bay | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgetown Volunteer Fire Departme | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Creola Community Cemetary | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fowl River Area Civic Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Dept Conservation & Natural Res | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Atmore Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Mobile Spay and Nueter | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lady Eagles Booster Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rachel Patterson Elementary School | $9,880 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chickasaw | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Save a Stray | $9,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Brewton Sportsman Club | $9,400 | 1 | 18% |
| Dauphin Island Bird Sanctuaries Inc | $9,156 | 1 | 2% |
| Citizens for a Better Grand Bay | $8,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Clarkshaw Magnet School | $8,792 | 1 | n/a |
| Satsuma Public Library | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairhope Educational Enrichment Foundation | $7,940 | 1 | 2% |
| Keep Mobile Beautiful Inc | $7,737 | 1 | 31% |
| Town of Silverhill | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Baker Honeybees Booster Club | $7,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Triumph Holiness Church Inc | $7,459 | 1 | n/a |
| Escambia County Youth Livestock Association | $7,417 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama A&M University | $7,357 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Orange Beach | $7,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Daphne High School | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Fairhope | $6,912 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Satsuma | $6,446 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile County Wildlife and Conservation | $6,024 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Bay Athletic Association | $5,635 | 1 | n/a |
| Stapleton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Visualize Everyone That Serves | $5,469 | 1 | n/a |
| Baldwin County Heritage Museum | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $5,042 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Alabama Humanities Alliance · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Fairhope Single Tax Corporation · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · Lillian C McGowin Foundation · Tonsmeire Charitable Foundation Trust 2008 · The Sybil and White Smith Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area
- How much does Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area give?
- Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area reported 64 itemized grants totaling $897,333, out of $928,827 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Public Benefit (14%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Escambia County Bord of Education ($545k), Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County ($234k), City of East Brewton ($138k).
- Does Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee.
- Where is Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area based?
- Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area is based in AL.
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