Mississippi · Public charity
Gulf of Mexico Alliance
The alliance's mission is to promote the protection, restoration, enhancement, understanding, awareness and wise use of the natural resources of the gulf of america through aligned and cooperative efforts involving research, planning, management, information and resource sharing and public education.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $44,036
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $291,147
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Gulf of Mexico Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $1.7M | 45% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $353k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $174k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $357k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $325k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $10M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $18M | 40% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $18M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern Mississippi | $7,146,048 | 5 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University | $5,315,221 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $5,197,509 | 3 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $3,807,148 | 3 | 1% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $3,607,056 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | $2,625,505 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida State University | $2,078,825 | 3 | n/a |
| Dauphin Island Sea Lab | $1,985,570 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $1,782,472 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $1,736,760 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern Mississippi | $7,146,048 | 5 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University | $5,315,221 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Miami | $5,197,509 | 3 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $3,807,148 | 3 | 1% |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $3,607,056 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | $2,625,505 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida State University | $2,078,825 | 3 | n/a |
| Dauphin Island Sea Lab | $1,985,570 | 2 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $1,782,472 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $1,736,760 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | $1,565,495 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Central Florida | $1,451,895 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Houston | $1,238,138 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $999,754 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $936,490 | 2 | n/a |
| Coastal Carolina University | $671,806 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University | $660,726 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $626,097 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium | $606,589 | 4 | 3% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $561,870 | 2 | 0% |
| Nicholls State University | $541,657 | 2 | n/a |
| The Water Institute of the Gulf | $528,002 | 3 | 2% |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $449,619 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Brainhealth | $334,344 | 2 | n/a |
| Mississippi State University | $326,605 | 5 | n/a |
| Morehouse Swcd | $269,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | $250,723 | 7 | n/a |
| Galveston Bay Foundation Inc | $185,173 | 6 | 1% |
| Mississippi Department of Marine Resources | $144,282 | 2 | n/a |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $135,110 | 2 | 0% |
| Gulf States Marine Fisheries Comm | $130,231 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | $124,939 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Housing Coalition Inc | $122,691 | 1 | 3% |
| Pontchartrain Conservancy | $119,392 | 5 | 1% |
| Abt Associates Inc | $93,174 | 3 | n/a |
| NatureServe | $92,872 | 2 | 1% |
| FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation | $85,621 | 5 | n/a |
| La Coastal Protection & Restoration | $79,770 | 3 | n/a |
| Inwater Research Group Inc | $74,054 | 2 | 7% |
| Smart Home America Inc | $62,079 | 2 | 19% |
| The Balmoral Group | $55,950 | 2 | n/a |
| Cnl World | $51,130 | 1 | n/a |
| Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Mgmt Inc | $48,382 | 2 | 2% |
| The Florida Aquarium Inc | $47,036 | 2 | 0% |
| City of South Padre Island | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Aransas County | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Florida Regional Planning Council | $44,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Mobile Baykeeper Inc | $44,220 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $44,036 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Covington | $42,593 | 3 | n/a |
| Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Foundation | $40,772 | 1 | 22% |
| Backcountry Hunters & Anglers | $39,881 | 1 | 1% |
| City of New Port Richey | $33,334 | 1 | n/a |
| Gulf Reach Institute | $27,004 | 1 | 16% |
| Blue Urchin LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Fort Deposit | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ocean Springs | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $20,740 | 2 | n/a |
| Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium | $15,426 | 1 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $14,975 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $10,087 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisiana Board of Regents | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Limitless Vistas Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Theater of the Sea Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Texas Sealife Center | $9,840 | 1 | 11% |
| Largo Sound Park Inc | $9,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Conservation Association | $9,346 | 1 | 0% |
| The Matagorda Bay Foundation | $8,562 | 1 | 12% |
| Ocean Hour Inc | $8,203 | 2 | n/a |
| Mira Lago Community Association Inc | $7,216 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gulf of Mexico Alliance supplied at peak.
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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: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Academy of Sciences · National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Foundation for Louisiana · University of Miami · Shell USA Company Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gulf of Mexico Alliance
- How much does Gulf of Mexico Alliance give?
- Gulf of Mexico Alliance reported 20 grants totaling $1,732,102 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gulf of Mexico Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (99%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%), Housing & Shelter (0%).
- Who are Gulf of Mexico Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Southern Mississippi ($7.1M), Louisiana State University ($5.3M), University of Miami ($5.2M).
- Does Gulf of Mexico Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gulf of Mexico Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.
- Where is Gulf of Mexico Alliance based?
- Gulf of Mexico Alliance is based in MS.
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