Mississippi · Nonprofit
GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL
GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being COOPERATIVE ENERGY ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $503k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $423k
What Gulf Coast Business Council does
Mission
The organization is organized to address the common economic and business interests of the mississippi gulf coast by identifying issues, convening resources, framing public policy, finding solutions, and working to improve the business environment and promote the economic growth and development in all of the counties on the mississippi gulf coast.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Developed strategic communication efforts to; create consensus and favorable perceptions for initiatives; identify target audiences and appropriately classify their perceptions; determine public perception of relevant policy issues and evaluate appropriate measures of communication for each issue; establish clear lines of communication with members, the general public, public officials, and professional media outlets. This was accomplished thru our on-line website, media press releases and interviews for local, regional and national media outlets, distribution of periodic e-mails, distribution of reports and various publications, and public speaking, interviews and presentations.
Provided accurate research and sound policy positions. Published a quarterly regional brief containing statistics and commentary relative to the events and news that shaped the mississippi gulf coast economy during the preceding quarter and provides information and insight on various economic sectors and issues such as housing, tourism, healthcare, and infrastructure. Conducted a quarterly ceo and business owner confidence survey to gauge the confidence and expectations of regional businesses. This and other research reports and analysis have been developed and published on our website and distributed to members, media stakeholders, and e-mail receipients. The gcbc continues to work with local tourism stakeholders,community leaders, and elected officials on its premier destination tourism initiative.
Supported civic engagements and programs of work. A legislative roundtable is held annually for state legislators who represent our region in state government to allow our representatives and senators to dialogue with our members and local government officials about important isssues which will be considered in the upcoming legislative session. The business council will periodically host forums or co-sponsor meetings outside of its regular meetings to explore particular topics relevant to the region.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $752k to $500k (−33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jamie Miller
Presient & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $35k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 71% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
56% of GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL?
- GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL (Mississippi) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,000 to it, the largest being COOPERATIVE ENERGY ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $45,000 in grants to GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL?
- COOPERATIVE ENERGY is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GULF COAST BUSINESS COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing