Texas · Nonprofit
The Gulf Coast Center
The Gulf Coast Center (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $597,908 to it, the largest being MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS ($345,305). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $598k
- Net assets
- $15M
What The Gulf Coast Center does
Mission
Gulf Coast Center provides accessible efficient and quality services to support the independent and healthy living of those we serve. Every day our counselors therapists psychiatrists case workers peers support and administrative staff help our clients get and stay healthy and achieve their greatest potential. We provide a range of services and support for people in Galveston and Brazoria counties with mental health substance use and intellectual and developmental disability IDD needs. We also provide additional community services including community education and disaster recovery support. Gulf Coast Center is one of 39 community centers in Texas. The mission is Better Community Healthcare Promoting Healthy Living
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
MH Services MH services served an unduplicated count of 10,285 individuals of which 7,360 were adults 1,163 were children and another 1,1762 were served by way of crisis services. The Center provides services by outpatient clinics 24 7 crisis facilities Integrated healthcare locations and Inpatient services. MH services began implementation of Same Day - Next Day service which will decrease the wait time for initial psychiatric evaluation from the current baseline of 49.6 days to 8 days. The Center expanded Integrated Healthcare service array and IHC referral process to include EKG testing Medication Assisted Treatment and HIV Hepatitis testing. Increased Infrastructure for Crisis Co-Response Law Enforcement Training and Justice Service Initiatives. Expansion of services to include First Episode Psychosis which will benefit individuals ages 15-30 who are within two years of experiencing their first psychotic episode.
$29,588,006 spent$1,953,208 earned by the program75% of program spendingIntellectual Developmental Disabilities IDD services served 2247 unique individuals by providing a total of 55,198 services of Service Coordination Respite Services. Community Support Day Habilitation and Nursing services. The service coordination team continues to improve service provision strategies resulting in increased services. This year we implemented a stronger structure to support individuals and families access to service coordination through smaller groups referred to as PODS assigned as back up contacts. This information was provided to individuals families and providers to increase the response time when challenges occur or to provide access to other resources when staff are out for any reason. We also have improved our intake processes to become more automated and accessible electronically. Individuals receiving IDD services through Gulf Coast Center receive more consistent services at a higher volume than in the past ultimately leading to better outcomes and customer satisfaction. Our improved processes for intake have led to a lowered wait time for getting an intake appointment for the eligibility assessment.
$3,854,516 spent$2,043,989 earned by the program10% of program spendingSubstance Use Disorder SUD services provided 17,210 services to 779 unique individuals. Services include group and individual outpatient services as well as residential inpatient services. Our SUD outpatient services have increased our locations to 20 youth school satellites serving 13 school districts. SUD began 2 Spanish Speaking groups as well as began groups in county jails. Began weekly Peer Support meetings to allow opportunity to build external support systems to avoid returning to jail and finding better ways to manage their lives. Began building youth prevention programs. Continue efforts to serve the greater number of youth and families adults and community partners by further expanding ISD collaborations Increase outreach of the Texas Targeted Opioid Response Build Peer-led advisory councils and develop and implement monthly community events promoting activities as an alternate to drug and alcohol use.
$3,261,970 spent$2,205,530 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther Program expenses: including VOCA crisis response service Hurricane Response service Covid 19 Response Recovery service etc.
$2,620,596 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $39,325,088.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $22M to $21M (−4%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 62% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of The Gulf Coast Center’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Felicia Jeffrey
CEO
Board chair
Jamie Travis
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $260k.
From the IRS filings of The Gulf Coast Center’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
The Gulf Coast Center leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 The Gulf Coast Center.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 82% · 2019 51% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of The Gulf Coast Center's grant income comes from Texas 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
The Gulf Coast Center is better cushioned than half of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding The Gulf Coast Center receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40.9M on record.
- Department of Transportation$22.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$10.4M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$6.3M
- Department of Justice$1.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like The Gulf Coast Center
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Gulf Coast Center: 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 The Gulf Coast Center?
- The Gulf Coast Center (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $597,908 to it, the largest being MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS ($345,305). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Gulf Coast Center have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $597,908 in grants to The Gulf Coast Center, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Gulf Coast Center?
- MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS is the largest funder on record, with $345,305 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Gulf Coast Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 6 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