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Gulf Coast Community Foundation
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 organizations and private foundations can meet charitable objectives in the fields of education, arts and culture, historic preservation, neighborhood enrichment, and health and human services.
The Foundation meets this mission by developing and managing a comprehensive base of endowment funds - an expanding pool of charitable dollars, permanently committed to meeting the needs of the people of South Mississippi.
Web Address
www.gulfcoastfoundation.org/
Social Media Links
Twitter - @GCCF
The Foundation is a vehicle for charitable giving through which individuals, families, corporations, non-profit organizations and private foundations can meet charitable objectives in the fields of education, arts and culture, historic preservation, neighborhood enrichment, and health and human services.
The Foundation meets this mission by developing and managing a comprehensive base of endowment funds - an expanding pool of charitable dollars, permanently committed to meeting the needs of the people of South Mississippi.
Web Address
www.gulfcoastfoundation.org/
Social Media Links
Twitter - @GCCF
Assets and Giving for Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Assets
2020 - 35,078,242
2019 - 27,330,025
2018 - 23,149,609
2017 - 22,622,965
2020 - 35,078,242
2019 - 27,330,025
2018 - 23,149,609
2017 - 22,622,965
Domestic Grants
2020 - 2,741,726
2019 - 2,295,576
2018 - 2,330,448
2020 - 2,741,726
2019 - 2,295,576
2018 - 2,330,448
Recent News from Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Holds 228 Day Open House
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation is celebrating 36 years of giving back.The event highlights the foundation's community impact fund.The foundation provides flexible support to address urgent and...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation is celebrating 36 years of giving back.The event highlights the foundation's community impact fund.The foundation provides flexible support to address urgent and...more
Happening February 27: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Foundation's 228 Day
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Happening February 27: Mississippi Gulf coast Community Foundation's 228 Day.A month-long celebration of giving across South Mississippi all leads up to one big...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Happening February 27: Mississippi Gulf coast Community Foundation's 228 Day.A month-long celebration of giving across South Mississippi all leads up to one big...more
Grant Supports Training For Sarasota Early Child Care Teachers
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
$15,000 grant paves way for more Sarasota early child care teachers.Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County received a $15,00 grant for its teacher apprenticeship program.Program provides a path...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
$15,000 grant paves way for more Sarasota early child care teachers.Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County received a $15,00 grant for its teacher apprenticeship program.Program provides a path...more
Gulf Coast Community Foundation celebrating 228 Day - WXXV News 25
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
$15,000 grant paves way for more Sarasota early child care teachers.Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County received a $15,00 grant for its teacher apprenticeship program.Program provides a path...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
$15,000 grant paves way for more Sarasota early child care teachers.Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County received a $15,00 grant for its teacher apprenticeship program.Program provides a path...more
Srq Daily Jan 17, 2026
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
One Stop Housing's Sarasota Station, a 202-unit workforce housing development off Fruitville Road, broke ground earlier this week.This exhibition highlights contemporary Native design, craftwork, and...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
One Stop Housing's Sarasota Station, a 202-unit workforce housing development off Fruitville Road, broke ground earlier this week.This exhibition highlights contemporary Native design, craftwork, and...more
Philanthropy in Motion: Gulf Coast's Latest Impact Investment
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Sarasota Station, a 202-unit workforce housing development off Fruitville Road, broke ground earlier this week.Communities across the country have used similar strategies to address affordable...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Sarasota Station, a 202-unit workforce housing development off Fruitville Road, broke ground earlier this week.Communities across the country have used similar strategies to address affordable...more
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Surpasses $625 Million in Awarded Grants
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation has surpassed $625 million in grants awarded since its founding in 1995.The foundation is the first permanently affordable housing for veterans in the U.S.Gulf Coast...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation has surpassed $625 million in grants awarded since its founding in 1995.The foundation is the first permanently affordable housing for veterans in the U.S.Gulf Coast...more
Srq Daily Oct 15, 2025
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
After 13 and a half years leading Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Hansen was hired in 2015 by Charles and Margery Barancik to transform their family foundation into a philanthropic organization.Safe...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
After 13 and a half years leading Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Hansen was hired in 2015 by Charles and Margery Barancik to transform their family foundation into a philanthropic organization.Safe...more
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Announces Elizabeth Welch, J.D. As Director ...
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation has hired Elizabeth "Lisa" Welch, J.D., as Director of Professional Advisor Relationships.Welch has dedicated her career to designing innovative giving solutions and...more
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation has hired Elizabeth "Lisa" Welch, J.D., as Director of Professional Advisor Relationships.Welch has dedicated her career to designing innovative giving solutions and...more
Srq Daily Aug 27, 2025
Foundation: Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Gulf Coast Community Foundation
The Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida, is hosting a live jazz event every month.The Patterson Foundation is contributing $500,000 in seed funding to the Suncoast Disaster Recovery Fund.Manatee...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Gulf Coast Community Foundation
The Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida, is hosting a live jazz event every month.The Patterson Foundation is contributing $500,000 in seed funding to the Suncoast Disaster Recovery Fund.Manatee...more
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