Mississipi Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Who are we? The Foundation is a vehicle for charitable giving on the Mississippi Gulf Coast 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 Community Foundation is a vehicle for charitable dollars. Our sole objective is to facilitate philanthropy."

7/12/2010 - Lawrence & Lucimarian Roberts/Helpline Scholarship Fund

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation announces Scholarship opportunities from the Lawrence & Lucimarian Roberts/ Helpline Scholarship Fund

The Scholarship is to financially assist individuals who have chosen to further their education through pursuit of a college degree in a helping or human service profession.  Individuals who have selected a behavioral health field of study will be given greater consideration.  Deadline August 30th, 2010.

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5/6/2010 - HAROLD AND MARY W. PERLMAN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND (Extended)

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation announces Scholarship opportunities from the Harold and Mary W. Perlman Scholarship Fund. 

The Scholarship is for an individual seeking a degree in fields of science and/or foreign language.  The individual must be a present high school graduate or community college transfer from Jackson, Harrison or Hancock County. Deadline July 31st, 2010.

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5/5/2010 - GENESIS FOUNDATION YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FUND (Extended)

A FUND OF THE GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
The Genesis Foundation Youth Development Fund seeks to provide grants to non-profit (501c3) organizations and public and private schools on the Mississippi Gulf Coast whose efforts are focused on enhancing the educational, moral and spiritual development of children and youth. Examples of appropriate projects/organizations include, but are not limited to:

  • Jr. Leadership Programs
  • Tutorial Programs
  • After School Programs
  • Academic Enhancement Programs

Grants are awarded each summer, deadline for applications: July 31st, 2010.

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5/21/2010 - ANTHONY DARTEZ ENDOWMENT FUND (extend to July 31st)

This fund was established in April 1995 for the purpose of the earnings be dedicated to provide services including, but not limited to the training and educational needs of the physically and mentally challenged on the MS Gulf Coast.
Deadline is June 30, 2010

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5/19/2010 - Leo W. Seal Teacher Recognition Awards totaling $7,500

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation announced today that 5 recipients were awarded grants from the Leo W. Seal Teacher Recognition Fund. The recipients are: Jeanette Baucum, Oak Park Elementary; Jill Lipski, Thomas Reeves Elementary; Amy Rogers, Purvis Upper Elementary, Biloxi High School; Roma Flowers and (back row) Jordan Roy, St. Stanislaus College Prep School.

Seal Recipients - 2010

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5/12/2010 - The Gulf Coast Community Foundation Announces Grant Awards

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation and Board of Directors recently approved grants totaling over $7,000.00. These grants were made from the Pat Santucci Friends of Public Education Fund and the Roy Anderson Corp. Fund. The Roy Anderson Corporation Fund supports projects that benefit children in Hancock, Harrison or Jackson Counties.

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4/7/2010 - KNIGHT FOUNDATION COMMITS UP TO $1 MILLION TO GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation will announce Monday, April 12, 2010 that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will invest up to $1 million to foster an “informed, engaged” Biloxi over the next seven years through the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

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