Good news for the Gulf Coast

Jun 9, 2011

The Fund for Gulf Communities — created by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors — has stepped up to provide the Gulf Coast Community Foundation with a $4 million grant to support nonprofits that provide relief services to residents of southern Mississippi.

The GCCF, located in Gulfport, Mississippi, will receive initial grants of $250,000 each to be awarded to Back Bay Mission, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence and Asian Americans for Change.

“The Gulf Coast Community Foundation is in a unique position to identify and address critical local needs as well as provide technical assistance, guidance, and monitoring to area nonprofit organizations that assist individuals and families affected by the oil spill,” said Gulf Coast Community Foundation president Rich Westfall. “We are grateful to be selected by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors for this project.”

For more on this topic, read about how other major nonprofits have stepped up to help rebuild the Gulf Coast at the links below.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Announces Grants to Restore Gulf Coast Species

Building a Resilient Energy Gulf Coast: Executive Report

Greater New Orleans Foundation Initiative to Address Coastal Issues