The Coastal Bend Community Foundation (CBCF) awards grants from unrestricted and certain other funds yearly through the Annual Grants process.
Donor Name: Coastal Bend Community Foundation
State: Texas
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/15/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $25,000
Details:
The mission of the Foundation is to improve the quality of life in the Coastal Bend by building community endowment and addressing social, educational, environmental, and cultural needs through the awarding of grants and scholarships.
The Foundation’s vision is to provide the Coastal Bend with:
- Efficient gift options to meet donors’ charitable wishes
- Effective grants to charitable organizations and scholarships to students
- Ethical leadership to promote and enhance area philanthropy.
Focus Areas
As a community foundation, CBCF awards grants in many focus areas that benefit all citizens of the Coastal Bend:
- Arts and Culture– including performing arts/music programs, museum exhibits/classes
- Education – including library services, GED and adult literacy, youth programs
- Environment – including animal welfare, park improvements, conservation
- Families and Children – including family, youth, and elderly programs
- Health – including medical and patient services programs, diabetes programs
- Human Services – including counseling, drug programs, food pantries, and shelters
- Public Good – including disaster relief, housing, and community development.
Funding Priorities
- Programs that measurably raise the quality of life in the Coastal Bend
- Disadvantaged youth, elderly, and families
- Education and job creation projects that bring people out of poverty
- Projects that are not easily accomplished without Foundation funding
- Projects that result in increased funding from additional sources.
Low Funding Priorities
- Start-up funding for new organizations
- Publications, videos, etc.
- Projects that stray from the nonprofit’s mission.
Factors that Increase Funding Chances
- Practical solutions to community problems
- Leveraging of additional resources
- Collaborative efforts that decrease duplications of service
- Strength and sustainability of both the nonprofit and the program.
Funding Information
- Most grant awards are between $5,000-$10,000. Awards are based on the stated need and the footprint/impact of the project.
- The following two grant options are available:
- A grant up to $10,000 to support general operations. Grant requests for general operations cannot be in excess of $10,000), OR
- A grant from $10,001 up to $25,000 to support expenses associated with a specific program or project serving vulnerable individuals and/or families. These grants are awarded for new programs/projects or the continuation of existing projects where there is compelling, documented impact and the project is compatible with the nonprofit’s mission. Requests may include existing personnel, equipment, supplies, and other expenses essential to the project. CBCF is not likely to approve applications where it is the sole funder for projects significantly exceeding average grant size.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) organizations are eligible
- Also, government and school entities applying for projects outside of their basic/core services are eligible
- All grant requests must be for services that are performed in CBCF’s seven-county service area: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio counties.
For more information, visit CBCF.
