The Coastal Bend Community Foundation provides grants 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.
Donor Name: Coastal Bend Community Foundation
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
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.
Funding Priorities
- High Funding Priorities (Within the Funded Areas):
- 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
- Marketing efforts, publications, videos, etc.
- Projects that stray from the nonprofit’s mission
- Factors that Strengthen Proposals:
- 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
- Grant Pool: Up to $375,000
- Grant Amount: Up to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in existence for a minimum of three (3) years.
- Government and school entities may apply only for projects outside their basic/core services.
For more information, visit CBCF.
