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Grants and Scholarships Gulf Coast comunity Foundation

List of Funds

FUNDS OF OUR FOUNDATION

Giving back to our community –now and forever- is at the heart of the Community Foundation. Funds held by the Community Foundation improve the quality of life in our community and will provide continued support for our community into the future.

The funds listed in this section are the core of the Community Foundation, both endowed and pass through funds. These funds are the major source of the grants that support the diversity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s nonprofit programs.

Endowed Funds

Anthony Dartez Endowment Fund
Bacot Foundation Fund
Biloxi First Endowment Fund
Blue Caillavet Athletic Scholarship
Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast
Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast Scholarship
Career Women’s Club Scholarship
Carl M Crawford Fund
Coast Episcopal Tuition Fund
Dorothy M. Eaton Scholarship for the Performing Arts
Dr. Philip Terrell Excellence in Education Endowment Fund
Eileen S & Earl C. Whittemore, Jr Fund 
Genesis Foundation Youth Development
Gulf Coast Education Initiative Fund
Gulf Coast Education Initiative Hardin Challenge
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra Fund
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra Conductors Fund
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra Sheet Music Fund
Gulfport Excellence Fund
Gulfport Gridiron Club Education
Hancock County Chamber of Commerce 
Hannah H. Hatfield Fund
Harold & Mary Perlman Scholarship
Isiah Fredericks Education Fund
Jack A. Wilson Engineering Scholarship Fund 
Jack A. and Gertrude W. Wilson Animal Welfare Fund
James S. Eaton Scholarship
J.B. & Dixie Knight Found
Jerry & JoAnn St. Pe’ Scholarship Fund
John S. & James L. Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund
Kevin L. Rayburn Memorial Fund
Lawrence & Lucimarian Roberts Helpline Scholarship
Leo W. Seal Teacher Recognition Award Fund
Mary & Gene Levens Scholarship
Memorial Hospital of Gulfport Foundation
MS Gulf Coast YMCA-Wyman Fund
Monica Goretski Transplant Fund
Mueller Family Foundation Fund
Ocean Springs Education Foundation Fund
O’Keefe Family Foundation Fund
O’Neal Farish Educational
Our Mother of Sorrows Church Endowment Fund
Pat Santucci Friends of Public Education Funds
Rotary Club of Biloxi Fund
Rotary Club of Biloxi Scholarship Fund
Rotary Club of Gulfport Scholarship Fund
Roy Anderson Corporation Fund
Shaw University Endowment Fund
South MS Exchange Club Child Abuse Center
St. Alphonsus School Tuition Fund
St. Patrick Catholic High School Fund
Stewart Sneed Hewes Fund 
Tommye Williamson Alfonso Fund
Tougaloo College Scholarship Fund
United Way of South Mississippi Community Disaster Reserve Fund
United Way of South MS Operating Endowment Fund
Walter Anderson Museum Endowment

Pass Through Funds

Adalius Thomas Donor Advised Fund
Bay St. Louis Rotary Community Hall
Breast Cancer Crusaders
Celebrate the Gulf Fund
Explosion of Excellence
Five Year Forward Event
Fund for Gulf Communities
Gay B. Graves Fund
Good Works Fund
Governor’s Cup of MS
Governor’s Public Policy Event
Gulf Coast Association of Realtors
Gulf Coast Wind Symphony Fund
Gulfport Restoration-Jones Trees Fund
Gulfport Restoration Project/Kaboom Fund
Hancock County Charitable Assistance Fund
Hope Katrina Fund
Jeremiah J. & Annette S. O’Keefe Scholarship
Katrina Volunteers Memorial
Long Beach Community Fund
Michael Mixon Memorial Scholarship
MS Coast Culture & Arts Alliance
MS Disaster Relief
MS Gulf Coast Senior Games
MS Gulf Coast Senior Prom
MS Oil Spill Recovery Fund
MS Power Employee Relief Fund
Pass Christian Rebuild
Pelican Fund
Rebuild Bay St. Louis Fund
Rockin the Coast Fund
Ross Langston Scholarship
Spirit of Waveland Fund
U.S. Senator Trent Lott Commemorative Fund
William Lee Montjoy Educational Fund

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Recent News

Apr 19th, 2013
 Breast Cancer Crusaders

When you support the Community Foundation, you are supporting groups like Breast Cancer Crusaders. Established in 2003, this fund provides financial assistance for women who need mammograms and would otherwise be unable to afford this potentially life-saving screening. Help us continue this important work – DONATE TODAY! The Breast Cancer [...]

Apr 18th, 2013
 Support of the Arts

Support of the arts – one more way, the Community Foundation is “leaving its mark” in South Mississippi. The Community Foundation manages several endowment funds that ensure the long-term sustainability of groups such as the Walter Anderson Museum of Art and the Gulf Coast Symphony. With secure funds in place, [...]