Coastal Georgia Foundation Awards $107,700 in recent grant cycle
Twenty-two organizations working directly with our community’s most vulnerable populations were awarded a total of $107,700 in grants from the Coastal Georgia Foundation’s Community Impact competitive grants initiative. Although these organizations provide critical and important services to at-risk youth and their families in Glynn, Camden and McIntosh counties, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been an added factor in the decision-making process.
The Foundation annually budgets $50,000 for its Community Impact grants initiative, and especially this year, generous fund holders and friends were able to make up the $57,700 gap to meet the needs of twenty-two recipients.
“At a time when communities are reeling from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, generosity is reaching new heights. The Foundation was able to more than double the support it is making available to agencies providing essential services to Coastal Georgia’s most vulnerable population; at-risk youth and the adults caring for them. Well done, Coastal Georgians!”
The next Community Impact grants cycle will open in January 2021, with applications due in February 2021.
A brief description of the grant recipients and programs follows:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Georgia, Brunswick - $5,000
Camden Community Crisis Center, St. Marys - $5,000
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Glynn, Inc., Brunswick and St. Marys - $4,200
Camden Connection* (CCAR), St. Marys - $5,000
Centered for Life*, Brunswick - $5,000
Children in Action Sports Club (CIA), Brunswick - $5,000
Coastal Coalition for Children, Inc., Brunswick - $5,000
Coastal Outreach Academics, Brunswick - $5,000
Communities in Schools of Glynn County, Brunswick - $4,000
The Gathering Place, Brunswick - $5,000
Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.*, Brunswick - $5,000
Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association, Brunswick - $5,000
Grace House of Brunswick, Brunswick - $5,000
Habitat for Humanity of Glynn County, Inc., Brunswick - $5,000
Hope 1312 Collective, Inc., Brunswick - $5,000
House of Hope, Refuge of Love, Brunswick - $5,000
Morningstar Children and Family Services, Inc., Brunswick - $5,000
The Remedy Project*, Brunswick - $5,000
Safe Harbor Children’s Center, Inc., Brunswick - $5,000
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Darien - $5,000
STAR Foundation, Brunswick - $5,000
YMCA of the Golden Isles, Darien - $5,000
*denotes first-time competitive grant recipient
About the Coastal Georgia Foundation
The Coastal Georgia Foundation was incorporated in 2005, as a tax-exempt public charity created by and for the people of Glynn, McIntosh and Camden counties. The Foundation now has assets over $30 million and has awarded over $17 million in grants, the majority to community organizations in the three-county region and Georgia. The Foundation serves ordinary citizens who have the extraordinary vision for a better life for their neighbors, friends, families, and fellow coastal Georgians - today and for future generations. The Foundation seeks to be the region’s trusted source for thoughtful philanthropic counsel, sound financial management and strategic community investment. www.coastalgeorgiafoundation.org