The Coastal Bend Community Foundation is pleased to announce $250,000 in grant awards from its 2019 Special Grant Program, “Kids Go to Camp 5!” have been awarded to 13 nonprofits. Approved by the CBCF Board of Directors to support the Foundation’s mission to “improve the quality of life in the Coastal Bend, the awards will […]

The Online CBCF Scholarship application is now open for submission through March 1, 2019. New this year, are separate application links for high school and college students. Students from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation’s seven-county service area of Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio are eligible to apply by clicking on […]

Karen Osborne, Senior Strategist at The Osborne Group and debut novelist, presented an informative seminar on September 20, 2018 at the Corpus Christi Country Club. She addressed the Fundamentals of Fundraising – Part V, “Your Relationship Building Checklist” to local nonprofit organizations. The Coastal Bend Community Foundation hosted the event with partial funding provided by […]

The Annual Grants Online application is now available May 1, 2018 through June 15, 2018. The Annual Grants program expects to award up to $650,000 in 2018 to support projects in the Foundation’s seven-county service area of Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio. Grant writers for area nonprofits are encouraged to […]

The Online CBCF Scholarship application is now open for submission through March 1, 2018. Students from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation’s seven-county service area of Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio are eligible to apply. Students can apply by clicking CBCF Scholarship Application. CBCF currently administers over 100 scholarship funds, and […]

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with our friends and neighbors impacted by Hurricane Harvey. In late 2015 the Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group established a fund with the Foundation to accept charitable donations and distribute recovery grants for the benefit of our seven county region (Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and […]