Coastal Bend Community Foundation

MISSION - To help meet the charitable and educational needs and enhance and improve the quality of life in the Coastal Bend area of Texas through grants to charitable organizations - To serve a wide variety donors by providing a vehicle for the establishment of various types of funds designed to serve their charitable wishes - To exercise leadership on charitable issues and advance the cause of philanthropy throughout the area - To solicit others to partner with the Foundation to provide for increased giving to address the ever-growing needs of the Coastal Bend HISTORY Thirty five years ago, the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, together with community leaders Cecil Burney, Pat Eisenhauer and Dick Sells launched a public foundation to promote and encourage philanthropy in the Coastal Bend. With an initial donation of $150,000 from the Paul and Mary Haas Foundation and borrowed office space at the Chamber of Commerce, the Coastal Bend Community Foundation was established in 1981. Today, the Coastal Bend Community Foundation is one of approximately 750 community foundations in the United States. Its charitable impact has been profound, but it does not accomplish this work alone. Through the generosity of its donors and the foresight of the Foundation’s founders and directors, the Coastal Bend Community Foundation has grown assets to over $82.3 million while awarding over $100 million in grants and scholarships through 2017. The Foundation serves the Coastal Bend counties of Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio through its 323 funds. The Coastal Bend Community Foundation invites anyone who is interested in meeting the charitable needs of this area to partner to “enhance and improve the quality of life” in the Coastal Bend.