Rapid Response Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Purpose: Support the community and nonprofit partners before and during natural disasters in the service area.
Geographic Scope: Gulf Coast Community Foundation's service area
Focus Areas: Disaster Response - life-sustaining support to those most impacted by natural disasters
How It Works:
- Staff gathers boots-on-the-ground intelligence following disasters
- Funds are deployed to areas of greatest need as quickly as possible
- Needs evolve depending on circumstances of each disaster
- Promise: gifts are used to provide life-sustaining support to those most impacted
Contact Information:
- Headquarters: 601 Tamiami Trail South, Venice, FL 34285
- Phone: 941.486.4600
- Philanthropy Center: 1549 State Street, Sarasota, FL 34236
- Phone: 941.777.1270
- EIN: 59-1052433
What Gulf Coast Strategic Investments Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 1
- Total given
- $2.37M
- Median grant
- $2.37M
- By dollars: Florida 100%. Top recipient cities: Venice, FL.
Example grants
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Venice, FL
To support the charitable mission
$2.37M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Disaster relief
- Nonprofits
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