APPLY NOW FOR AN
EMERGENCY GRANT

The Gulf Coast Fund has created a special Emergency Response Fund for the Oil Drilling Disaster, and we are distributing grants on a nearly bi-weekly basis. Special priority is given to organizations engaged in community-led responses focused on: building community capacity; independent monitoring and documentation; providing impacted communities with access to key information and decision-makers; and organizing and advocacy for communities most impacted by the disaster.

TO APPLY: Go to application link here

REQUEST AMOUNTS & RESTRICTIONS: Up to $7,000 per organization. Small requests also accepted. Recipients must be 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 nonprofit organizations in good standing.

NEXT DEADLINE: August 2, 2010

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Upcoming Events

Mobile Photography Exhibition
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - Friday, September 3, 2010

75th Annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - Monday, September 6, 2010

Fight Back Center Fundraising Supper
Friday, September 3, 2010 - Saturday, September 4, 2010

FREE Concert to Benefit Fishermen and the Wetlands
Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:00am - 12:00am

Off-Shore Drilling Forum
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am

Emergency Response Fund Grant Recipients

Asian Americans for Change
Bayou Grace Community Services
Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing (BISCO)
Boat People SOS
Center for Environmental and Economic Justice
Dulac Community Center
Grand Bayou Community United
Gulf Restoration Network
Isle de Jean Charles Band of the Biloxi Chitimacha
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Louisiana Bayoukeeper
Louisiana Bucket Brigade
Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN)
Louisiana Justice Institute
Mary Queen of Vietnam
Moving Forward Gulf Coast
People's Environmental Center
Pointe -Au -Chien Indian Tribe
Portersville Revival Group
South Bay Communities Alliance
Steps Coalition
Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS)
Tulane Institue on Water Resources Law
United Houma Nation
VAYLA-NO
Waterkeepers Alliance
Zion Travelers

Donate to the Emergency Response Fund

The BP Oil Drill Disaster has exposed yet again the human and ecological costs of our dependency on fossil fuels and the consequences of corporate greed. The human and economic impacts from this event – the largest environmental disaster our nation has ever seen – will unfold for generations. Please help now by donating to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health.  Your donation will go directly to the grassroots organizations working in communities all along the Gulf Coast on the frontlines of this disaster. Please enter the amount you would like to donate in whole dollars, then click "Donate".