COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Improving the quality of life in the Coastal Bend
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Coastal Bend Grants
Helps meet the charitable needs of and enhances the quality of life in the Coastal Bend of Texas through grants to charitable organizations. Grants are awarded annually through a competitive process and focus on the areas of: arts and culture, education, environment, families and children, health, human services and public good. Funding is available in CBCF's seven county service area of Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio.
Coastal Bend Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors and current college students for both CBCF and Outside scholarships. A single online application considers students for over 70 CBCF scholarships. Outside scholarships use an application process specific to the organization or donor. Students must live in the CBCF seven county service area of Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio.
Where we work
Accreditations
Community Foundations National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations- Accredited 2009
Community Foundations National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations- Re-accredited 2015
Community Foundations National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations- Re-accredited 2020
Affiliations & memberships
Council on Foundations 2020
External reviews

How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
The Coastal Bend Community Foundation provides grants to charities and scholarships to students in our seven county service area (Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio). As a community foundation CBCF is not restricted to as to program area that can receive grants, thus nearly all Coastal Bend residents have been touched by our grants to the arts, education, environment, core needs, health, and family oriented charities. Our mission to improve the quality of life in the Coastal Bend is also being met by the assistance we provide through scholarships to high school students in our area.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Case management notes, Community meetings/Town halls, Grant Reports,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
For the past two years due to the impact of COVID-19, our annual grants program has moved away from grants directed for a specific program at a charity to unrestricted grants to be used at the discretion of the organization and its board of directors. This change was made after some of our grantees expressed concerns about the feasibility of offering the programs they had applied for in the past due to COVID-19.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship?
This idea behind the change to unrestricted grants for these two years has helped assure the various charities survival. The feedback received has been overwhelmingly positive.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve,
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Mrs. Jennifer Vogt
No Affiliation
Term: 2019 -
Mike Carrell
Jennifer Vogt
Pamela Brower
Omar Leal
Bill Maxwell
Richard Scanio
Michelle Unda
Sarah Fisher
Richard Leshin
Hon. John Martinez
Karen O'Conner Urban
Paula Dean
Amanda Kellar
Betty Stiles
Laura Fischer
Kirkby Townsend
Hon. Karin Knolle
David Towler
Ricki Cunningham
Jonathan Hornblower
Brad Womack
Louise Aduddell
Nan Linney
Wes Hoskins
Irene Irey
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? GuideStar partnered on this section with CHANGE Philanthropy and Equity in the Center.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.