Want to donate to a Coast charity for the holidays? Here’s a complete list.
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” — Charles Dickens, author of “A Christmas Carol”
Celebrate the season of giving by giving back to your community.
This is a complete list of nonprofits in the lower six counties registered with the Mississippi Secretary of State.
All donations to 501(c)(3) organizations are tax-deductible on federal income taxes.
Don’t see your organization listed? Email online@sunherald.com.
COASTWIDE
▪ United Way of South Mississippi
▪ Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
▪ Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Foundation
▪ Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast
▪ Hope Haven Children’s Advocacy Center
▪ The Salvation Army Mississippi Gulf Coast
▪ Catholic Charities and Social Services Biloxi
▪ Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi
▪ Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence
▪ Red Cross, South Mississippi Chapter
▪ Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
▪ Renaissance Community Loan Fund
▪ Friends of South Mississippi State Hospital
▪ Moore Community House/Women in Construction
▪ Mississippi Coalition for Vietnamese-American Fisher Folks and Families
▪ Promiss (Pregnancy Resources of Mississippi)
▪ Bible Education and Missionary Services
▪ Gulf Coast Down Syndrome Society
▪ Gulf Coast Wellness Foundation
▪ Heritage Trails Partnership of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
▪ Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain
▪ Mental Health Association of South Mississippi
▪ Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
▪ Mississippi Gulf Coast Multiple Sclerosis Society
▪ Mississippi Gulf Fishing Banks
▪ Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative
▪ Mississippi Press Association Education Foundation
▪ Mississippi Rising Coalition
▪ National Diabetes & Obesity Research Center at Tradition
▪ Open Doors Homeless Coalition
▪ South Mississippi Aids Task Force
▪ South Mississippi Housing and Development Corporation
▪ Subsea Environmental Solutions
▪ The Mississippi Lyme Disease Association
▪ Underwater Robotics Educational Excellence Foundation
▪ Wildlife Care and Rescue Center
VETERANS
▪ Armed Forces Museum Foundation at Camp Shelby
▪ CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation
▪ Combat Wounded Veterans of South Mississippi
▪ Paralyzed Veterans of America Bayou Gulf States
ARTS
▪ Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra
▪ Walter Anderson Museum of Art
▪ Mississippi Gulf Coast Ballet Theatre
▪ Mississippi Gulf Coast Blues Commission
MUSEUMS
▪ Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
▪ La Pointe - Krebs Foundation
▪ Lynn Meadows Discovery Center
▪ Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum of Biloxi
▪ Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum
HARRISON COUNTY
▪ Bethseda Free Health Clinic of D’Iberville
▪ Humane Society of South Mississippi
▪ Memorial Hospital at Gulfport Foundation
▪ 34th Street Wholistic Gardens & Education Center
▪ Animal Advocacy Initiative of Mississippi
▪ Backpack Buddies of Long Beach
▪ AVIDD Advocates for Victims of Impaired/Distracted Driving
▪ Byron Sanders Think Success Non-Profit
▪ Center for Environmental and Economic Justice
▪ CLIMB Community Development Corporation and Cafe Climb
▪ Coalition of African American Communities
▪ Coastal Family Health Center
▪ Coastal Plains Interagency Coordinating Council
▪ Dora Delahoussaye Catch a Break Cancer Foundation
▪ Ecumenical Coalition for Women and Families
▪ The Nourishing Place/The Educational Support Organization
▪ Gaston Point Community Development Corporation
▪ Gulf Coast Community Ministries
▪ Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
▪ Hope Community Development Agency
▪ Junior Auxiliary of Gulfport
▪ North Gulfport Community Land Conservancy
▪ Pass Christian Community Sailing Foundation
▪ Rotary Club of Pass Christian
▪ St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy
▪ Veterans Community Living Center
▪ Wolf River Conservation Society
▪ Women’s Resource & Empowerment Center
JACKSON COUNTY
▪ Jackson County Civic Action Committee
▪ United Way for Jackson & George Counties
▪ Pascagoula River Audubon Center
▪ Backpack Buddies of Pascagoula
▪ Boys & Girls Clubs of Jackson County
▪ Faith Human Development Center
▪ Junior Auxiliary of Biloxi-Ocean Springs
▪ Pink Pawz Spay & Neuter Program
▪ Singing River Health System Foundation
▪ Trinity Outreach Corporation
▪ Volunteers in Medicine Gautier
HANCOCK COUNTY
▪ CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Hancock County
▪ Hancock Community Development Foundation
▪ Friends of the Animal Shelter in Hancock County
▪ Habitat for Humanity Bay-Waveland
▪ Hancock County Historical Society
▪ Library Foundation of Hancock County
▪ Friends of the Animal Shelter in Hancock County
GEORGE COUNTY
▪ American Legion Post 53 Howell Grantham
▪ Concerned Citizens For Youth of George County
▪ Disaster Recovery Services of George County
▪ George/Green Habitat for Humanity
PEARL RIVER COUNTY
▪ Backpack Buddies of Poplarville
▪ Senior Center of South Pearl River County
STONE COUNTY
This story was originally published December 18, 2017 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Want to donate to a Coast charity for the holidays? Here’s a complete list.."