Jack A. & Gertrude W. Wilson Animal Welfare Fund

The Jack A. & Gertrude W. Wilson Animal Welfare Fund was established in 2001 from Jack and Gertrude Wilson's commitment to the care and welfare of companion animals. The endowed fund supports animal welfare work in South Mississippi and has supported organizations including Friends of the Jackson County County Animal Shelter Pets, Wild at Heart Rescue, Humane Society of South Mississippi, Wildlife Care and Rescue, Tired Dog Rescue, and Friends of the Animal Shelter in Hancock County. The fund is associated with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, which provides opportunities for people with diverse interests and goals to invest in charitable causes that improve quality of life in South Mississippi. The fund provides competitive grants to qualifying organizations classified as public charities under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eligible organizations must deliver programs for or with animals and must be located in Harrison, Jackson, Hancock, Pearl River, Stone, or George counties in Mississippi. The source states that all grants from the fund are for the welfare of animals and that all animals are to be included. No eligibility pathway for individuals, for-profit organizations, government entities, educational institutions, or organizations outside the six identified counties is stated. Supported activities may include spaying and neutering of animals, animal adoption programs, and community education programs. The guidelines also expressly permit grants for bricks and mortar. Administrative fees associated with animal programs must be limited to eight percent or less. The fund will not support fundraising efforts. The provided material does not state an award minimum, award maximum, total program funding amount, expected number of awards, grant period, or required cost share or matching contribution. The stated application window is August 1 through October 31. Using the analysis date of August 11, 2026, the displayed window is treated as the current 2026 application window, resulting in an application open date of August 1, 2026 and a closing date of October 31, 2026. The source does not state that applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so the opportunity is treated as having a fixed deadline. It also does not explicitly state that the grant cycle repeats annually or at another defined frequency. Therefore, no recurring cycle, next-cycle date, or internal next-check date is recorded from the available information. The provided source does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not describe an application portal, required forms, narrative questions, required attachments, evaluation or scoring criteria, due-diligence procedures, site visits, award notification date, or performance period. These details therefore cannot be populated from the supplied material without adding information not stated by the funder. No individual program contact is named in the provided material. The Gulf Coast Community Foundation lists the general email address info@mgccf.org and telephone number (228) 897-4841. Its listed address is Knight Nonprofit Center, 11975 Seaway Road, Suite B-150, Gulfport, Mississippi 39503. Organizations considering this opportunity should ensure that they satisfy the stated 501(c)(3) public charity and six-county location requirements and that proposed activities directly advance animal welfare, include animals without a stated species limitation, maintain administrative fees at eight percent or less, and do not constitute fundraising efforts.

Ensure admin costs do not exceed 8 percent. Brick-and-mortar eligible. No fundraising allowed.