College Of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc

Academic Scholarship: Merit scholarships and targeted academic incentives are important tools in recruitment and retention of top notch students. The Foundation is committeed to continuing awards of full or partial scholarhips at meaningful funding levels to five percent of more of total enrollment. To attract and retain outstanding students, the Foundation will continue to consider innovative scholarship and support programs such as the Moore Scholars, the Brenda and Mac Nease Foundation Scholarships, and the Hites/Dinos Scholarships. The majority of the Foundation's sixty eight endowment funds support scholarships. In the 2023-2024 Academic year the Foundation made 977 scholarship awards to approximately 862 students.

Campus Programming/Student Life including Athletics and General Operations: The college experience is heightened through quality extra-and co-curricular activities. The Foundation sustains arts and cultural experieinces, lecture series, social gatherings, and career development opportunities that serve to expand the horizons of students, faculty and staff, and to provide enrichment for the community at large. Campus Programming/Student Life funds include: the Coastal Georgia Minority Outreach Program, Let's Talk Coastal, the Theatre fund, Veteran Funds, a Campus Pantry, and a Student Publications fund (Seaswell's). Athletic funds include support for the Athletic Department, Athletic scholarships, and support for the seven inter-scholastic college sports teams. (continued at Schedule O)While cultivating significant named giving, the Foundation's goal is at least 20 percent of the annual budget for campus programming/student life and athletic programming. The Foundation also supports general operations expenses which should be under 10 percent of the annual budget.

Other Program Services: Housing/Capital Expansion: Student housing and additional instructional facilities remain critical for the College's expansion and growth. The Foundation looks to support new and improved facilities and the future phases of student housing. Currently, the Foundation owns and operates Coastal Place Apartments, which is an 132 student off-campus housing unit in conjuction with the College's residential housing program. The Foundation also maintains a kitchen lab in downtown Brunswick to expand instruction for the College's Culinary Arts program and provide more cooperative education experiences for it's students. There are various naming opportunities through capital donations for new and existing campus buildings and infastructure (e.g., walkways, water features, laboratories, student meeting areas) that can be targeted for future solicitations.