COAST Foundation
rural development · Dhaka
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Chief executive
- Rezaul Karim Chowdhury
- Founded
- 1998
- Regulator
- multiple
- MRA-licensed
- yes
- Active members
- n/a
- Loan portfolio
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Coverage
- coastal Bangladesh (Bhola, Barisal, Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Noakhali, Feni, Laxmipur, Cumilla)
Deepening micro-enterprise financing, primary healthcare access, and disaster risk financing across vulnerable upazilas.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-25 regulatory COAST Foundation filed annual operational and financial compliance reporting with Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA). ↗
- 2026-07-16 programme_launch Expanded ultra-poor graduation and women entrepreneur microcredit credit facility across rural districts. ↗
- 2026-08-11 expansion Inaugurated community climate resilience and primary healthcare outreach centers. ↗
Provenance & notes
Began operations 1998 in Charfesson upazila, Bhola, following a project of an international NGO. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has led it as Executive Director since formation. Registered with the Microcredit Regulatory Authority as COAST Trust on 19 Nov 2007; renamed COAST Foundation, acknowledged by NGOAB 6 Jun 2021. HQ at Metro Melody, Shyamoli, Dhaka-1207. Annual Report 2023 exists at coastbd.net but the PDF was not machine-readable, so financial figures (loan portfolio, expenditure, staff, branch counts) left null rather than estimated.