A Listing of Brevard’s Deserving Charities
During this traditional season of giving, many Space Coast residents will choose to give a little something back to their community. According to the Community of Foundation of Brevard, it’s part of our culture, with nearly 64,000 local households reporting charitable giving on their 2005 tax returns. Over the last few years Brevard’s more than 1,400 public charities have felt the pinch of the troubled economy and could really use our help. Whether it’s the arts or animals, civic or health organizations, children or education, any of the organizations listed on the following pages will appreciate anything we can give.
Animals and Environmental
Brevard Botanical Garden, Inc.
(321 633-1702
www.brevardbotanicalgarden.com
Signature Event: Edible Garden Festival, Fall 2012
Brevard Nature Alliance
(321) 268-5224
www.brevardnaturealliance.org
Signature Event: Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
January 25 -30, 2012 at Brevard Community College, Titusville
Brevard Zoo
(321) 254-9453
www.brevardzoo.org
Signature Event: Safari Under the Stars
April 28, 2012
Central Brevard Humane Society
(321) 636-3343
www.crittersavers.com
Signature Events: Mardi Gras Paws in the Park, February, 2012
Paws at the Pier September, 2012
Paws in the Park, Fall 2012
Coastal Poodle Rescue
(321) 459-2652
www.coastalpoodlerescue.org
Purrs And Whiskers Shelter, Inc.
(321) 752-5120
www.pawsfla.com
Space Coast Kibble Kitchen
(321) 220-7590
www.spacecoastkibblekitchen.blogspot.com
SPCA of North Brevard
(321) 267-8221 ext. 246
www.spcanorthbrevard.com
Signature Event: Dancing for the Paws
February 11, 2012 at La Cita Country Club in Titusville, 7-11p.m.
Arts, Culture and Education
Acoustic for a Change
(321) 544-4949
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Acoustic-for-a-Change/105292879528262
Astronauts Memorial Foundation
(321) 452-2887
www.amfcse.org
Brevard Children’s Chorus
(321) 432-2770
www.brevardchildrenschorus.org
December 10, 2011, Holiday Concert with the Brevard CommunityChorus at the Maxwell C. King Center
7:30 p.m.
May 4, 2012, Viera/Suntree Relay for Life at Viera High School 6 p.m.
Brevard Community College Foundation
(321) 433-7055
www.brevardcc.edu/foundation
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Brevard Community College Planetarium and Observatory
(321) 433-7372
www.brevardcc.edu/planet
Brevard Community Connections, Inc.
(321) 751-8943
http://www.chadcolbert.com/
Signature Event: Colbert Classic golf tournament
Brevard County Gator Club
(321) 752-5051
www.brevardgatorclub.com
Signature Event: Gator Gathering, Spring 2012
Brevard Cultural Alliance
(321) 690-6817
www.artsbrevard.org
Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science
(321) 632-1830
www.brevardmuseum.org
Signature Event: “Starry Night: Where History Comes to Life,” March 2012
Brevard Schools Foundation
Mission: To match community resources with the needs of schools
(321) 633-1000 ext. 756
www.brevardschoolsfoundation.org
Brevard Symphony Orchestra
(321) 242-2024
brevardsymphony.com
January 28, 2012, Symphony for the Palate at the Eau Gallie Yacht Club
(Historic) Cocoa Village Association
(321) 631 9075
www.visitcocoavillage.com
Signature Event: BBQ & Blues, Arts & Craft Fairs
(The Historic) Cocoa Village Playhouse
(321) 636-5050
www.cocoavillageplayhouse.com
January 6-19, 2012, “Windy City”
February 3-19, 2012, “State Fair”
April 6-22, 2012, “Titanic: The Musical”
May 3-20, 2012, “Cabaret”
Community Band of Brevard
(321) 725-9191
www.Communitybandofbrevard.org
March 25, 2012 concert “At the Movies”
June 3, 2012 concert “The Great American West”
Dance Arts Centre
(321) 777-2155
www.DanceAC.com
eARTh Awareness of Brevard, Inc.
(321) 636-7231
http://earthawareness.org
Signature Event: September 29, 2012, Space Coast Music Festival
Florida Historical Society
(321) 690-1971 ext. 201
www.myfloridahistory.org
Florida Institute of Technology
(321) 674-6400
www.fit.edu/support/
April 21, 2012 Scott Center Evening of Hope IV
Foosaner Art Museum
(321) 242-0737
Galmont Ballet
(321) 543-4403
www.GalmontBallet.com
December 17-18, 2011, “The American Nutcracker”
May 28, 2012, “The Best of Galmont Ballet”
Greater Canaveral Chapter of The Barbershop Harmony Society
(321) 636-0900
www.spacecoastchorus.net
February 25, 2012, “Circus Day in Dixie”
Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Inc.
(321) 269-8256
www.harryharriettemoore.org
Signature Event: Moore Heritage Festival of the Arts and Humanities,
Spring 2012
Henegar Center for the Arts
(321) 723-8698
December 2-18, 2011, “Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical”
January 20-February 5, 2012, “Pump Boys and Dinettes”
March 9-April 1, 2012, “Fiddler on the Roof”
April 27-May 13, 2012, “Prelude to a Kiss”
Honor America/Liberty Bell Museum
(321) 727-1776
December 16, 2011, Battle of the Bulge Anniversary celebration
Indialantic Chamber Singers
(321) 723-8371
(321) 960-5000
http://www.indialanticchambersingers.org
December 11, 2011,Flutes & Voices of Christmas Concert
December 12, 2011,3rd Annual Sounds of Christmas
April 20 & 22, 2012, Spring Concert
KLD Youth Foundation
(321) 454-7333
www.KLDkids.org
Signature Event: Dancing with Brevard
Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
(321) 433-5719
www.kingcenter.com
Melbourne Art Festival
(321) 722-1964
www.melbournearts.org
April 28-29, 2012, Melbourne Art Festival
Melbourne Chamber Music Society, Inc.
(321) 956-8775
http://www.MelbourneChamberMusicSociety.com
December 16, 2011, Calmus Ensemble, Leipzig (a cappella vocal)
January 13, 2012, Trio con Brio, Copenhagen
February 10, 2012, Daedalus Quartet
March 9, 2012, Jerusalem String Quartet
May 7, 2012, Midori (violin concert)
May 29-June 2, 2012, Brevard Chamber Music Seminar
Melbourne Civic Theatre
(321) 723-6935
www.mymct.org
December 9-11,16-18, 21-23,29-31, “Holidays with Dino”
January 20-February 26, 2012, “Cactus Flower”
March 16-April 22, 2012 “The Drowsy Chaperone”
May 11-June 17, 2012, “The Elephant Man”
Melbourne Municipal Band
(321) 724-0555
www.mmband.org
December 14-15, 2011, “A Starry Night” Holiday Concert
February 15-16, 2102, The Music of Sammy Nestico
April 18-19, 2012, “Magic Carpet Ride”
June 13-14, 2012, “Why SO Serious?”
August 8-9, 2012, Guest conductor concert
Native Heritage Gathering, Inc.
(321) 452-1671
www.nativerhythmsfestival.com
November 11-13, 2012, Native Rhythms Festival at Wickham Park Amphitheatre
(Historic) Rossetter House Museum and Gardens
(321) 254-9855
December 3, 2011, Holiday Garden tea
December 17, 2011, Santa arrives
Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at Florida Institute of Technology
(321) 674-8313
January 21-April 28, 2012, “Traditional Textiles of India”
February 24, 2012, Uncommon Threads Luncheon Symposium
Space Coast Ballet
(321) 684-7390
December 3, 2011, “The Nutcracker” at the King Center
Space Coast Pops Orchestra
(321) 632-7445
www.SpaceCoastPops.com
January 7, 2012, “A Musical Journey Around the World”
February 2012, “It’s All About Sinatra”
March 3, 2012, “The Great American Song Book”
April 14,2012, “Spring Fling”
Space Coast Symphony Orchestra
(321) 536-8580
www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org
March 24, 2012, Verdi’s Requiem, First Baptist Church, Merritt Island
Space Coast Writer’s Guild
(321) 779-1008
www.scwg.org
January 27-28, 2012, Annual Writer’s Conference
Surfside Players
(321) 783-3127
surfsideplayers.com
January 20-February 5, 2012, “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Titusville Playhouse, Inc
(321) 268-1125
Website: titusvilleplayhouse.com
January 13-28, 2012, “Twelve Angry Men”
February 24-March 11, 2012, “42nd Street”
May 4-19, 2012, “Urinetown”
U.S. Space Walk of Fame
(321) 264-0434
www.spacewalkoffame.com
Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
(321) 268-1841
VSA Florida-Brevard
(321) 537-4561
vsabrevard.org
Signature Event: Hands on Art Festival “Pre-Historic Party”
Brevard Zoo March 7-9, 2012
WFIT
(321) 674 8950
www.wfit.org
4 The Kids of Brevard
(321) 243-9250
www.4thekidsofbrevard.com
Business and Civic
American Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens
(321) 264-0911
www.afp-cc.org
Signature Event: National Officer of the Year banquet
Association of Fundraising Professionals-Space Coast Chapter
(321) 434-7161
www.afpspacecoast.afpnet.org
Signature Event: National Philanthropy Day
AVET Project
(321) 373-7046
www.avetproject.org
Brevard Business Leadership Network
(321) 536-7062
www.brevardbln.org
Signature Event: Employer Recognition Awards
Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
(321) 459-2200
www.cocoabeachchamber.com
Founders Forum
(321) 433-5570
www.foundersforum.com
Signature Event: Entrepreneur of the Year, September 2012
Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce
(321) 951-9998
www.greaterpalmbaychamber.com
Signature Event: Celebrate Brevard Food Tasting Extravaganza, November 2012
Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc.
(321) 728-4009 x116
www.brevardhabitat.com
March 17-18, 2012, 24th Annual Strawberry Festival, Wickham Park Main Pavilion
Junior Achievement of the Space Coast
(321) 751-4024
March 3, 2012, Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame
Junior League of Central & North Brevard
(321) 453-5718
www.brevardjuniorleague.org
Signature Event: Pumpkins in the Park 5K Run & Fitness Walk, October 2012
Junior League of South Brevard, Inc.
(321) 610-8950
www.jlsb.net
Signature Event: Festival of Trees, November 2012
LEAD Brevard
(321) 632-8222
www.leadbrevard.org
Signature Event: 4 under 40 Celebrating the Next Generation of Leaders
Friday, February 17, 2012, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
BCC Cocoa Campus
Melbourne Regional Chamber of East Central Florida
(321) 724-5400
www.melbourneregionalchamber.com
Society of Women Engineers Space Coast Section
(321) 783-4644
www.swe-sc.org
Signature Event: WOW, IGEW and Annual Engineering Awards Banquet
Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce
(321) 267-3036
www.titusville.org
Women’s Business Center at Florida Tech
(321) 674-7007
www.wbc.fit.edu
Signature Event: Annual Women’s Business Expo and Women’s History Month Luncheon, Spring 2012
Zonta Club of Melbourne
(321) 729-0755
www.zontaspacecoast.org
March 25, 2012, Annual Chocolate Festival
Eau Gallie Civic Center, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Hospitals and Health
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
Signature Events: Relay for Life, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, and Cattle Barons Ball
American Heart Association
www.BrevardHeartWalk.org
Signature Event: Heart Walk, September 2012
Breast Friends of Florida
www.breastfriends.com
Signature Event: Joy of Life Luncheon, March 2012
Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation
www.brevardalzheimers.org
Signature Event: Alzheimer’s Barbeque and Car Drawing
Cancer Care Centers of Brevard Foundation
www.cccfoundationinc.org
Signature Event: Caring Hearts Benefit
Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the home of Ed and Jeanne André
Circles of Care, Inc.
www.circlesofcare.org
Doctors’ Goodwill Foundation
www.doctorsfoundation.org
August, 2012, Doctors’ Expo
Health First Center for Family Caregivers
www.health.first.org
February 3, 2012, Moments to Remember
Health First Foundation
www.health.first.org
Signature Event: Health First Benefit Ball, Spring 2012
Grape Escape and Health First Golf Classic, Fall 2012
Healthy Start Coalition of Brevard
www.healthystartbrevard.com
Jess Parrish Medical Foundation
www.parrishmedfoundation.com
Signature Event: Annual Gala, October 2012
March of Dimes
www.marchofdimes.com
Signature Event: March for Babies
April 28, 2012 at Jetty Park
MIMA Foundation of Brevard, Inc.
www.mimafoundation.org
Signature Event: MIMA Foundation Pro Tennis Classic
May 6-13, 2012 at Kiwi Tennis Club
National Kidney Foundation of Florida
August 31-September 3, 2012, Lavor Day Pro-Am Surfing Festival
Relay For Life
www.relayforlife.org
Running Zone Foundation
www.runningzone.com/foundation
Signature Event: Running Zone Foundation Race Series
Space Coast Cancer Foundation
www.spacecoastcancerfoundation.org
Signature Event: Daffodil Gala
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA)
www.vnatc.com
VITAS Hospice Charitable Fund
www.vitascharityfund.org
We Care 2, Inc.
www.wecare2women.com
Signature Event: We Care 2 Annual Benefit & Silent Auction DATE?
YMCA
www.ymcacentralflorida.com
Signature Event: Youth Scholarship Campaign
Human Services and Children
American Red Cross.
www.midfloridaredcross.org
Signature Event: Heroes for the American Red Cross campaign, March 2012
AMIkids Space Coast (formerly Space Coast Marine Institute)
www.amikidsspacecoasy.org
Signature Events: Space Coast Scramble Golf Tournament, May 5, 2012
Annual Fall Fundraiser Reverse Raffle, November 4, 2012
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Florida
www.bbbscfl.org
Signature event: Men Cooking from the Heart
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida – Brevard County
www.bgccf.org
Signature Event: Faces of the Future breakfast
Brevard Achievement Center
www.bacbrevard.com
Signature Event: Coffee & Chocolate
February 18, 2012 at the Space Coast Convention Center/Holiday Inn Express, Cocoa, 7-10 p.m.
Brevard County Legal Aid
www.brevardcountylegalaid.org
Signature Event: Annual Pro Bono Recognition Evening
Brevard Neighborhood Development Coalition
www.BNDCserve.org
Signature Event: Anchor at the DOCK breakfast
Brevard Rescue Mission, Inc.
www.BrevardRescueMission.org
Signature Event: Women Who Care Share luncheon, April 2012
Bridges BTC
www.mybridges.org
Candlelighters of Brevard, Inc.
www.candlelightersofbrevard.org
Signature Event: “Have a Heart” Valentine’s Extravaganza, February 2012
Central Brevard Sharing Center
www.sharingcenter.org
Cherishing the Journey
www.cherishingthejourney.org
Signature Event: Walk to Remember (with butterfly release)
Children’s Home Society of Florida, Brevard Division
www.chsfl.org/brevard
Signature Event: Portraits of Possibilities
May 5, 2012, at the home of Dr. Robert and Mrs. Maria Seelman in Indialantic.
Club Esteem
www.clubesteem.com
Signature Event: Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball
Community Services Council of Brevard
www.communityservicescouncil.org
April 21, 2012, Passport to Wines Around the World, Space Coast Convention Center
Crosswinds Youth Services, Inc.
www.crosswindsyouthservices.org
Signature Event: Great Brevard Duck Race during the annual Indian River Festival, Spring 2012
Daily Bread, Inc.
www.dailybreadinc.org
Devereux
www.devereuxfl.org
Eckerd Youth Alternatives
www.eckerd.org
Families Exploring Down Syndrome of Brevard, Inc.
www.FEDSofBrevard.org
Signature Event: Step Up For Down Syndrome Advocacy Walk
Family Counseling Center of Brevard
www.fccbrevard.com
Grace Equine Rescue and Therapy for Humans, Inc.
www.gracerescue.org
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard
www.grandparentsraisinggrandchildren.org
Signature Event: The Child First Gala takes place every year on the Saturday before Grandparent’s Day in September
Harmony Farms Inc.
www.harmonyfarmsinc.com
Signature Event: Buckaroo Ball
June 12, 2012 at the Space Coast Convention Center
Healthy Start Coalition of Brevard
www.healthystartbrevard.com
Hidden Potentials, Inc.
www.hpotentials.com
Signature Event: Star Awards Dinner, March 2012
The M.O.R.G.A.N. Project
www.themorganproject.org
Signature Event: Turtle Splash!
Nana’s Children’s Home, Inc (Nana’s House)
www.nanaschildrenshome.com
PREVENT! of Brevard, Inc.
www.preventofbrevardinc.net
Signature Event: JAMBOREE 2012
March 24, 2012 at the Melbourne Auditorium
Promise Inc.
www.Promiseinbrevard.com
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
www.FeedHopeNow.org
Serene Harbor, Inc.
www.sereneharbor.org
Signature Event: Purses with a Purpose, October 2012
South Brevard Sharing Center
www.mysbsc.org
Space Coast Center for Independent Living
www.spacecoastcil.org
Space Coast Center for Mothers with Children
January, 2013, James Buescher Bogey Open
Space Coast Early Intervention Center
www.sceic.com
Signature Event: Tim Wakefield Celebrity Golf Tournament, January 2012
Szuba Guardian Care Solutions, Inc.
www.szubaguardiancare.org
The Children’s Hunger Project
www.thechildrenshungerproject.org
The Compassionate Friends
www.griefsupportdeathofchild.org
Signature Event: World Wide Candle Lighting, December 11, 2011
The Haven for Children, Inc.
www.thehavenforchildren.com
Signature Events: Haven Golf Tournament, The Havenly Affair
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The Women’s Center
www.womenscenterinbrevard.org
Signature Event: Women’s Center South Guild Winter Ball
February 19, 2012, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi of Melbourne.
WEGO Ministries (Worldwide Evangelical Gospel Outreach)
www.wego.org
United Way of Brevard
www.uwbrevard.org
Yellow Umbrella Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse
www.yellowumbrella.org
2-1-1 Brevard, Inc.
