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

 www.brevardartmuseum.org

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

www.henegar.org

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

www.honoramerica.org

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

www.rossetterhousemuseum.org

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

http://textiles.fit.edu

January 21-April 28, 2012, “Traditional Textiles of India”

February 24, 2012, Uncommon Threads Luncheon Symposium

Space Coast Ballet

(321) 684-7390

www.SpaceCoastBallet.com

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

www.VACWarbirds.org

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

www.jaspacecoast.org

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

www.kidney.org

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

www.spacecoastcenter.org

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
.

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.

www.211brevard.org