About Community Foundation for Brevard
The Community Foundation for Brevard serves as a trusted resource and leader for philanthropic individuals and organizations to expand, enhance, and sustain Brevard County’s quality of life.
Focus Areas
AnimalsArts & CultureCommunity CapacityEducationEnvironmentOpportunity & Empowerment (basic needs, housing, economic mobility)Health & Wellness
Who They Fund
local communities / general public (community-level beneficiaries)underserved or marginalized populations (implicit in 'opportunity & empower')community-based nonprofits and leadersartists and cultural organizationsfaith-based congregations and organizations
About Community Foundation for Brevard
A defining feature of Community Foundation for Brevard Inc is the breadth of its grantmaking across community needs in Brevard County, from medical research and education to health, animals, environment, and opportunity-focused support. In the recent grants list, the largest award was $1,550,000 to Planned Parenthood Federation of Am in New York for health and wellness, showing that the foundation’s work can extend beyond purely local institutions when the funding purpose aligns with its priorities. Other major awards point to a broad community agenda: Globalgiving received $301,000 for opportunity and empowerment, and Global Empowerment Mission received $300,000 for the same area. The foundation also backed research and public-serving organizations, including Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne for medical research and Brevard Zoo in Melbourne for environment. The organization describes itself as a resource and leader for philanthropic individuals and organizations seeking to expand, enhance, and sustain Brevard County’s quality of life, and its recent grantmaking reflects that county-centered mission across multiple issue areas.
What Community Foundation for Brevard Funds
Health and wellness appears as a major strand of the foundation’s recent giving. It awarded $120,000 to the University of Miami in Coral Gables for health and wellness, and $100,000 each to Shriners Hospitals for Children in Tampa and St Jude Children's Research Hospit in Memphis for the same broad area. Medical research is a separate focus area for the foundation: Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne received $149,463 for medical research, matching the site’s dedicated medical research grant program. Environmental work also appears in the grant record, with $115,000 to Brevard Zoo in Melbourne for environment. The foundation’s opportunity and empowerment grants include $300,000 to Global Empowerment Mission in Doral, indicating support for practical assistance and community resilience alongside programmatic funding.
How Community Foundation for Brevard Gives
Typical grant size sits at a median of $12,000, with a lower quartile of $7,731 and an upper quartile of $28,250. The recent list includes both small and very large awards, which suggests a mix of routine nonprofit grants and larger strategic commitments. Grantmaking is overwhelmingly local, with 85% of grants going to recipients in Florida and the top giving state also Florida. The foundation is a mixed community foundation, not a private family foundation, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Several organizations appear more than once in the recent grants list, including Spca of Brevard Inc, Planned Parenthood Federation of Am, Protect Democracy Project, The Salvation Army Florida, Shriners Hospitals for Children, and Phelan-mcdermid Syndrome Foundation, indicating repeat support for some recipients.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3M
Total Assets
$51.8M
Total Revenue
$13.2M
Total Expenses
$4.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $28K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$28K
Geographic Reach
Local14 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
AMANDA G SMITH
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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