Grants

Grant Opportunities

Strengthening the nonprofit community through grantmaking and other services is critical to our mission of building a better community. The Community Foundation for Brevard helps nonprofits carry out their important work by awarding grants, forging community partnerships and educating community philanthropists and partners about the organizations that are most aligned with their charitable interests.

Explore our discretionary grant programs below for more details on what these programs support and how your organization can apply for a grant.

Types of Grants

  • Competitive Grants-Medical Research

    The Community Foundation uses a competitive grant process to award medical research grants from its Kenneth R. Finken and Dorothy Hallam Finken Endowment Fund. The overall goal of the program is to support research in the fields of Alzheimer’s, cancer, and other pervasive diseases. Information and guidelines about the annual Medical Research Grant process are outlined below.

    View the Medical Research Grant Guidelines .

  • Grants from Donor Advised Funds

    Throughout the year, CFB authorizes grants from donor advised funds to 501(c)(3) organizations based on recommendations from fund advisors. There is no application process and these funds do not accept requests. These funds are established and advised by individual donors, and the distributions are determined by the donor for specific philanthropic purposes.

    Designated funds and agency endowments created to benefit specific nonprofit organizations pay out annual distributions to designated organizations each year.

    View Grant Awardees

Learn more

Grant cycles are announced via e-mail, on the Community Foundation for Brevard’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages and through local media. Staff members conduct two free workshops countywide in advance of our Competitive Grants-Brevard cycle to assist prospective applicants in preparing their proposals. Workshops will be listed on the Events page.

View a list of Grant Awardees

The Foundation performs the due diligence to ensure recommended grantees are qualified, viable organizations in good standing, and then issues checks from that particular fund. The Board of Directors, comprised of community leaders, approves or ratifies all grants.