Become an

Aquarium Founder

This visionary group of philanthropic leaders will provide the foundation on which our world-class aquarium will be built. You can become an Aquarium Founder with your commitment of $10,000 or more, payable over five years, to Our Legacy Campaign.
 
Pledges can be paid in monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual installments. To be recognized as an Aquarium Founder, at least 60% of your pledge commitment must be paid by opening date.
As an Aquarium Founder, you will receive:
  • Perpetual recognition as a Founding Donor
  • Invitations to exclusive events and functions
  • Invitations to Founders First events

For more information about becoming an Aquarium Founder, please email aquariumfounders@brevardzoo.org or call Director of Philanthropy, Emma Reynolds, at 321-254-9453 X 1011

Transformational Founder $100,000+

mangrove biome underwater

Visionary Founder $25,000-$99,999

redfish swimming in the grass flats in the ocean

Founder
$10,000-$24,999

pair of pompano trachinotus ovatus marine fish

Thank You to Our Aquarium Founders

Don and Judy Ackerman; Dr. David Volpitto and Donna Adams Volpitto; The Africano Family; Bert and Val Alm; Altenhof Family; Joseph and Linda Arana; Michael Atigna and Dawn Dickson; Sky and Maureen Ayers; Dr. James and Kathy Bacsik; James B. and Zachary J. Baer; Doug and Susan Baker; Mary Baldwin and Steven Arnold; Keith and Anne Barto; Brandy & Shawn Bean; Susan Day Belcher; Ruth Bentley and Kenneth Herrmann; Dr. Diane & Frank Bergau; Tina Berger; Brad and Biba Bernkrant; Tamara Bettinger, Joseph Bielitzki; Coralie Betz; Birmingham Family; Richard & Elizabeth Blackford; Bonny Block and Clinton Glass; David Black and Amy Bohrod; Timothy and Marilyn Bollo; The Bond Family; John and Linda Boucher; Jim and Cathy Bouck; Bourlier Family; Dr. Marjorie Bowers; Christine and Adam DuPont; Tim, Kara, Alanna and Ava Boyd; Marjorie Brace; Malcolm and Lauren Brand; Penelope Brangan; Connie and Mark Browning; Patricia and Pat Burgess; Burke Family; Jim and Edie Burney; Yvonne Buysman; Jean and Richard Campbell; Jessica Cartagena Assam; Joey, Elaina, Ashley, Natalie, and Amanda Carter; Jody, Graham, Coral and Marin; Terry & Melinda Casto; Bryan, Jennifer, Alex and Brayden Cheek; Atul and Shubhangi Chumble; Shelly, Eric, Evan and Ellie Cooper; Harrison and Rebecca Cord; Huyen Crass; Deanne Dailey Hansen; Ilene Davis & Bob Socks; Colleen Davis; Dr. Duane De Freese; Shari and Greg Deane; Don and Donna Deis; The Frank, Laurie, David, Emily Der Family; Jackie Devries; Doug and Patty Dial; Missy, Jay and Abigal DiBella; Patricia DiNunno, John Jordan Esq in Memory of Ann Schuiling; Joe and Pennie DiPrima; Jason and Tamara Duhamel; Luke Dumas and Adam Lightfoot; The Edinger Family; Brian, Casey, and Oliver Ellingson; Joan Engel; Dave and Darlene Borinski; Ruth Brigitte Freud in memory of her husband Fredrick Freud; Alan Ross Frisher Family; Hans and Genita Garcia; The Goode’s: Ron, Debbie, Brandon, Nicole; Michele Goodwin; Thor Gould; Barbara and John Goullet; Lynn Grande (Mimi); Rachel and Jeffrey Greene; Linda and Bob Greenstein; Marilyn W. Grigsby and Family; Charles and Barbara Guenzi; Thomas and Lisa Guy; Kirk and Peggy Hall Sentry View Systems; Grace Hampton and Wendy and Mike McCleskey; Lois, Rich, Michael, Brian, Erica, Caylie, Jemma, Brielle Hardin; Deb and Bill Harmon; Dr. Stephen J. Watts and Julie Harrison; Moses and Jamara Harvin; Allison and Peter Heinen; Brenda M. Hersey; Tim and Cami Hester; Michael Hill and Pam Rothenberg; Juan and Carrie Hinojosa; Brett and Diane Baccus Horsley, Kyle and Justin Lieneck; Charlotte Houser; Holly Howe Parker; Mary and Gerald Hubbard; Dr. Karen Huebner; Mike and Kim Jaffe; Jeremy and Adrian Jensen; The Johnson Family: Neal, Terri, Brittany and Tara; Rocky and Lisa Johnson; Steven and Joyce Jones; Eliza, Matthew, and Nathan Juliano; Dr. Jerrod & Amber Kersey; In loving memory of Kendall Ketterer; Karen and Joseph Klein; The Kline Family; The Knappenberger Family; Knolmayer Family; Emily and Max Kornek; Mike and Jodi Kozenieski; Susan Kreuzer; Buck and Jennie Kriete; Carol and Karl Kruse; Marcin and Joanna Kubiak; Jennifer and Stephen Lacey; Elizabeth Shaw Lamb and Senator Tim Deratany; Lawler Family; Michelle Lee and Susan Swain; Scott and Lori Levy; Bill and Nita Liddy; Lisa K. Littleton; Luhn Family; Mike and Jan MacKay; Frank Manfredi Family; Tutles Family; Dr. Linda Martin; Alan Marumoto; Patricia Marzzacco; Grace Hampton and Wendy and Mike McCleskey; Cheryl and Michael McPhillips; Ralph and Debbie Merritt; Ann Micklos; Jeff and Susan Middleton; Barbara and Joseph Mihelcic; The Milas Family; Sharon Mion; Judy and Bill Mishkin; Timothy, Allison, Henry and Madelyn Mollen; Jim Green and Diane Moretti; Stephanie and Wes Mosedale; Dana Polites; Lisa Mullooly and David Smith; Gary & Casey Neal; Lynne Nenstiel; Steve and Kathleen Nichols; Leslie and Robert Ogan; In Memory of Donna Ogburn; Phyllis Okrepkie; Vickie and Cal Openshaw; Todd, Jenny and Alex Page; For Amelia, Henry and Madeline; The Passarella Family; Mike and Julie Peacock; Bill and Karen Penney; Bill and Carol Peters; Wendy Poffenberger; Larry Pollack; Wendy and William Potter; James and Barbara Proctor; Travis and Teresa Proctor; The Raasveldt Family Hugo, Megan, Madelief, & Easton; Giles and Tonya Rainwater; Andrew and Rachel Ramos; Emma and Mark Reynolds; Harold and Teresa Rhodes; The Rhude Family; Isabelle Richmond; Shirley Ring; Gayle Woodson & Thomas Robbins; Drs. Jane Benton and Lawrence Robinson; Ariana and Alexander Roman; Kathryn and Alex Rudloff; Michelle and Steven Russell; Lucy and Steven Ryder; Kathy Seidel and Mark James; CW3(R) Coleen Seitter; Mike Selig Jan 2007 Family Trust; Dr. and Mrs. Lee Sheldon; Thomas and Susan Shirley; The Inn at Cocoa Beach; Leslie, Abbey and Scott Sims; Larry and Bonnie Smith; In loving memory of Ellen M. Sommer; David Splitt; Denise and Jason Stanley; Sheldon D. Stevens and Judith A. Stevens; Linda and Rod Stout; Michael and Dawn Sullivan; Holly and Lawrence Tanner; Stephen and Alice Tarr; Laurilee Thompson; Deborah Toler-Lewandowski; Tony and Mckenzie Tran; Guy and Audrey A. Tucker; The Law Office of Amy B. Van Fossen, P.A.; Robert and Mary Van Horn; Carolyn VanBergen-Rylander; Mitch and Kathryn Varnes; Jill Vogel; Kim and Sally Volz; Walders Family; Laura Lee Walko & Douglas Smith; Rod and Nicole Warden; Marilyn Waters and Gene Shepard; Pam Weiger and Carl Plaugher; Irena Wentzel; The Whitehurst Family; Suzann Adams Williams; Ellen Winter and Matthew Svejcar; Linda and Spence Wise; Steve & Marilyn Wolf; Joshua John Wood; Barbara Dickman Wright; Doug, Catherine, Ethan and AnaCate Wright; Elizabeth Moran-Young and William Young; Trevor, Loren, Ada and Pepper; Matt and Karen Zifcak; Milo and Kristine Zonka; The Zuber Family; Albert E. and Birdie W. Einstein Fund; Alluvionic Family; Avanti Way – Space Coast; Brevard Indian River Lagoon Coalition; Brewer Paving & Development; Cocoa Beach Woman’s Club Foundation; Day Family Charitable Fund; Dixie Crossroads; Florida Sport Fishing Association; Great Southeast Flooring America; Heart and Soul Dragon Boat Club; Indialantic Rotary; Jim and Jonnie Swanna Foundation; KSC Barracudas; Leah M. Combs Endowment Fund; Neighbors of Suntree Organization; Tanya and Jim Hudson; Rogue Valley Microdevices, Inc.; Sky Peak Financial and The Lindquist Family; Susan Hall Landscape Architecture, Inc.; The Margaret Heins Foundation; Angelina and Riley Jo; Yepes/Pappas Family; The Braga Family; Robyn, Neil and Nathan Ducharme; Chase and Vonnie Hoyman; Charlie Venuto and Donna Cassario; Toni McAvoy and Maren McAvoy; Nashville Tax Solutions

Abraham-Romanowski Family; Baxter Electric, LLC; Robin Beach; Dr. Edward Breakell; contact closer to construction; Brian & Natasha Spencer; Michael, Tonya, Pierce and Kian Cerow; In Loving Memory of Lianne Hilliard Charamut; Steve and Lisa Charpentier; Jared at Doyle Investment Team.com; Robin and Rhoda Fisher; Scott and Susan Flemming; Marla Glover; Donald and Karen Hagen; Wendy and Jose Hixon; Bobbi Huck; Sherry and Andy Hutcherson; Kevin and Kymm Ivey; Tracey Kickbusch; Robert and Sarah Kodsi; Beth Kring, In Memory of Roddy Kring; Vince Lamb; Christine Lance; Tracey and Kris Latshaw; Liguori Family Tony, Sharon, Ann, Jim Vero Beach, FL; Peter and Jenna Mannino; Colleen and Andrew McCreary; Heather and Patrick McDonough; Bill and Jill Moore; Don and Susan Morse; The Nash Family, Charlie, Matt, and Amanda; Dr. Shashi Patel; Kathleen and Randall Poliner; Joe and Yvonne Raley; James and Megan Ross; Laraine and Jay Schultz; Lew and Heather Schwartz; To the memory of our son, Daniel R. Silver; The Simons Family; Christopher and Laura Slater; Todd Smith; The Stafford Family; Jacie and Jim Stivers; Nancy and Mark Tomassone; Tom and Anita Unrath; Jennifer Urbauer-Parsons and Jeremy Parsons; Andrew and Mariah Vantienderen; Dolores (Dee) and Stuart Waldron; Jason and Mijee Walker; Barbara Wall-Scanlon in Memory of MG Charles F. Scanlon, Beloved Husband; Charles and Erin Warren; Marlene and Keith Winsten; Kim Wilver; Judy and Chuck Wooderson; Howard and Susan Zemser; Patty and Andy Ziegler; Dr. Walter Zoller and Rose Duszkin; Community Credit Union of Florida; Community Foundation for Brevard; Embraer Foundation; Hauser Family Foundation; Rockledge Rotary Foundation; Joey, Elaina, Ashley, Natalie and Amanda Carter; Lisa Mullooly and David Smith; Todd R. Smith and Nancy L. Stuart’

Jim and Darleen Barfield; In Memory of Donna Bean; John and Patricia Bowen; Kathy Curtis in Memory of James R Kerby; Deal Family; Ron & Lynne DiMenna; Gary and Linda Doyle; Jack and Nancy Dwyer; Lois Felder and Family; Brian and Hope Fisher; Elaina Friesel Garvin and Family; Bill and Susan Gattle Family; Beth Gitlin and Scott Hoffman; Nanialei Golden, MD; Noel and Kevin Key; The Henderson Family; Dack Lee Holland, dedicated Waterman, Father, Husband; Jenifer Brand and Dennis R. Jenkins; Linda and Randy May; Dawn and Stephen Mays; Bonnie and Jack Mollen; Tom Molnar Jr.; Blain and Annette Nelson; Matthew and Laura Nicoletti; Ninesling Family; Brent and Deanna Peoples and Family; Sperando Family Foundation; The Norwich Family; Susan and Richard Weber; Shane Weiger; Theresa and Michael Williams; Avtec Homes; Bank of America; Bernard A. Egan Foundation; The Boeing Company; Bob Baugher Family, The Hermansen Family, Deborah Knight, Cole and Lizzie Oliver, Tom and Diane Williamson; Chenzyme Foundation; DSF Charitable Foundation; Event Network; NextEra Energy Foundation, Inc.; Phantom Products, Inc., a Kevin McDermott family business; Publix Super Markets Charities; Ron Jon Surf Shop FLA, Inc.; Roy and Barbara Stevens Charitable Foundation; Surfing’s Evolution and Preservation Foundation