Types Of Donations:
Artist Exhibition Support IGeneral Programs for Adults and Children l New Building Renovations Fund l Sound Connections® Donations
Learn about each donation category below to determine where you would like to see your dollars!
Exhibition Sponsorship
Your sponsorship allows FCCC to keep our opening reception nights free to all! We offer wine, food, and quality community time at our exhibition openings.
With support from sponsors, we will also continue to upgrade the visual appearance of our galleries. It is more than a night--it's a continuous experience for any guests who walk through our doors all year long! We promote our sponsors at any tier below for a full 12 months during every exhibition. Please click the links below to learn more about the benefits of each tier.
General Programs for Adults and Children Fund
Your local non-profit, First Coast Cultural Center, engages the community by creating an environment that supports the arts and healing, embraces creative people, inspires arts enthusiasts, and educates the underserved through art programs. As a non-profit organization, First Coast Cultural Center relies heavily on our community to support the daily operations of the facility. Over 72% of every dollar you donate is used toward arts programming, including:
Kick StART After School Art Enrichment Program
Classes meet weekly during the fall and spring semesters. See registration for exact dates. Day and time vary by school.
Art Classes and Workshops
Your contributions help pay for over 45 arts instructors who teach multi-disciplinary programs to include culinary arts, fiber arts, digital arts, fine arts, performing arts, and more. Help us pay for marketing and advertising to promote over 200 art classes, workshops, and camps annually, which results in more than 2,100 students of all ages and skill levels. Help purchase art supplies for over 200 art classes and workshops, including sewing machines, pottery wheels, easels, paints, brushes, and adaptive equipment.
Outreach
Your contribution helps us offer art scholarships to underserved children and adults each year. Your contribution helps provide music therapy for children with special needs at six (6) public schools in St. Johns County. It also helps develop art and healing programs and exhibitions for those in our community who are battling physical, mental, intellectual, or emotional difficulties.
General Support
Your contribution maintains the sustainability of having a valuable arts education resource, which is proven to increase economic growth and property values in your neighborhood. General program support is needed more than you know!
Donating here allows us to allocate funds for any area in need, unless otherwise advised by you.
We are so thankful for your support!
Sound Connections® Music Therapy Support
In our Sound Connections® Music Therapy program, our nationally board-certified therapists assess each student’s needs and create music therapy goals that align with their individualized education plans throughout St. Johns County Public Schools. Through engaging classroom, small group, and individual sessions, students participate in evidence-based activities that support their growth in academic, social, emotional, cognitive, and physical areas. Your support directly helps us expand our program to reach more students across the district while also providing new instruments to enhance their learning experience.
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Arts and cultural activities are at the heart of communities – they make communities more attractive places to live, bolster tourism, and help bring the neighborhood to life. They define a community’s unique characteristics, and contribute to the economic well-being of their community.
Ways to Give to First Coast Cultural Center
- Cash/Check/Stock (this includes wire transfer and credit cards)
- Honorary/Tribute Giving (gifts in honor or in memory of someone)
- Recurring donation (Gifts on a monthly or quarterly basis that stay within your budget)
- Event Sponsorship (gifts to sponsor a signature event)
- Legacy Giving (a gift to make FCCC a lasting part of your legacy)
- Real Estate
- Endowment (Gifts that support FCCC in perpetuity)
- Estate and Gift Planning
* Bequests
* Donor Advised Funds
* Insurance Beneficiary
* IRA
* Trust and Annuities
* Charitable Gift Annuity
* Charitable Remainder Trust
* Charitable Remainder Unitrust
* Charitable Lead Trust
For assistance, please contact: Ashleigh Cruze, Development Director at (904) 280-0614 x 1207 or by email at acruze
