The Annual Fund is a tax-deductible opportunity for parents, alumni, grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends of Brainerd Baptist School to invest directly in the ongoing academic success of our students. Your support ensures that our teachers and students have the tools they need to build a strong foundation and achieve excellence in the classroom. This fund is essential in sustaining the level of innovation and quality that continues to set us apart from other schools in our area.

A gift to our Annual Fund, Building Bridges, demonstrates your confidence in our mission and your commitment to providing abundant opportunities for our students to learn, grow, and excel.

Building Bridges also supports:

  • Student financial aid.

  • Capital improvements.

  • Technology enhancements.

  • Continued educational opportunities for teachers.

  • Brainerd Baptist School needs every member of our community to make the school a priority for charitable giving by giving gifts to the Annual Fund. Each year, 100% of our faculty and staff give and our average parent participation is between 70%-90%! When we approach foundations and corporations for grants, they look very closely at parental and community support percentages.

  • Unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund enable us to participate in new and exciting initiatives that best serve and benefit our students, faculty, and staff. The Annual Fund has a positive and immediate impact on every aspect of Brainerd Baptist School from programs and technology enhancements for all students to capital improvements, and financial aid opportunities.

  • When you receive your contribution card, you may choose to pledge now and pay later. Pledges must be paid before the end of our fiscal year on July 31.

  • Yes! Every gift (of ANY size) is important to Brainerd Baptist and to our students. Your contribution, at any level, demonstrates your belief in and support of the great work our teachers do each day.

  • Many companies in Chattanooga will match your gift to Brainerd Baptist School. Some will double or even triple your gift! Ask your Human Resources department for a matching gift form and submit it along with your gift.

  • We welcome gifts of common stock, and stock can be donated at any time. With stock gifts, the donor receives the fair market value of appreciated securities at the time the gift is made while avoiding capital gains tax on the appreciated value of the stock.