Annual Fund

Your stewardship to GRACE Christian School changes lives.
At GRACE, we are “known” for a lot of things. We are known for our strong tradition of academic excellence. We are known for our athletics – not only our physical abilities, but also our sportsmanship and camaraderie. We are known for our loving community – our faculty, staff, teachers, students, parents, siblings, grandparents, and neighbors who are bonded together in the mission to spiritually and academically equip, challenge, and inspire our students to impact their world for Christ.
The extraordinary generosity of our GRACE parents, staff, families, alumni and community enables us to sustain and expand on that important mission. That’s why we ask you to join us in giving to the Annual Fund – All Families. All In.
Every Donation Matters..
- Gifts between $50 and $100 would allow us to purchase student chairs, desks and PE equipment.
- Gifts between $100 and $250 would allow us to provide picnic tables and benches.
- Gifts between $500 and $1,000 would allow us to purchase Curriculum Trak professional development training and expand mapping for GLCs and department heads.
- Gifts between $1,000 and $5,000 would allow us to purchase reading and writing professional development training for K-8 teachers.
- Gifts between $5,000 and 10,000 would allow us to purchase computer updates for our upper campus and expand our band program with more instruments.
- Gifts between $10,000 and $25,000 would allow us to purchase The Third Option Inclusion and Diversity Program materials for the Board, staff, faculty, and students.
- Gifts between $25,000 and $50,000 would allow us to purchase an additional bus.
- Gifts between $50,000 and $100,000 would allow us to move closer to purchasing land for the One GRACE campus.
Because of Annual Fund….
Your generosity to the annual fund has provided:
- A lower campus upfit for our TK and 1st Grade classrooms, 60 seatback chair holders, and "save a spot" area rugs.
- Upper campus elective classes received new band equipment and 10 Rebel digital cameras and bags for photography class.
- An activity building weight room and locker room wall cubbies, benches, and storage for our middle and high school students and athletes.
- Facility improvements for both campuses include playground fencing, outdoor picnic tables, parking lot enhancements, and a memorial bench.
- Athletic field enhancements include fencing, goal post, light post pads, and end zone camera.
- New technologies, 8 - 75" Smart TVs for our classrooms, Cleavertouch IMPACT, and 20x IPad Bluetooth keyboards.
- Teacher professional development and Friendzy - SEL Program materials.
- A new passenger bus
And these are just a handful of programs, improvements, and upgrades that were made possible only through the Annual Fund.
GRACE Christian School is a 501(c)(3) organization, so all gifts are tax-deductible. Our federal tax ID number is available upon request to our donors.
Gifts of all kinds are welcome, including cash, property, and securities. Additionally, there are many forms of planned giving (such as bequests, trusts, and annuities) that may be explored. To discuss this type of gift to GRACE, please contact our CFO, Jennifer Stack.
With a school the size of GRACE, we recognize we have families in various financial situations – some who can easily write a check for $10,000 without thinking twice, and some whose gift of $50 would be a sacrifice. We love that Jesus sets the clearest picture of how we are to acknowledge gifts – which is to look at the heart of the giver, not the amount that is given. Again, this is why at GRACE we choose to measure the “success” of our Annual Fund not in dollars raised, but in the percentage of families who committed.
We understand that any amount you give to GRACE above and beyond your tuition dollars is donated trusting that we, as school leaders, will steward your funds wisely. So we make the following promises to you:
We promise…
First and foremost, to offer thanks to God for your generosity to our school, ask you for gifts that fit your own prosperity, and honor you as a giver.
We promise…
Asking you to invest in God’s work at GRACE will be accompanied by our leadership’s accountability and good stewardship in spending your money in the way you intended.
We promise…
We will use your gift to move GRACE forward on behalf of the children within the context of a plan that demonstrates excellent stewardship and long-term financial sustainability.