BFS Giving Day 2025!
Your support matters… Now, More Than Ever!
What is the Annual Fund?
The Fund for Brooklyn Friends is a critically important community fundraising effort to raise vital financial support for our entire school. Generosity from our community directly supports our operating budget, which has a deep and meaningful impact on every student experience here. All donations are fully tax deductible.
Why does BFS have an Annual Fund?
Like most independent schools, our sole sources of income are tuition, income from invested reserves, proceeds from special events, and charitable giving. And, like most independent schools, our operating budget relies most heavily on income from tuition. Philanthropic support provides essential additional funding to help us not only balance our budget, but also dream big. They help to strengthen our existing programs, and they also help us build and support new initiatives - and they help to ensure that every program we offer is accessible to all students.
Giving is a personal decision. Many of our families and grandparents donate because their children and grandchildren are known and loved here. Many of our alumni and families of alumni donate because BFS changed their lives. We ask that you find your own “Why,” and that you make BFS a philanthropic priority by considering a gift that is most meaningful for you and your family.
What do gifts to the Fund for Brooklyn Friends support?
Everything! Gifts to the Fund for Brooklyn Friends help make the BFS experience possible for all of our students by supporting our dedicated colleagues, our engaging curriculum, our commitment to social justice and diversity, equity, and belonging; tuition assistance, educational technology and equipment, arts and athletics at all grade levels, sustainability initiatives, and facility maintenance. We are grateful for all contributions and we strive for 100% participation from our community every year.
What is a Leadership Gift?
Leadership gifts are significant contributions that have a particularly transformative impact on the school’s fundraising efforts. Leadership giving at BFS ranges from gifts of $5,000–$100,000+. Last year, nearly 40 members of the community made Leadership gifts.
How Can I Make a Gift?
Gifts can be made in the form of credit card, cash, check (made payable to Brooklyn Friends School and sent to Brooklyn Friends School, 375 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201), or appreciated stock. To donate stock, please inform the Advancement Office of your intentions and use the following information to transfer:
JP Morgan Clearing Corporation
DTC #: 0352
Account #: 733-52143
You may also donate to BFS from a foundation or a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). If you are directing your donation from a DAF, the school’s EIN is: 11-1630751.