Support Grace
Support Grace
Our Community Is Engaged, Involved, and Generous.
At Grace, tuition and fees cover the cost of an education. Grace depends on the generosity of its board, faculty and staff, current parents, grandparents, alumni families and friends to help families afford a Grace education through the Grace Fund, special projects and campus expansion.
We invite you to support Grace in our many initiatives that help to make a difference in the life of every student.
Grace is not just a school to us, it is part of our family and always will be. We will forever be grateful for the sacrifices of those who give [to the Grace Fund] so that our kids can go to an awesome Christian school that teaches them Jesus!
Stewardship
God Owns it All
Our Giving Is to God
Our Giving Is a Reflection of What We Treasure
We Are to Manage God's Resources
God Desires That We Give Cheerfully
Our Commitment to You
- Rely on Scripture to guide our fundraising practices
- Rely on the Holy Spirit to prompt hearts to give
- View giving as an act of obedient worship to God
- Invest time in building Kingdom relationships
- Work with integrity in all we say and do
- Listen to the hearts of our donors
- Join together in prayer as partners in ministry
- Value every gift, regardless of size
- Communicate clearly and regularly with those in partnership with us
- Vow to be effective stewards of the gifts entrusted to us by our ministry partners
- Seek and value accountability
What Is Our Role?
The mission of Grace Community School’s Advancement Office is to build authentic partnerships that promote and inspire personal life transformation through biblical stewardship. We stand ready to assist you so that you can steward all God has entrusted to your care. Our purpose is to share opportunities and invite God’s people to invest in God’s Kingdom through the mission and vision of Grace Community School.
As a result of honoring God with a biblical approach to our giving and asking practices, we believe that in God’s time, He will supply all our needs.
“We have been so thankful over the years for the support to families like ours who could not send a child to Grace without financial aid. We believe God led us to choose Grace for our child.”
Gifts Anyone Can Make
- Will or living trust
- Qualified retirement plan (IRA, 403(b), 401(k), etc.)
- Life insurance policy
- Donor-advised fund
How It Works
- Name Grace Community School in your will, codicil to your will, living trust or as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, life insurance policy or donor-advised fund
- Designate your gift for a particular purpose that is important to you, or allow us to use the gift where the need is greatest at the time it matures
- Indicate a set amount, a percentage or the remaining balance to benefit our mission
Benefits
- Your assets remain in your control during your lifetime
- You can modify your gift at any time to address changing circumstances
- You can direct your gift to a particular purpose (be sure to check with us to make sure your gift can be used as intended)
- Under current federal tax law there is no upper limit on the estate tax deduction for your charitable gifts
Cash, Check or Credit Cards
3025 University Blvd.
Tyler, TX 75703
Make A Pledge
Honorariums & Memorials
Other Gifts
Recurring Gifts
Give Stocks or Securities
Beneficiary: Grace Community School
Broker: SWS Financial
Ms. Debbie Todd
dtodd@swsfinancial.com
(903) 253-0225
To ensure proper credit in a timely fashion and receipt to the proper GCS account, please inform Tim Connor, Director of Advancement, when the stock transfer takes place. Please include the name of the donor and type and number of shares to expect.
Matching Gifts
Donor-Advised Funds
Moving Forward
This future is not simply about new buildings. It will be built upon keeping our tuition affordable; ensuring rich diversity within our student community; and providing what the school founders intended: an education rooted in Teaching Jesus that allows our teachers to identify each student’s unique gifts and talents and empower them to achieve what God intended.
Grace Community School is working on plans for a new middle school facility. As you know in the early 1990’s, Grace Community School experienced explosive growth, expanding beyond its borders. Grace moved its junior high classes, 6th through 8th grade into a 15-year-old building on University Boulevard. Now, the building is at the end of its usable life cycle; soil shifting and erosion issues are deteriorating the foundation to the point that the building will soon no longer be feasible for continued use as the junior high building.
In 2016, as Grace Community School leaders pondered these issues, God intervened in the form of an offer to purchase the property immediately adjoining the school, on the corner of Lazy Creek and University Boulevard. This property provides a creative and strategic new way for Grace to achieve its long-term strategic goals, as well as providing a functional, attractive space for what will be known as Grace Community Middle School.
Grace has entered in to an agreement to purchase that facility and property at the end of this school year. This will be part of an overall master plan on both upper and lower campuses that will finish out both campuses, and create an open, green campus feel on the upper campus.
We will be in a position to reveal more about these plans soon, as our master planning task force finishes its work. We will need everyone’s prayers and resources, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to make this a reality.
Thanks to our Corporate Partners
Opportunities
There are numerous opportunities for corporate involvement with Grace. Opportunities include financially supporting our award-winning fine arts programs, Cougar athletic event partnerships, sponsoring student events and activities, and visibility at event venues. Partnership opportunities provide corporations a means to expand their community profile while accessing valuable benefits.
Interested in showing your support while also advertising your services to a highly coveted audience?
Please contact Tim Connor for more information.
Tim Connor
Director of Advancement
Tim began his career at Grace in 2010 after a teaching career in Dallas and serving as head of school at a small school in Pennsylvania. In 2014, he became the director of advancement with oversight in admissions and capital improvements. In his spare time, Tim coaches seventh grade basketball. Tim received his bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a master’s degree from Baptist Bible College in Organizational Leadership. He is also a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). Tim and his wife, Julie, have two children at Grace: Kelsey and Jackson. Tim loves people, encouraging generosity, and serving at Grace Community Church and other local non-profits.
Courtney Mayfield
Director of Development
Courtney joined Grace Community School in February 2018 as the Director of Development. Prior to her work at Grace Community School, she worked for the East Texas Medical Center Foundation for more than five years. Prior to ETMC, she worked in Dallas for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and for local cancer social and emotional support nonprofit, then called Gilda’s Club North Texas. She earned her bachelor’s in Communication with a minor in Business at Texas A&M University. Courtney and her husband, Will, have two young children. The older one attends Grace Community School and the younger one will begin Junior Kindergarten in 2019. The Mayfields are members of Grace Community Church.
Susan Kelly
Advancement Assistant/Campaign Coordinator
Susan Kelly has worked as an administrative assistant to the Advancement Department at Grace since 2012, assuming the additional role of Campaign Coordinator in 2016. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Tyler. Susan and her husband, Todd, have two sons at Grace.Q. Why give to Grace Community School?
Q. How do I make my gift?
Q. What size gift should I make, and when should I make it?
The funding schedule for the Grace Fund coincides with Grace’s fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. Your annual gift made during this time frame is appreciated.