OUR GOALS

To strengthen BB&N's financial resources for our dedicated faculty, help ensure a diverse student body, create buildings and spaces worthy of their talents and aspirations, and provide annual support to fund current operations, BB&N's Opening Minds Campaign seeks $62 million for the following institutional priorities:

Endowment: $26 million

Faculty Support:$12 million

• Initiate New Flexible “Stages of Life” Benefit Program for All Faculty-$5.75 million
• Create New and Enhanced Funding for Endowed Faculty Chairs and Funds-$4.00 million
• Expand Funding for Faculty Professional Development-$2.25 million

Financial Aid: $8 million

• Ensure Incremental Increases in the Percent of Students Receiving Financial Assistance Each Year
• Meet the Full Demonstrated Need of All Newly Admitted Students and Those Whose Family Financial Circumstances Change After Enrollment
• Provide Increased Funding for Critical Non-tuition Expenses for Students Receiving Financial Assistance (e.g., Books, Academic and Athletic Trips, Computers for Home Use)

Unrestricted Endowment: $6 million

Upper School Building and Renovation Project: $26 million

• New Arts and Academic Building, including:
• Visual Arts Studios
• Classrooms and Faculty Work Space
• Student Gathering Spaces
• Music Teaching and Practice Rooms
• New Theater New Dining Center/Student Commons/Internet Café
• New Front Entry, Lobby and Reception Area
• New Science Laboratory
• New Art Galleries
• New Athletic Field for Soccer and Lacrosse

Annual Operating Support: $10 million

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Opening Minds Campaign Goal: $62 million

“I don't know an educational experience that is likely to have a more profound impact on individual students and their families than BB&N. Most children will spend more time here than they will ever spend at any other educational institution. BB&N has made a transformational difference to our family. Now it's our turn to help ensure this same experience for future generations.” - Steve Grossman (Parent '98, '07)

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats

“What makes BB&N unique is the number of fires that get lit. This is a school that is comfortable being academic. It's comfortable being eclectic. In fact, it revels in the wide variety of interests of our students and faculty. Those pursuits – lived fully, explored with passion – infuse BB&N's campuses and hallways with a unique energy and spirit.” – Head of School Rebecca T. Upham