Mo Money Mo Problems
The Academics, Activities, Arts, and Athletics
What are the 4As?
A formal written request to seek financial support in the form of a scholarship.
What is an application?
A type of raffle, held during BPSF's Bingo Night, where participants purchase tickets for a chance to win various cuts of meat as prizes.
What is a meat raffle?
In August, Jessica will have been the Executive Director of BPSF for 10 years. Stef will also celebrate her two-year anniversary, with this title, in August.
What is the Marketing and Administrative Coordinator?
BPSF rebranded in 2017 in an effort to modernize and attract younger supporters. Andrea Baumann at True Photography & Design updated the fonts and colors, but maintained this basic symbol as part of our logo.
What is an apple?
To make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
What is innovation?
The software BPSF uses for our scholarship application, review, and matching process.
What is Academic Works?
The year that BPSF established an online store to better enable students, staff, and community members access to Warrior gear AND in an effort to improve community awareness of the Brainerd Public Schools Foundation.
What is 2016?
Due to several factors, including strong fundraising, an unexpected estate gift, investment changes at BLACF, and market fluctuations, BPSF reported more than $750k in revenue for the YE 6/2024. Because of this, we hired SmithSchafer to complete this on our behalf.
What is an audit?
This website is where the Brainerd Public Schools Foundation shares history, board bios, event information, scholarship details, and more!
What is BPSF.org?
105,000
What is the total grant amount awarded in 2024/25?
The three types of scholarship fund BPSF hosts.
What are endowed, non-endowed, and flow-through funds?
In addition to the $1,500 awarded to the band from money raised at the Big Event, BPSF also awarded $5,500 to the school pantries primarily from funds from this initiative.
What is Warrior Worn?
209a
What is the previous BPSF office number?
The largest donation BPSF has received from one donor is $500k. This scholarship benefits a student pursuing an Engineering degree or closely related career in the science field. This former Potlatch employee is who started the fund.
Who is Robert Hershey?
A charitable investment account where donors can make tax-advantaged contributions and then recommend grants of their choice over time.
What is a donor-advised fund?
6,250
What is the minimum dollar amount to establish an endowed scholarship fund?
BPSF implemented a new, comprehensive, sponsorship program in 2022. Since inception BPSF has raised an additional $53.5k to support operations and programs.
What is the Warrior Club?
BPSF uses several different software systems for scholarships, fundraising, grants, donor tracking, and financial record keeping. In the summer of 2024, BPSF dropped Donor Snap and upgraded this event software subscription to include a Donor CRM and Fundraising platform.
What is GiveSmart?
Enhancing opportunities for quality academics, arts, activities, and athletics for the student of the Brainerd Publics Schools is the foundational statement for our organization.
What is the mission?
A legally registered organization that provides financial and administrative support to a project or group that may not have its own legal or financial infrastructure.
What is a fiscal host?
The specific requirements and standards used to determine which applicants are eligible for a scholarship and how the scholarship is awarded.
What is criteria?
In 2014, the Brainerd Public Schools launched an annual fundraiser called the "Big Event." Since then we have raised nearly $730k through that annual fundraiser. In 2019, our guests couldn't get enough of the Horse Races and extra fun costumes this theme brought.
What is "Game On?"
Besides bottled water, you can always find this carbonated beverage in the BPSF mini fridge.
What is Diet Coke?
These two "Roberts" are credited with the creation of the Brainerd Public Schools Foundation in 1987.
Bob Gross and Robert Campbell