Tiffany Longest, industrial welder and Brightpoint alum, stands confidently in front of the fabrication shop where she works.

Brightpoint Community College Foundation

Your Support Matters

For so many people, Brightpoint is the link between existing and excelling, between getting by and thriving. Your investment in the Brightpoint Community College Foundation helps the college deliver high-quality education in a friendly and supportive community that inspires students to achieve more.

Through the Foundation, I've gotten to meet a bunch of cool people and build my network. I've had opportunities that most juniors and seniors don't have at elite four-year institutions.

George Grant

Brightpoint alum and panelist at the 2024 Annual Foundation Scholarship luncheon

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How We Use Your Gifts

Gifts to Brightpoint's Greatest Need provides critical resources to meet the changing needs of Brightpoint students and the college. From grants that support faculty initiatives to student assistance funds, your gift ensures the Brightpoint Community College Foundation is able to quickly pivot to address needs as they arise.
The Brightpoint Community College Foundation provides funding for a number of college and student programs that ensure student success. Initiatives include facility improvements and equipment needs for academic programs, faculty innovation projects, emergency funding for students, tutoring and academic support services, and so much more.
Scholarships are a cornerstone of the Brightpoint Community College Foundation and provide a pathway for students to access high-quality, affordable education at Brightpoint. Annual and endowed scholarships are awarded based on a variety of criteria and are both need- and merit-based.

Annual scholarships can be established with an initial commitment of $2,500 which can be fulfilled over two years.

Endowed scholarships can be established with a commitment of $30,000 which can be fulfilled over five years. Additional gifts to endowed scholarships of any amount are welcomed.
Gifts to our General Endowment and the William H. Talley III Endowment for Workforce Development provide student funding in perpetuity. We gratefully accept gifts of any amount to these funds.

As of July 1, 2021, the Foundation will apply a one-time 4 percent administrative fee to all restricted gifts with the exception of gifts to endowed funds.
Learn more about how to establish a scholarship.

The Impact of Giving

Whether a Brightpoint student continues with their education at a four-year university or launches into a new career, the Brightpoint experience has prepared that student for success—and your gifts make that possible! We thank you for supporting our college.

After meeting the donor of the [Brightpoint scholarship] I received, and hearing his encouragement, I went from just pursuing a path, to feeling like I had someone else invested in me and my progress and success. It gave me the confidence and encouragement to take it up a notch with my academic goals.

Ben Brooks, class of 2016

Read Ben's full story.

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Learn More About the Foundation

Our mission is to partner with our community to provide financial resources that aid students, support academic programs and facilities, and fund student support services. As a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, we rely on charitable contributions from donors to achieve this mission.