Your gift can make great things happen.
You already know that we are dedicated to providing an innovative, hands-on learning approach that empowers students with different learning styles to thrive. But you may not know exactly how we can use your gift to make that happen.
Your donations make our world better.
Through your generosity, we are able to sustain a learning environment that values collaboration, inclusivity, and personal growth. Your support helps us nurture the unique talents of each student, invest in innovative programs, and provide opportunities for learners from diverse backgrounds. Together, we can ensure that every Brewster student is empowered to thrive and prepared to lead with purpose, confidence, and compassion.
“I am so thankful to be here. Brewster changed the path of my life! I know I’ve learned skills here that will be with me forever.”
- Luce, a student from New Hampshire, recipient of the Faul Scholarship, athlete, and class leader
Your support brings our bold vision to life.
When you make a gift to Brewster, you bring us closer to our vision of an approach to learning with the exponential power to transform education, communities, and student lives. Your donation may go to any of the following areas:
- Scholarships. Diversity and inclusivity have been among Brewster’s top priorities since our founding in 1820. A thoughtful gift from you ensures that a Brewster education remains accessible to all who are ready to learn and grow.
- Faculty development. Faculty are at the heart of every great school. Your support would allow our faculty to pursue advanced training, improve their teaching practices, and improve the classroom experience.
- Campus preservation and improvement. Our campus is more than just a backdrop to student learning — it is the living part of our learning experience and a source of inspiration. Your gift will help us improve and preserve our historic campus.
The Tyler Balint ’21 Robotics Lab
On June 1, 2024, the new robotics lab was formally dedicated and named for Tyler Balint ’21 of Alton, New Hampshire. A young man whose inquisitive mind and quiet presence earned him the respect and admiration of many friends and faculty during his years at Brewster, Tyler was a thoughtful listener who would often check in on classmates going through difficult times. He blossomed at Brewster while pursuing his twin passions: arts and technology. As an influential founding member of Brewster’s Robotics Team at a pivotal time for the sport at the Academy, he left a legacy that will now grow in this state-of-the-art space named in his memory. Tyler had just started his college career at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, as a biomedical engineering major at the time of his passing, and his loss has been felt deeply across the Brewster community. Brewster Academy is proud that its robotics lab will always bear the name of Tyler Balint, who embodied the spirit of Brewster with his individuality, academic curiosity, and kindness.
The Curvey Scholar Program
A vision that bears repeating
The Curvey Scholar Program is a remarkable model Brewster seeks to replicate by building additional scholarships from our watershed for talented students who will go on to be agents of change in New Hampshire and the world.
Jim Curvey was a Pennsylvania boy from coal country who never forgot his roots. His father began working in the coal mines while he was in grade school; his mother, widowed when Jim was just 12 years old, was a bookkeeper for a newspaper and a coal company. Young Jim’s work ethic was cemented at an early age and helped him take his place at Villanova University, where he realized just how unprepared he was compared to the students around him—and that education would be the path to change his life. With his degree and determination, he launched a long career in the public and private sectors, eventually rising to the position of president and chief operating officer of Fidelity Investments.
With his wife Shirley, Jim created a scholarship in their family name at Villanova. In 2009, wanting to do something similar for students living in the Lakes Region near their summer residence in Alton, the Curveys created a scholarship at Brewster Academy. Since 2009, three area students each year have received four-year scholarships to Brewster based on their families’ financial need. In 2017, they expanded the program to offer Curvey Fellowships that allow students to gain valuable life experiences through travel. A third expansion of the program now helps Brewster students who are attending Villanova with financial assistance. The ripples in the pond from the Curveys’ first vision to help students in life-changing ways have grown and intersected, making one thing clear: “We’ve become a model for others to do the same kind of work…it has legs,” Mr. Curvey himself said in a recent interview for Brewster’s magazine. Speaking about his vision to create educational opportunities, he shared, “Giving money away intelligently is hard. I wanted to be personally involved in both programs.” It’s that personal touch—through meetings with students and check-ins about their incredible global experiences—that creates a bond with the Curvey Scholars and spurs students to emulate their benefactor as thoughtful leaders in the community. Leaders who also share the responsibility of reaching back to help the next group of students succeed.
Imagine the ripple effect of more initiatives like the Curvey Scholar Program. The joy of hearing from a decade’s worth of students who have now been transformed by the Program could only be topped by seeing other forward thinkers step up and create their own scholarly legacy.
In the words of one of the first Curvey Scholars, Ashley Rogers ’13, “Being a Curvey Scholar provided me with the opportunity to become the best version of myself as a high school student, and it opened my eyes to the possibility of what I could be and how essential it is to give back to others.”