Welcome.

As the development team, it is our pleasure to welcome you to SBA.  Whether you are a prospective or current student, parent, alum, or colleague, the information contained within our site should be useful in providing you with a comprehensive overview of our academy and our programs.  

The development team serves as a catalyst  to weave continuity into our academy. We believe that it is our calling to partner with parents to raise children who possess Godly character and in dong so, provide the best facilities in which to engage the students into a passion for learning and a personal relationship with Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The development team is excited about the future and where God is taking us.  As we celebrate our 10 year anniversary in Christian Education, it is just the starting line for what is to come.   We are diligently pursuing every lead, contact and researching to find scholarships, grants and funding for our future projects.

Our Development Department has grown and we would like to take this opportunity to introduce the new "team"  to you.

Christie Johnson

          Christie is our Director of Marketing and Events.  Christie and her husband Lebron have been married for 19 years and have two children.  Their son,  Colston and daughter, Claire both attend SBA. The Johnsons also worship at Silverdale Baptsist Church. To contact Christie, you can email her:  cjohnson@silverdaleba.org

Chris Neighbors

           Chris is our Director of Capital Campaigns and Fund-raising.  Chris and his wife Kelly have been married 12 years and have three daughters.  Kelsey Jo and Kayla Rose both attend SBA and Kora May is in the preschool. The Neighbors worship at Woodland Park Baptist Church.  To contact Chris,you can email him : cneighbors@silverdaleba.org

Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have .

You may reach us at (423) 892-2319  X224

Please continue  to pray for us . If God leads you to help us with these projects, please contact

the Development Office at (423)892-2319  X224.

How you can give.

Silverdale Baptist Academy accepts gifts of cash,checks and appreciated assets, such as, securities, real estate or personal property.

Cash/Check

•   A gift in the form of cash or check and the donor receives an immediate tax deduction.
•   Credit card gifts or payments may be made online in the very near future.

• Publicly traded Securities and Mutual Funds - readily marketable securities
• Closely Held Securities- securities in privately-held companies
• Immediate fair market value charitable deduction and avoidance of capital gains tax

• Defined as real property or interest in real property such as land or physical structures
• Immediate fair market value charitable deduction and avoidance of capital gains tax

Year End Giving

• If you are making an end-of-the-year gift to SBA, please be aware that it must be postmarked no later than December 31st.
  

• SBA gratefully receives gifts of appreciated assets, such as securities.  Often a gift of appreciated stock offers tax benefits to the donor.  Not only can the donor take a charitable deduction for the current,full fair-market value of the stock, capital gains tax can also be avoided on the appreciation.
• Viewed another way, you may be able to give more than you thought possible when the tax ramifications are considered.  The benefit to SBA is the same whether you give cash or stock but the tax savings to yield is likely to be greater if you give appreciated stock.

• Planned giving is a way to contribute to SBA using estate -planning vehicles.  
  

Donor Privacy Policy

• SBA is committed to honoring and protecting our donor's privacy, including any personally identifiable information. SBA does not and will not sell nor trade donor's information with outside parties.

Donors are advised to consult with their own legal, tax and estate planning professional when considering donations other than cash.  This information is general in nature and should not be construed or relied upon as tax or legal advice.