Endowment Giving
Brite is dedicated to providing the highest academic excellence. Endowment support allows us to provide scholarships that help students answer their call to ministry and ensures our ability to attract and maintain talented faculty who are committed to leadership through teaching and active scholarship.
Endowment gifts sustain Brite’s mission and needs in perpetuity. When you provide endowed gifts, you are contributing to a permanent financial resource with managed investment funds. Brite’s Board of Trustees maintains a designated and limited draw (projected to be approximately 5 percent) on combined invested funds to ensure the long-term viability and health of the seminary.
Endowment funds support scholarships, professorships, endowed chairs, and other valued programs. These funds provide a legacy of support as Brite honors the donor on individuals the donor wishes to honor through a named endowment.
Named Endowment Support:
Endowed Scholarship
Minimum Gift: $25,000
Scholarships provide tuition assistance for students who need financial support to attend seminary.
Ministerial Education Fund
Minimum Gift: $25,000
Ministerial Education Funds are named endowments used for, but not limited to, tuition assistance.
Masters Stipends
Minimum Gift: $100,000
Masters stipends are designed to supplement living expenses and other educational needs as exceptional students prepare for vocations in ministry.
PH.D. Stipends
Minimum Gift: $200,000
Ph.D. stipends are designed to supplement living expenses and other educational needs as doctoral students prepare for vocations in teaching and scholarship.
Endowed Professorships
Minimum Gift: $1 million
Professorships help to underwrite the salary of a faculty member.
Endowed Faculty Chairs
Minimum Gift: $3 million
Faculty chairs underwrite the salary of a senior faculty member of established national or international reputation.
Named Endowments
- The Lewis J. and Sybil Ackers Ministerial Education Fund
- The Glenn P. Albers Scholarship
- The Thomas M. and Leah Aldridge Ministerial Education Fund
- The George E. Archer Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mrs. George W. Armstrong Jr. Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Ashy Scholarship
- The Frank W. Aylett Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Jack R. Babbitt Memorial Ministerial Education Fund
- The T.L. and Minnie T. Badgett Ministerial Scholarship
- The Baird Endowed Scholarship Fund
- The Barbara S. Baker Endowed Scholarship
- The Frank and Elsie Baker Memorial Scholarship
- The Hugh and Faye Baker Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mary Failor Barrett Ministerial Education Endowment Fund
- The Barry/Evans Scholarship Fund
- The John Henry Bartley Student Assistance Fund
- The Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Bates Ministerial Education Fund
- The Chaplain (Colonel) Samuel Madison Bays Memorial Scholarship
- The Theodore P. and Beulah Porter Beasley Scholarship
- The Judge and Mrs. Tom L. Beauchamp Scholarship
- The Beckelhymer Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mrs. Sadie Beckham Scholarship
- The John Peter Smith Bell Ministerial Education Fund
- The Bellaire Christian Church Scholarships
- The Professor and Mrs. F.E. Billington Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Earl R. Bissex Memorial Ministerial Scholarship Fund
- The Henry and Sarah Black Ministerial Education Fund
- The James B. Blunk Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Joe and Anna Beth Bozarth Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mrs. J.F. Bradley Memorial Scholarship
- The Bratton Family Scholarship
- The Billy C. and E. Carolyn Brewer Ministerial Education Fund
- The John Bridwell Endowed Scholarship
- The Eugene and Dorothy Brink Ministerial Scholarship
- The Gene Briscoe, Sr., Ministerial Education Fund
- The J.B. Briscoe Ministerial Education Fund
- The Dr. Ray Bristol Ministerial Education Fund
- The Brite Alumni Scholarship
- The Brite Education Travel Course Fund
- The Brite Judaic Studies Endowment
- The Charles and Peggy Brittan Ministerial Scholarship
- The Charles and Peggy Brittan Fellowship
- The J.H. Brock and Andrew J. Farris Ministerial Scholarship
- The Rowland and Hazel Broiles Scholarship
- The Taylor E. Buchanan Memorial Scholarship
- The Buckles Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The J.C. (John Charles) Bunnell Ministerial Education Fund
- The Edgar H. and Elizabeth Bush Ministerial Education Fund
- The Dr. Nina Fay Calhoun Ministerial Education Scholarship Fund
- The J.L. and Bonnelle Callaway Ministerial Educational Fund
- The Van Camp Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mary and Ernest Campbell Ministerial Education Fund
- The Oliver G. Campbell Memorial Endowment
- The Miriam Moore Cansler Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mrs. Robert G. Carr Ministerial Scholarship
- The Carson Family Scholarship
- The Clyde and Linda Cauthen Ministerial Education Fund
- The Central Christian Church, San Antonio, Texas, Endowment Fund
- The Central Christian Church of Waco, Texas Scholarship Fund
- The Lois and Robert Chambless Ministerial Education Fund
- The Joseph E. and Juliette Chastain Endowment Fund
- The Tom and Katie Cheatham Memorial Endowment Fund
- The Ella Lee Clark Ministerial Scholarship
- The Russell and Virginia Coatney Scholarship
- The Mary Lou Price Coleman Ministerial Education Fund
- The Natalie Miller Collins Memorial Scholarship
- The Robert E. Cooper Ministerial Education Fund
- The Ida Lee Cope Ministerial Education Fund
- The Jack Y. and Jane Copeland Scholarship
- The Alex and Fredda Cox Ministerial Education Fund
- The Crossroads Christian Church/St. Andrews Christian Church of Carrollton, Texas Legacy Scholarship
- The Chester L. and Elizabeth M. Crow Scholarship
- The Dr. Philip M. and Neva Crow Scholarship Fund
- The Nancy Carr Brite Daugherty Scholarship
- The Davidson Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
- The Hilda and Gilbert Davis, Jr., Ministerial Education Fund
- The J.P. Dawson Scholarship
- The A.T. and Beulah DeGroot Ministerial Education Fund
- The Davis R. and Annah Cox Dickinson Ministerial Education Fund
- The Arthur and Joy Digby Ministerial Education Fund
- The William Currans Dimmitt Memorial Scholarship
- The Harold R. Dowler Ministerial Education Fund
- The A.J. Duderstadt Memorial Scholarship
- The Tom and Mary Dugan Scholarship
- The Eads Family Ministerial Scholarship
- The Lula Burney and C.E. Enloe Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mabel Eubank Endowment Fund
- The J. Edward and Laura W. Evans Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mrs. Valerie D. Fain Scholarship
- The James Marion Faulkner Scholarship
- The Joseph Benjamin and Emma A. Sims Faulkner Scholarship
- The Reverend Dr. Ben Feemster Memorial Scholarship
- The Logan Sander Fenker Memorial Ministerial Education Fund
- The Dr. Michael R. and Janice B. Ferrari Scholarship Fund
- The Wiley W. Finney Ministerial Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Abilene Endowed Stipend
- The First Christian Church of Abilene, Texas, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ministerial Education Fund
- The First Christian Church of Beaumont, Texas, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Bonham, Texas, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church, Bryan/College Station Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Caddo Mills, Texas Ministerial Education Fund
- The First Christian Church of Chico, Texas, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church, Cooper, Texas, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Denton, Texas, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Detroit, Texas, Ministerial Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Dublin, Texas Ministerial Education Fund
- The First Christian Church, Ganado, Texas, Ministerial Education Fund
- The First Christian Church of Hammond, Louisiana, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Huntsville, Texas, Ministerial Education Fund
- The First Christian Church of Mineral Wells Scholarship Endowment
- The First Christian Church of Shamrock, Texas, Ministerial Education Fund
- The First Christian Church of Sulphur Springs, Texas, Fund
- The First Christian Church of Tampa, Florida, Fund
- The First Christian Church of Tatum Legacy Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Tyler, Texas, Scholarship
- The First Christian Church of Wichita Falls, Texas, Scholarship
- The Jennifer Floyd Ministerial Education Fund
- The Gaston Foote Scholarship
- The Roy W. Ford Memorial Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. Dee Forehand Ministerial Scholarship
- The Judith Amy Forrest Scholarship
- The Walter R. Franke, Jr., Ministerial Education Fund
- The Frank and Louise Montgomery Fulk Ministerial Scholarship
- The Jack and Robbie Garrett Ministerial Education Fund
- The Laila Inez Garrett Scholarship
- The Joseph A. Garshaw Ministerial Education Fund
- The Lu Ellen Evans Gibbs Memorial Scholarship
- The Nimmo and Fay Goldston Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mary Frances Goodman Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mabel Gordon Memorial Scholarship
- The Bonnie Belle Graham Memorial Scholarship
- The A.D. and Ruth Green Ministerial Education Fund
- The Judge A.D. Green Endowed Fund
- The J. David Griffin II Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Campbell Guard Ministerial Education Fund
- The Ernest and Clarice Guffey Ministerial Scholarship
- The Dorcas E. and John K. Hackley Ministerial Education Fund
- The Reverend and Mrs. Homer W. Haislip Ministerial Scholarship
- The Colby D. Hall Memorial Ministerial Scholarship The Reverend Dr. Charles A. Hamilton Ministerial Education Fund
- The James M. and Myrtle E. Hamilton Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hamlin Ministerial Education Fund
- The Robert and Emma Ruth Hamner Ministerial Education Fund
- The Bernice and Sivert T. Hanson, Jr., Memorial Scholarship
- The S.T. Hanson, Jr., Catherine A., and Lola Hanson Memorial Scholarship
- The Harvey Harker Ministerial Education Fund
- The Thomas Edward Harral Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Will G. and Ruth A. Harris Ministerial Scholarship
- The Dean and Lynnette Harrison Scholarship Fund
- The Kenneth M. and Naomi E. Hay Ministerial Education Fund
- The Lucille Virginia Heatley Scholarship
- The Beth Coombes Henagan Ministerial Education Fund
- The Hendrick Family Ministerial Scholarship
- The Henley-Herren Scholarship Fund
- The Bill & Joan Henson Ministerial Education Fund
- The May and Elmer D. Henson Scholarship
- The Catherine Hill Endowment Fund for Ministerial Education
- The J.E. and Inez Hill Ministerial Scholarship
- The James Calvin Hill Brite Divinity School Foundation
- The James C. Hill Scholarship
- The John E. Hill, Jr. Ministerial Education Fund
- The John E. and Laura Hill Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Hill Ministerial Education Fund
- The Kenneth A. Holder Endowed Scholarship
- The J.M. and Buna Hooks Memorial Scholarship
- The Geraldine A. and Donald R. Houk Ministerial Education Fund
- The Charles West Howard Memorial Scholarship
- The Duane P. and Elizabeth M. Howard Ministerial Education Fund
- The Dr. John R. and Carolyn F. Hoyle Scholarship
- The Roemer and Mary Hudler Ministerial Education Fund
- The John M. Hughes Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Stanley R. and Minnie Hughes Ministerial Scholarship Fund
- The Arthur Harold Humphrey Ministerial Education Fund
- The A.R. and Anna Hunt Ministerial Endowment Fund
- The Allan Hunter Scholarship Fund of the Bella Vista Community Church
- The Hyde Park Christian Church, Austin, Texas Scholarship
- The Amy Miears Jackson Memorial Scholarship
- The W. Neil Jackson Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The John E. Jarrott Ministerial Scholarship
- The Joey Jeter Ministerial Education Fund
- The Walter Perry and Mary McFarland Jennings Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Christine and Roland Jones Ministerial Scholarship
- The John G. and Mary Verna Jones Foundation Scholarship
- The John G. and Mary Verna Jones Fund
- The Kenneth E. and Betty J. Jones Memorial Ministerial Education Fund
- The Woodrow W. and Adena Jones Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Karr Ministerial Scholarship
- The Joseph and Sadie Keevil Ministerial Scholarship Fund
- The Curtis L. and Barbara Keith Ministerial Scholarship
- The Elaine Valencia Kellam Endowed Scholarship
- The Dr. and Mrs. C.D. Kelton Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Kelton Ministerial Education Fund
- The Alvin V. and Gertie Keown Ministerial Education Fund
- The Kings Highway Christian Church, Shreveport, Louisiana, Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. Homer T. Kirby Ministerial Education Fund
- The Clyde and Margaret Kirk Ministerial Education Fund
- The Kirkpatrick Faculty Enrichment Fund
- The Willard and Ruby Stoker Kirkpatrick Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Kothe Ministerial Education Fund
- The George P. and Mary V. Kuykendall Ministerial Scholarship
- The Argle and Trecie Lacy Ministerial Education Fund
- The Hattie N. Latimer Memorial Scholarship
- The Flora Mae Lee Scholarship
- The D. Ray Lindley Memorial Scholarship
- The Kleber V. Lipscomb Ministerial Education Fund
- The Virginia Collins Lipscomb Scholarship
- The Janet A. Long Ministerial Education Fund
- The Louisiana Christian Church Scholarship
- The Alva C. and Louise R. Love Ministerial Education Fund
- The Fannie Lovett Endowment
- The Harold F. and Delora Lovitt Ministerial Education Fund
- The Bill Mackie Memorial Ministerial Education Fund
- The Magnolia Avenue Christian Church Ministerial Education Fund
- The Howard and Jeanette Marshall Ministerial Education Fund
- The Janice M. and Rev. Joe Massi, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
- The Roy and Fannie Lee Mathers Ministerial Education Fund
- The L.A. and Florence W. McAllister Ministerial Scholarship
- The D. Michael and Sharon G. McDonald Ministerial Scholarship
- The McEachern Scholarship
- The R.L. and Belle Black McFall Memorial Ministerial Education Fund
- The Brucilla Caroline McGill Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Frankie McKinney Scholarship Fund
- The Moses B. and Jennie A. McKnight Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Bruce McMillan, Jr., Foundation Scholarship
- The Jon and Jackie Means Scholarship
- The R.M. and Atwood Means Ministerial Scholarship
- The Frank and Jean Medanich Scholarship
- The Jackie Howell and Carl P. Mehaffy Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mrs. Leslie P. Merritt Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The T.L. (Bo) Midkiff Ministerial Education Fund
- The R.A. Mills Estate
- The Wilbur J. and Jessie Mindel Memorial Scholarship
- The Margaret E. Monnig Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Monnig Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. Dan T. Monroe Scholarship
- The Barrett and Frances Moore Preaching Award
- The Carlyle and Lina Moore Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Mr. and Mrs. L. Wayne Moore Endowment Fund
- The Wayne and Jo Ann Moore Faculty Development Endowment
- The Katharine Key Moors and William Key Moors Ministerial Fund
- The Dan and Dorothy Morgan Ministerial Scholarship
- The James M. and Lucille Moudy Ministerial Scholarship
- The A.D. Muckleroy Ministerial Education Fund
- The John T. Muir, Jr. Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The A.E. (Art) Nelson Scholarship
- The Newcastle Christian Church Ministerial Education Fund
- The Fred W. and Hope Norris Scholarship
- The Northway Christian Church, Dallas, Texas, Scholarship
- The Harold C. Nowlin Scholarship
- The Dr. Ralph T. and Rev. Mary Maxine Palmer Ministerial Fund
- The Mrs. O.W. Parish, Jr., Ministerial Scholarship
- The Dr. and Mrs. W.S. Parish, Jr. Ministerial Scholarship
- The Karl and Frances Parker Ministerial Education Fund
- The Albert M. and Martha Pennybacker Ministerial Education Fund
- Aubin and Mark Petersen Ministerial Education Fund
- The Laura Oldham Petitfils Scholarship
- The Phares-Reed Scholarship Fund
- The H.H. Phillips, Jr., Ministerial Education Fund
- The Houghton and Winnie Phillips Ministerial Education Fund
- The Clifton John Phillips and Daphne Estill (Renick) Phillips Endowment Fund
- The Loyd Phillips Trust
- The Virginia Brock Phillips Endowment Fund
- The Martin and Dorothy Pike Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Pimlott Ministerial Scholarship
- The Lenton L. Poss Memorial Ministerial Education Fund
- The Lois V. Potter Scholarship Fund
- The William W. Powell Scholarship
- The Mrs. Opal Weatherly Purvines Ministerial Scholarship
- The Norma G. Ramage Ministerial Education Fund
- The Nancy J. Ramsay Scholarship
- The Mark Withers Randle, and Dorothy Campbell Randle Ministerial Education Fund
- The Ratliff-Hurt Memorial Scholarship
- The Rea-Arnett Scholarship
- The Rev. Dr. Edward J. “Joe” Read Endowed Scholarship
- The Laura M. Reed Memorial Scholarship
- The Mabel Clark Reed Ministerial Education Fund
- The Reed-Phares Scholarship
- The Reimers Memorial Foundation Scholarship
- The Virginia Harth Richards Ministerial Education Fund
- The Hazel Robertson Ministerial Education Fund
- The Frank and Louise Robinson Ministerial Scholarship
- The Harry D. Robinson Memorial Scholarship
- The Newton J. and Bennie Robison Scholarship
- The Rev. William E. and Jane Holtzclaw Robinson Endowed Scholarship
- The Dan D. Rogers Ministerial Fund
- The R.L. Rogers Scholarship
- The Harold K. and Mary Helen Ross Ministerial Education Fund
- The Glenn and Ruth Routt Endowment Fund
- The Rule Christian Church Ministerial Education Fund
- The St. Charles Avenue Christian Church of New Orleans, Louisiana, Fund
- The Dr. Charles H. Sanders Scholarship
- The James Sanders Methodist Studies Endowment
- The Lorraine Sanders Ministerial Scholarship
- The Ram Lal Seekri Endowed Scholarship
- The Schorlemmer Ministerial Scholarship
- The Louis H. Shaffman, Jr. Scholarship Fund
- The William C. and Helen S. Sheridan Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Joseph N. and Mary Terrill Sherrill Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Shrader Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- The Ralph Sidwell Scholarship
- The Shirley Sissel Memorial Scholarship
- The Joseph Gillespie Smartt Memorial Fund
- The Nelle Smiley Memorial Fund
- The John Wayne Smiser Memorial Scholarship
- The Charles Edward Smith Ministerial Education Fund
- The Lillie Mae Smith Endowment Fund
- The J.C. Snyder Ministerial Education Fund
- The Ruth Snyder Ministerial Education Fund
- The Dr. Sidney J. and Elizabeth G. Spain Ministerial Education Fund
- The Warren E. and Jean Spurlock Schaumburg Ministerial Education Fund
- The Albert T. Stanley Ministerial Education Fund
- The A. Tremon Starr Scholarship Fund
- The Mrs. J.H. Stephens Ministerial Scholarship Fund
- The Stewart Family Scholarship
- The K. and Lottie M. Stoker Memorial Scholarship
- The Jack and Ruth Suggs Ministerial Education Fund
- The Clifford and Freda Taylor Ministerial Education Fund
- The William Taylor Latino/a Ministries Endowment
- The Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. and Wanda J. Teegarden Endowed Scholarship
- The Dr. and Mrs. E.F. Thomas Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mary Jane Thomas Scholarship
- The Lottie Martin and Douglas E. Tomlinson Scholarship
- The Sandra Lynn Tomlinson Fund
- The William E. and Jean Jones Tucker Ministerial Education Fund
- The Mary E. and Edith B. Turpin Memorial Scholarship
- The University Christian Church - Austin Stipend
- The UCC Fort Worth Ministerial Education Fund
- The Carlos and Mabel Vaughn Ministerial Scholarship
- The W. Earl and Louise Waldrop Ministerial Scholarship
- The Walker Ministerial Scholarship
- The Ida Lou and Glynn C. Watkins Ministerial Education Fund
- The C.S. and Florence Lea Weaver Memorial Scholarship
- The Lida C. Wells Memorial Scholarship
- The Gordon and Ellen West Memorial Ministerial Education Fund
- The Ralph Stephen Wetherell Scholarship Fund
- The Edna Brorein White Memorial Ministerial Scholarship
- The Wichita Falls Area Joint Board of Christian Churches Endowment
- The Newell Williams Endowment for Presidential Support
- The Herman and Barbara Williamson Scholarship Fund
- The “Bert and Herman” Williamson Ministerial Scholarship
- The Virginia L. and Frank W. Winker Memorial Scholarship
- The Ross and Mabel Wolfe Memorial Scholarship
- The F. Michael Wood Ministerial Education Fund
- The Woodland Christian Church, Longview, Texas Ministerial Education Fund
- The James and Bonnie Wright Ministerial Education Fund
- The William E. and Julia Wright Ministerial Education Fund
- The F.L. Young Ministerial Scholarship
- The A. Prentiss Young and Lucy Lee Foote Scholarship Fund
- The Charlene Smith and John F. Younger Scholarship
- The Peggy and Richard Ziglar Award for Excellence in Christian Education