Specialities
Financial Services
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The Huddle: Elevating Your Major Gift Program
The Huddle: Elevating Your Major Gift Program Thursday, October 17, 2024 Time: 2:00 pm EST Cost: FREE Join Shelby LaMar, Chief Advancement Officer at Lancaster Country Day School (LCDS) in Pennsylvania to learn how to build a thriving major gifts program at your school. Shelby is currently in his sixteenth year at LCDS, where annual […]
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The Huddle: What’s Your Process for Selecting Mission-Aligned Consultants & Vendors?
The Huddle: What’s Your Process for Selecting Mission-Aligned Consultants & Vendors? Wednesday, November 13, 2024 2:00 pm EST FREE The Huddle will be recorded and shared with all registrants. From strategic planning to food service, fundraising counsel to bus service, independent schools engage consultants and vendors annually to support mission delivery. Join Rose Helm, Head […]
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Free Counselor Resources Improve College Access, Affordability & Matriculation
Independent High Schools can sensitively equip all families for the realities of paying for college in a way that empowers counselors and improves student outcomes, but we must acknowledge gaps in the status quo, embrace innovative strategies, examine our assumptions and challenge families to do the same. When Financial Aid education is successful, it’s because […]
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Free resources for college counselors help parents make informed decisions about the financial health and well-being of their families.
Independent High Schools can sensitively equip all families for the realities of paying for college in a way that empowers counselors and improves student outcomes, but we must acknowledge gaps in the status quo, embrace innovative strategies, examine our assumptions and challenge families to do the same. When Financial Aid education is successful, it’s because […]
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Free Counselor Resources Improve College Affordability & Student Matriculations
Independent High Schools can sensitively equip all families for the realities of paying for college in a way that empowers counselors and improves student outcomes, but we must acknowledge gaps in the status quo, embrace innovative strategies, examine our assumptions and challenge families to do the same. When Financial Aid education is successful, it’s because […]
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If You Are A Nonprofit School Serving Students In Any Grade K-12, You May Be Eligible For EANS!
WHAT IS EANS? Emergency Assistance for Nonpublic Schools (EANS) is part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (CRRSA Act), the second federal economic stimulus package recently passed. The CRRSA Act created a fund that was directed to each state’s Governor, and within that fund, it allocated EANS money to religious […]
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Five Tips for Writing Effective Volunteer Job Descriptions
Once you have published your Guide to Giving and Getting Involved and have identified your school’s volunteer needs, it is time to develop job descriptions for each position. Without job descriptions, you risk matching the wrong person to the job, misusing the volunteer’s time, and having no formal means of giving feedback and celebrating your […]
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How to Adapt Your Enrollment Strategies for Millennial Parents
If marketing to millennials seems to be more difficult, you’re probably right. Not only do millennials have shorter attention spans, but they also have high expectations. Their generation expects your school to supply high-quality academics focusing on well-rounded students, organic lunches free of chemicals and not served on plastic products, comprehensive outdoor education and play, […]
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Boost Engagement and Build Community With Virtual Events
Hosting a community-building event in the wake of COVID-19 may seem like an impossible task, but building community is more important than ever in our current environment. Schoolwide community building helps connect students, parents, teachers, and leaders. These personal connections will foster new school traditions and promote a sense of purpose, inclusiveness, and responsibility. You […]
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Four Steps for a Successful Marketing Communications Audit
Do you know which marketing tactics are working at your school and which ones require your attention? Find the answers with a marketing communications audit. ISM defines marketing communications as how your school develops messages and carries out integrated strategies. Your approach informs the way you promote your school values and nurture constituent relations—their commitment […]
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How to Create a Terrific Case for Support
One of the pillars of an effective fundraising campaign is your school’s Case for Support. The Case for Support communicates with donors and prospects, and begins the process of matching their values and interests with your school’s mission and guiding principles. Here’s how to create a terrific Case for Support. The Case for Support should […]
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SBA Necessity Questionnaire Released for Borrowers with PPP Loans Over $2,000,000
In what is likely the first step in the audit process for borrowers that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans more than $2,000,000 (including affiliates), the SBA has developed a questionnaire for both for-profit and non-profit borrowers which was released on Thursday, October 29, 2020. This questionnaire will be used to “facilitate the collection” of […]