4 Questions to Ask to Maximize Your Donor’s Online Experience Hannah Jurius Owner, Sparrow Marketing, The end of the year is a busy season for your school’s fundraising efforts. Your team will be making phone calls, sending letters, exchanging emails, and meeting with donors to discuss the impact they can have if they choose to give…
Investing in the Future: The Value of Endowed Funds for Private Christian K-12 Schools Tyson S. ChastainJohnson University Private Christian K-12 schools play a crucial role in shaping the minds and hearts of young learners, providing not only quality education but also instilling values and principles rooted in faith. However, sustaining and growing these institutions…
Brandon AllenExecutive Director | Fortify Foundation It has been such a blessing to be a part of changing the landscape for the financial future of Christian education. Just a few years ago, the nature of long-range planning often plateaued with the current admin team’s tenure. It’s not that they didn’t want to think longer but…
Communicating your school’s vision is key to attracting mission-aligned partners. While internal focus is important, external marketing can expand your reach and engage a broader audience. Fortify Foundation board member, Wyman Shull, shares five essential marketing tips for Christian schools. By Wyman Shull Fortify Director at Large & Shull Media Partners You have the school, you have…
Jennifer Thomason Director / CEO – Christian Schools International Many Christian schools were founded to bring together families, churches and education. Some describe this as a three-legged stool. The overwhelming commitment to Christian education from many churches in the 1950’s to the 1990’s included significant financial support for families from their church. This was a symbiotic…
By Brandon Allen Executive Director | Fortify Foundation One of the benefits of God’s Word is the timeless stories, examples, truths, and principles we can learn to live by. I truly believe that Scripture gives us sufficient information for all areas of life, one of those areas being our finance. God gives us so much…
By Lara GoppMarketing Manager | Fortify Foundation In the pursuit of financial advancement for our K-12 Christian schools, we find our most effective strategies within the timeless wisdom of Scripture. By grounding our marketing efforts in biblical principles, we not only inspire others to support our mission to provide a faith-based education but also ensure that…
By Ruston PierceFundraising and Capital Campaign Manager| Fortify Foundation In a world where financial concerns can sometimes overshadow moral principles, it’s essential to ground your school’s fundraising practices in integrity and righteousness. It’s so easy for mission drift to creep into our fundraising as Christian schools because we are so dependent on additional funds for…
By Brandon Allen Executive Director | Fortify Foundation We’ve all seen it. The ups and downs of a ministry as they pass on the reins of leadership to their successor. It’s not always that those replacements are bad leaders or even wrong for the position. It’s just that they have a different skillset and often…
By Maurice McCaney | Fortify Foundation Board, Director at Large When most people encounter a person in need of assistance, particularly financial assistance, the person’s natural inclination is a desire to help in whatever way they can. Those who desire to assist are usually unsure as to how they can help and to what degree their…