By Brandon AllenExecutive Director / Fortify Foundation What comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘economy of scale’? Perhaps it’s just a phrase you’ve heard in passing with no sort of context. Maybe the context was back when you were sitting in your college economics class, and you haven’t given it a second thought…
By Brandon AllenExecutive Director / Fortify Foundation I’ll never forget an illustration that was passed along to me as a fairly young kid. The speaker in children’s church challenged us by putting a mini candy bar in front of us. He stated that we could take the mini bar now or wait a week and…
Written by Ruston PiercePresident of Consulting / Affinity Recruiting One of the biggest buzz words in private education currently is sustainability. It’s starting to get a little overused, but it absolutely should be a priority for every school. There’s one obstacle that I continue to see across the country keeping schools from achieving sustainability. This…
A Certified Public Accountant’s Perspective on the ERC Has your school applied for the Employee Retention Credit? It is worth as much as $26,000 per employee. Most private schools qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), and the funding received has changed the trajectory of many Christian institutions. There are still countless Christian schools that…
Written by Edward Earwood Director / SCACS Board Chair / Fortify Foundation I was recently on an accreditation trip when a team member relayed to us a conversation between a teacher and one of her students. The gist of the conversation was the student explaining details to the teacher about their recent research into an athletic…
Written by Brandon AllenExecutive Director / Fortify Foundation One of the things that I love about my job is having the opportunity meet with school leaders and hear about the rich heritage that a lot of the Christian schools throughout our country have. Whether it was independently established or through a local church, it is…
Written by Dan Handford Vice Chair and Secretary / Fortify Foundation The word “endowment” can be intimidating when you first hear about it. This is because you may not know much about it. Remember back when you first entered college to become an educator and how intimidating this was at first. Now that you have…
Written by Whitney Elkins-Hutten Director of Investor Education | PassiveInvesting.com As a habitual optimizer, I’m always seeking to eliminate any friction in my environment that would rob me of my time and attention. I take the same approach when placing an investment and/or optimizing my investment portfolio to maximize my wealth. I call this process…