Written by Brandon Allen Executive 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
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
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
Written by Brandon Allen Executive 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
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
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
Written by Megan Brown Marketing Director | Fortify Foundation How often do you stop and ask yourself this very question: Are you making an impact? In the business of life, work, family, and friends, we rarely take time to sit back and evaluate how we are doing and what we
Written by Brandon Allen Executive Director | Fortify Foundation In last month’s newsletter, we had an article relaying the challenge of establishing an infinite strategy when it comes to the development of your school. We know that God has called our ministries into existence. As long as we continue to
Written by Brandon Allen Executive Director | Brandon Allen I bet I know what you’re thinking… Either you received this newsletter too late or the people over at Fortify Foundation can’t read a calendar. Well fortunately it’s neither! As we enter the new year, there are a lot of new
Written by Megan Brown Director of Marketing | Fortify Foundation Let’s talk about the role nonprofits play in the economy. It is safe to say that we can all agree nonprofits have a space in society because of the good work that they do. We must ask ourselves this question:
Written by Brandon Allen Executive Director | Fortify Foundation What comes to mind when you think of a foundation? This may vary depending on what part of a foundation you are connected to. Foundations are often community-based with the goal of connecting philanthropists with other nonprofit organizations that are attempting
Written by Brandon Allen Executive Director | Fortify Foundation As we wrap up with our final newsletter for the year, we wanted to take a moment and reflect on all that God has done in and through our ministry. It was back in 2019 that the vision for our organization
