-
Webinar Recording – Capital Campaign Planning Essentials: The Feasibility Study
This content is an exclusive benefit for SAIS members. If you’re a member, log in and you’ll get immediate access. If you’re not yet a member, you’ll be interested to know that joining not only gives you access to top-notch…
-
Optimizing AI in the Development Office: Schools Find Benefits to Combining AI and Fundraising
Today’s independent school development professional is confronted with many challenges: raising annual fund dollars to support tuition shortfalls, building a major gifts pipeline for the next capital campaign, researching prospects, and applying for grants for major initiatives. The list goes…
-
Webinar Recording – Practical Strategies for Accelerating Your Annual Fund With AI
This content is an exclusive benefit for SAIS members. If you’re a member, log in and you’ll get immediate access. If you’re not yet a member, you’ll be interested to know that joining not only gives you access to top-notch…
-
Heads of School Virtual Roundtable Recording – January 15, 2025
This content is an exclusive benefit for SAIS members. If you’re a member, log in and you’ll get immediate access. If you’re not yet a member, you’ll be interested to know that joining not only gives you access to top-notch…
-
Parent Engagement That Works: 3 Principles to Make the Most of Your Parent Events
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your school’s parents and families completely understood your mission and vision? If they supported teachers, the administration, and the advancement fund? If they not only showed up for parent events, but also encouraged other mission-fit…
-
Cultivating Major Gifts
Major Gifts Strategy Major gifts are the cornerstone of transformational philanthropy in independent schools. While these contributions may require significant time and dedication to cultivate, their impact can reshape an institution’s future. The threshold for what constitutes a major gift…
-
Starting With a Deficit and Saving a School: Making Smart, Mission-Based Decisions to Support School Community
As can be the case with leaders who take the helm at independent schools, Robert McGehee confesses he’s “not a finance guy.” As head of school for St. Nicholas School in Chattanooga, TN, McGehee shares that he does, however, love…
-
Webinar Recording – Data-Driven Success: How Net-Tuition Revenue, Enrollment Data, & Marketing Impact School Health
This content is an exclusive benefit for SAIS members. If you’re a member, log in and you’ll get immediate access. If you’re not yet a member, you’ll be interested to know that joining not only gives you access to top-notch…
-
Reimagining Alumni Engagement: Unlocking New Possibilities
Regardless of the time a graduate spent with their alma mater – be it one year of high school or the entirety of their K-12 independent school experience – the relationship between student and school need not end at commencement.…
-
Exploring Endowments
Endowments by the Numbers Endowments typically rely heavily on large, single contributions. These large contributions have lasting impacts, allowing schools to fund financial aid, faculty positions, and facility improvements. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and NAIS…