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Smart. Healthy.
Operationally Vital.
Right-scoped solutions to advance your mission.
We help organizations of conviction refine their strategic directions and work with intention.
Escale's Sustainable Growth Program
Be equipped to make your Catholic & Christian school or church smart, healthy, and operationally strong through strategic planning, so that volunteers, staff, and donors are eager to support you with their time, talent, and treasure to make Christ’s work through you succeed.
Recent Collaborations
Meet a few of the organizations we’ve partnered with.
"We needed to reevaluate our operations and staffing to become financially sustainable. Escale Advisors helped us create a framework for transforming our organization. Casey walked alongside us as we took action."
SHERRY KREBSBACH
Executive Director of Finance and Facilities, Saint John’s Preparatory School
"Casey’s expertise in helping schools was a blessing to me and Saint John’s as we developed a plan to make the school financially stable. He walked alongside me to execute difficult decisions and helped me become a better leader for Saint. John’s."
FATHER JONATHAN LICARI
Headmaster, Saint John’s Preparatory School
WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE
You're Burnt Out and Chasing your Tail
You spend all your time bailing water. You have more month than money almost every week, it seems. You fear you’re going to lose your best people. You’re struggling to recruit key players to your team. You can’t face the thought of going to another board or council meeting that will be more political grandstanding and accomplish nothing. Your organization’s leadership and management is drifting in circles. What’s worse, you spend all your energy working and have nothing left for your family at the end of the day.
This isn't how ministry should be.
Your mission in your church or school should be saving souls and making a positive difference in the community and the lives of the families you serve. You should have a vision and sail confidently toward it. And you should be able to do it without sacrificing your own home time.
Can we even make it?
The question nobody wants to ask but everyone is thinking. How long can we really go on like this? What if the blessing is gone?
What if we fail?
The problem isn't a lack of blessing, or a lack of funding, or a personal failure. The problem is your organization isn't operating in the way it needs to thrive.
Apply to the Sustainable Growth Program
Request a Free Growth Session to explore how to attract more families, to attain & retain the best people of your organization, and grow operating margins of resources & time
Discover how we help organizations transform.
GET SMART, HEALTHY, AND OPERATIONALLY STRONG
A smart, healthy, and operationally strong organization is one that people are excited to give their time, talent, and treasure to. It has a vision that everyone is clear on and works toward from their strengths. It has a strategic system to follow to its goals. It has Durable Leadership – leadership that is designed to weather necessary changes without collapsing. It has a clear Case for Support – a message that donors understand and are excited to invest in.
Do you want this for your ministry?
Recent Collaborations
Meet a few of the organizations we’ve partnered with.
"Thank goodness for Casey and Escale Advisors! Casey was contacted to assist with the development of a fundraising plan to help repay a diocesan loan that had funded our school's new roof. After discussing the project, it became clear that we had a larger challenge on our hands. The financial structure of the school was out of balance. The tuition was low. The funding of the school by the four parishes was a burden, which was putting a strain on the relationships between the school community and the partner parishes. After lots of prayer and contemplation, Casey and Holy Trinity realized that we did not need a campaign, we needed a financial and strategic plan that would heal our financial situation and the relationships with our parish communities. Casey worked closely with us to put together a five-year plan that has been very successful in moving us forward. Now, we're ready to start our initial fundraising campaign idea!"
DEBRA MEYER-MYRUM
Administrator, Holy Trinity Catholic School
"Casey Breen was brought in to help our organization with several structural challenges that could potentially put our non-profit status in jeopardy. We did not have adequate systems in place for handling gifts, particularly large donations intended for specific purposes. I asked Casey to help clean up our historical records, create a procedure for accepting gifts, establish a system to manage the intentions of the donations, and develop a consistent process for thanking the donors for their gifts. During Casey’s time with us, we received several large donations that could be directly correlated to the work he had done. Our foundation is now capable and efficient in the processing and handling of gifts of any size. With Casey’s help, we’ve increased the trust and confidence of our generous benefactors and supportive community."
LARRY KRMPOTICH
President, Schola Foundation
WHAT IS THE ESCALE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FRAMEWORK?
A nine-pillar system for saving your struggling school or church and getting your whole organization smart, healthy, and operationally strong. This system takes you from failing or floundering to flourishing in as few as three years! Through this system you will learn:
How to optimize your leadership so that everyone is working according to their gifts.
How to authentically engage your community.
How to get and KEEP qualified, excited staff and volunteers!
How to build a vision that inspires the community and appeals to donors.
How to get your finances under control!
How to make your regular operations smooth and painless.
Why you need a long-term strategy, and how to create an effective one.
How to implement a strategy.
How to run a wildly successful fundraising campaign.
How to meet financial goals (and other goals.)
Are you ready to have a smart, healthy, and operationally strong school or church?
Apply to the Sustainable Growth Program
Request a Free Growth Session to explore how to attract more families, to attain & retain the best people of your organization, and grow operating margins of resources & time
Don't Be the Hero
You don’t need to fix all the problems by yourself. You are not required to be a lone ranger or a martyr. Your organization will be better equipped to leave a legacy with a strong leadership team. A team divides work between them, not with schoolground “fairness” but “each according to his gifting.” And with a team at your back, and an engaged community supporting them, you’ll be free to devote yourself to your spouse and children as fully as they need.
What's Included
- A month-long guided assessment that highlights your organization’s strengths and identifies its weaknesses
- A roadmap that shows you exactly what areas of your school or church to focus on for the greatest effect.
- Systems that have a compounding effect on your organization – every slight improvement you make to one increases your success with all the others!
- Access to the Escale Framework Video Training series
- Weekly coaching calls with Casey and other school and church heads to cover questions, share experiences, and keep you accountable.
- Workshops for deep dives into hot topics.
- Quarterly online masterminds with qualified speakers in the nonprofit scene.
- A flexible monthly agreement you can pause at will.
- Email and Voicemail support from Casey for sensitive or individualized topics.
- Optional 1:1 coaching
Sustainable Growth Program
Sola Dei Gloria
Christian ministry isn’t meant to be barely scraping by. You’re meant to leave a legacy. Not your own legacy, but God’s legacy, the imprint of God on your community for generations to come. You can’t do this if you’re trapped in dysfunction! Start on the path to operational vitality with Escale and bring glory to God through your ministry
High Morale and High Productivity
Imagine for a minute, your school or church having operational vitality. Your staff has high morale and high productivity. Everyone shows up motivated and goes home invigorated most days. When a crisis comes, everyone has the energy to solve it, because crisis isn’t your default setting. Everyone is confident and capable in their position. When you think about next year, you get excited at what you’re planning.
Now take a breath and ask yourself what you’d do to see your organization thriving like that.
Who Am I?
My name is Casey Breen, and I’ve had some amazing success helping Christian organizations turn their trajectory around. I’ve helped schools double their donor lists, go from 2 million to 5 million in yearly donations, and even saved some schools from having to close their doors. But in all these struggling schools I saw a common thread. Their problem wasn’t a money problem. It was a systems problem. So I created the Escale Framework to make it easy and (relatively) fast for struggling schools and churches to get real results, to make a real impact, and to leave a lasting legacy on their community for God.
Apply to the Sustainable Growth Program
Request a Free Growth Session to explore how to attract more families, to attain & retain the best people of your organization, and grow operating margins of resources & time
Rest and Resupply
Escale – n. to stop in a port to replenish supplies and rest.
I invite you to discover how choosing to change your approach to leading your school or church can bring the rest you need. The Escale Community is like the family that you need to have your back and be there for you through thick and thin. We understand where you are, and will give you the grace and support you need to build up to flourishing. We’re here to help you hold yourself accountable – not beat you over the head if you’re not perfect. Nobody’s perfect. But we can strengthen and equip you.
What's in a Name?
It's Not Going to Be Easy
You’re trying to turn a big ship around. We know that you can’t do it alone. We know it can be overwhelming to even decide where to start. That’s why every Escale Community Membership starts with Casey’s Assessment and Itinerary Mapping. Over a month, Casey will really dig deep with you, coming onsite and seeing your operations, guiding you through an honest self-assessment, conducting community interviews, and getting a complete picture of where your school or church is. Then he’ll create you a custom Itinerary, telling you where you’re doing well, and where to focus for the greatest impact. After that, he’ll guide you in your decision to choose the coaching path that’s best for you!
Now take a breath and ask yourself what you’d do to see your organization thriving like that.
What if you Stay your Course?
What if you keep on the way you’ve been doing things? Could it be fine? I’m not going to tell you that’s likely. Without strong systems, your problems will continue to multiply. You’ll go from struggling to sinking. Your staff will jump ship, and you won’t be able to replace them. You’ll miss more of your family’s activities. Your school or church will lose the trust of the community. The legacy it has built will be in danger of failing entirely.
Instead of that, make the changes your organization needs now
