What We Do
Consulting Services
Capital Campaigns & Feasibility Studies
The ISPD Financial Feasibility Study process helps build support for your campaign needs, followed by a robust implementation process.

Strategic Planning
Set a course for your school or parish’s future with one of ISPD’s Strategic Planning Processes.

Operational Vitality Assessments
ISPD Assessments thoroughly examine your school’s operational vitality and culture.

Coaching Programs
Development/Stewardship Coaching
One-on-one coaching on the meaning, value, and implementation of a vibrant Catholic school or parish development/stewardship effort.

Enrollment Management Coaching
Coaching sessions to understand how to invite, involve, and engage more families into the enrollment funnel.

Leadership Coaching
This coaching process helps administrators learn the critical role that operational vitality plays in Catholic schools and parishes.
Educational Opportunities
ISPD Summer Development School
Join us in New Orleans for the Summer 2026 Development School. Three days to help you grow your school and parish development and enrollment efforts.

Professional Development Classes
ISPD offers online, for-credit courses through the Institute for Pastoral Initatives at the University of Dayton.

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Development Directions

ISPD Celebrates 34th Anniversary

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Professional Development: Moving Beyond Mediocrity

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Catholic Development Resolutions for the New Year

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Checking the Progress/Success of Your Annual Fund at the End of 2022

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“Back to School Night” and Articulating Your Vision

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The Cadence of Catholic Elementary School Development/Advancement

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10 Ways We Serve the Catholic Community

We Are Catholic.

Headquartered in New Orleans, LA, we work exclusively with Catholic schools, parishes, and (arch)dioceses throughout the country. Our associates are Catholic leaders with over 250 years of combined experience in development/ advancement/stewardship/enrollment management.

Our Mission is Dynamic.

ISPD Mission: Through consulting, coaching, and educating, we bring people, process, and ministry together to help build the Kingdom of God.

We Engage People.

In our consulting, coaching, and teaching processes, we show how to meaningfully engage people in their mission and vision.

We Have 35+ Years of Nationwide Experience.

We are proud of our proven track record of successful partnerships with hundreds of Catholic schools, parishes, and (arch) dioceses.

We Are Objective.

We guide our Catholic clients through their challenges and help create solutions in order to support and integrate their vision, mission, and core values.

We Consult Onsite, Online, or Hybrid.

Our Assessment, Strategic Planning, Enrollment Management, Feasibility Study, Capital Campaign, Annual Fund, and Total Stewardship processes are fine-tuned for success.

We Offer Professional Development Opportunities.

From our annual Summer Development School (3-day conference) to our educational workshops, presentations, and publications, ISPD excels in our PD offerings.

We Teach Online.

In partnership with the University of Dayton’s Institute for Pastoral Initiatives, each semester ISPD teaches online/for-credit courses in Catholic school and parish development.

We Are Affordable.

Our consulting processes, online courses, and our Summer Development School are all reasonably priced.

We Encourage to Move 'Beyond Mediocrity'

ISPD encourages, motivates, and guides our Catholic clients to move “beyond mediocrity.”

Latest Posts from ISPD

Beyond the Balance Sheet: Creating Annual Reports That Tell Your Mission Story
August 12, 2025
6 min read
As another fiscal year closes and another begins, business offices are busy with familiar tasks: closing books, preparing statements, and drafting the annual financial report for the parish and/or school. But what if this year-end requirement could become something transformative? Every year, parishes dutifully publish their financial statements, and every year, the same misconceptions persist about how the business of the Catholic Church – and Catholic education -- works.

Revelant Post-Pandemic Macro Considerations for Catholic School Leaders
December 4, 2023
6 min read
Don’t Let Giving Tuesday Pass You By!
November 3, 2023
4 min read
The Value of Strategic Planning
October 1, 2023
5 min read
ISPD Welcomes New Associate, Dr. Ashley Lynn Ogden
August 15, 2023
1 min read
Is It Really Important to Conduct an Objective Financial Feasibility Study before Launching a Capital Campaign?
August 8, 2023
5 min read

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