We are the Institute for School and Parish Development
ISPD is a national development consulting, coaching, and educational firm working exclusively with Catholic institutions.
We empower Catholic schools, parishes and (arch)dioceses by helping them create and establish effective processes that engage people and invite resources in order to make the mission and vision come alive.
ISPD’s mission: Bringing people, process, and ministry together to help build the Kingdom of God.
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School & Parishes We Work With
ISPD has worked with hundreds of schools and parishes nationwide.
Recent ISPD Blogs
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.
How to Build your first Content Marketing Strategy
May 6, 2020
2 min read
Lessons Learned During COVID-19 Crisis
April 24, 2020
8 min read
Relationship-Building for Catholic Schools and Parishes in These Challenging Times
April 11, 2020
9 min read
From Crisis to Challenge to Change
March 27, 2020
5 min read
Best Wisdom and Practices for Catholic Schools/Parishes
March 25, 2020
1 min read
Let’s Make Things Happen
ISPD is ready to help transform the advancement culture of your parish or school.