Faith Acts for Education — Stronger Consulting Case Study

The Challenge

A fast-growing movement needed fundraising infrastructure to match

FaithActs is a faith-based, Black-led, non denominational grassroots education advocacy organization building power with churches and community leaders to improve schools for Black and Brown students

Three core needs drove this engagement:

1
Fundraising strategy
FaithActs needed a practical fundraising strategy to support growth, major donor cultivation, and long-term revenue diversification
2
Internal systems
The organization needed stronger fundraising operations, data management, and staff capacity to manage donor relationships.
3
Leadership clarity
The CEO and board needed clear priorities, roles, and next steps to move from urgent fundraising to sustained development

The Approach

From urgent gap-closing to sustainable fundraising

Audit current fundraising systems

Stronger reviewed FaithActs’ fundraising materials, donor data, internal systems, and revenue model. The team identified strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.

Analyze donor and revenue opportunities

Stronger segmented prospects, assessed current donor engagement, and identified near-term and long-term fundraising pathways

Build practical recommendations

Stronger developed recommendations across donor cultivation, pipeline management, CEO capacity, operations, and communications.

Create implementation tools

Stronger translated strategy into practical next steps, including outreach templates, role clarity, and a roadmap for action.

Outcomes

What Faith Acts for Education gained

Funding gap closed

FaithActs closed a $700,000 funding gap, stabilizing near-term operations and creating room to plan for the future

Clear fundraising roadmap

The organization gained practical recommendations and tools to guide donor cultivation, stewardship, and revenue growth.

Stronger internal capacity

FaithActs clarified staff and leadership roles, improved development systems, and strengthened fundraising discipline

Momentum for sustainability

The work helped shift fundraising from reactive gap closing toward a sustainable, relationship-driven model

Stronger Insight

“

FaithActs is the kind of organization that reminds us why infrastructure matters. They were already building extraordinary community power through faith, organizing, and advocacy. Our role was to help ensure their fundraising systems could sustain that movement, closing near-term gaps while creating a clearer path for donor cultivation, stewardship, and long-term growth. - Mike Montoya, CEO, Stronger Consulting

Helping FaithActs Build the Fundraising Infrastructure to Sustain a Growing Education Justice Movement

A fast-growing movement needed fundraising infrastructure to match

From urgent gap-closing to sustainable fundraising

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