Multiply Your Mission’s Impact — Without Breaking the Budget

CSS Academy partners with nonprofits to improve financial resilience, increase donor giving, and reduce costs — so you can direct more of your resources to your mission.

Closing the Gap Between Mission and Margin

Your nonprofit exists to bring transformation — not just to manage scarcity.
Yet many organizations struggle because communities you serve face financial instability: 70% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.*
When participants can’t build savings, avoid debt, or manage resources, they’re more vulnerable to crises — and your programs face higher dropout or support costs.
CSS Academy equips nonprofits to embed financial health into your services, producing outcomes that advance both hearts and economies.

Financial Outcomes You Can Expect

Metric / Outcome

  • $300K+ saved in participant debt annually

  • 40% lower program dropout rate

  • 25% increase in participant giving / tithing

  • Reduced administrative burdens & support costs

What It Means for Your Nonprofit

  • Participants reduce emergency borrowing, freeing up funds for basic needs or giving

  • Stability supports continuity — better retention, less churn, more consistent outcomes

  • Healthier finances often translate into more generosity toward causes

  • Less crisis management, fewer emergency grants, lower “help desk” strain

Sample Story / Snapshot

  • “A single mother eliminated $4,200 in high-interest debt in 4 months.”

  • “After integrating financial classes, our retention jumped from 60% to 85%.”

  • “One family began giving monthly for the first time.”

  • “Our client support line dropped by 30% as people gained financial control.”

Metric / Outcome

What It Means for Your Nonprofit

Sample Story / Snapshot

  • $300K+ saved in participant debt annually

  • 40% lower program dropout rate

  • 25% increase in participant giving / tithing

  • Reduced administrative burdens & support costs

  • Participants reduce emergency borrowing, freeing up funds for basic needs or giving

  • Stability supports continuity — better retention, less churn, more consistent outcomes

  • Healthier finances often translate into more generosity toward causes

  • Less crisis management, fewer emergency grants, lower “help desk” strain

  • "A single mother eliminated $4,200 in high-interest debt in 4 months."

  • "After integrating financial classes, our retention jumped from 60% to 85%."

  • "One family began giving monthly for the first time."

  • "Our client support line dropped by 30% as people gained financial control."

From Strategy to Sustainability — Your Implementation Roadmap

1. Discovery & Diagnostics
— We assess your goals, service populations, financial stress points, and capacity

2. Customized Curriculum & Integration
— We adapt lessons/modules into your existing programs, with nonprofit-relevant case studies

3. Launch & Support
— We help you roll out, train staff/facilitators, monitor progress

4. Metrics, Feedback & Iteration
— We give you dashboards, reports, and improvement plans to scale impact

“Our participants increased savings by an average of $1,500 in six months.” — Executive Director, HopeWorks Nonprofit

“We saw a 35% drop in participant financial crises requests.” — Program Manager, PathForward

Your Investment — And What You Can Gain

  • Cost
    Partnerships typically begin at $0 annually (scaled by size/population)

  • What Your Community Will Get
    Curriculum, coaching, implementation, reporting, ongoing support

  • Expected Return / Payback
    Based on partner data:
     • Savings / debt reduction
     • Lower dropout costs
     • Increased giving / internal support
     • Staff time freed from crisis intervention

FAQ — Pastors Ask This

How does this complement your existing programs?

It can either be embedded into your programs (e.g. financial literacy tracks) or offered as a stand-alone module.

What level of staff time is needed?

We supply training and ready-made facilitator guides to reduce your burden. Everything is online and digital.

How do we measure success?

We partner on outcomes tracking: savings, debt reduction, retention, giving, dropout rates, etc.

Is this faith-based or secular?

We adapt based on your organization. (If you're faith-based, we can incorporate spiritual principles; if not, we’ll stick to best practices in financial capability.)

Partner with CSS and transform your financial programs into engines of lasting impact.