This post was contributed by Dale McDonald, PBVM, PhD, NCEA Director of Public Policy.
Currently NCEA and CARA are conducting the biennial finance study known previously in elementary schools as Financing the Mission and as Dollars & Sense for secondary schools. The data collected and reported are the only sources of information about Catholic school finances and are an invaluable sources of information to assist dioceses and schools in their strategic planning for operational vitality. Principals, please look for the email requesting your input and complete the survey that has been sent to every school so that a truly representative data set can be produced and utilized.
