Dan Perla

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Dan is Prizmah's Senior Director of Prizmah School Services. Learn more about him here.

Blog Articles

Raising Endowments Together

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Fundraising & Development, Prizmah Thought Leadership
On a Sunday this past July, when many people were fanning themselves on a beach, more than forty school professionals and lay

Community Endowments: Helping Parents and Helping Schools

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Fundraising & Development, School Policies and Procedures
It was spring 2020, and Covid-19 was running rampant in Los Angeles. Schools, both public and private, had closed their buildings, and

Endowments: It’s Time

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Fundraising & Development
By Amy Adler and Dan Perla Over this past year, Prizmah’s work in the area of school advancement shifted to meet the

January Kaleidoscope: Tuition

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This month’s edition of Kaleidoscope is devoted to one of the most widely discussed topics in the Jewish day school field: tuition

A New Frontier in Alternative Tuition Programs

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Affordability
Our data suggests that well over one-third of Jewish day schools across North America offer some type of alternative or creative tuition

5 Things to Consider Before You Vote to Approve a Large Tuition Increase

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Affordability
Jack Lew, former treasury secretary of the United States and an Orthodox Jew, used to quip that it was easier to balance

Hayidion Articles

Working Together to Increase Affordability

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The past few years have witnessed not only a significant increase in the number of new tuition models offered by schools or

Accelerating Impact: Transforming the Field

HaYidion Article
Jewish day schools provide a strong foundation for Jewish identity, engagement and leadership. The Jewish leaders of tomorrow are in the classrooms