{"id":17109,"date":"2024-08-19T20:15:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T20:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamheller.com\/?p=17109"},"modified":"2025-08-06T03:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T03:58:32","slug":"the-hamlin-school-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamheller.com\/resources\/blog\/the-hamlin-school-case-study","title":{"rendered":"The Hamlin School case study"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17109\" class=\"elementor elementor-17109\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-657aeff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"657aeff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb3f9cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fb3f9cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-729f0003 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"729f0003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Hamlin School\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a52862 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19a52862\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Streamlining Raiser's Edge<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a32bc98 animated-fast e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a32bc98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:600}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ac75fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18ac75fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732b61e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"732b61e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"backgroundContent\"><p>San Francisco&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hamlin.org\/\">The Hamlin School<\/a> is dedicated to providing a comprehensive education to girls from kindergarten to eighth grade. It is the oldest non-sectarian school for girls in the western United States.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24aa97e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"24aa97e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68584ee2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68584ee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2.jpg?strip=all\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15965\" alt=\"A young girl sits at a classroom desk, focused on writing in her notebook. Other children are also working in the background, and a chalkboard is visible behind them.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2.jpg?strip=all 1500w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2-300x169.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2-1024x576.jpg?strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2-150x84.jpg?strip=all 150w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2-768x432.jpg?strip=all 768w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-school-hamlin-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f84574 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74f84574\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d3e49c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d3e49c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5253ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a5253ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64212b0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64212b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenge: An inefficient, finicky gift-entry process\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa04c94 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa04c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The school\u2019s tech leaders engaged Heller Consulting to extend its Raiser\u2019s Edge CRM, streamlining its development operations so it could better serve its community. Its development software stack was complex and its gift entry process laborious, leading to inefficient processes and manual workarounds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee6f33d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ee6f33d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ecfcbb5 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ecfcbb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Solution: Workflows streamlined and documented<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-217d042a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"217d042a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Heller led a comprehensive project to optimize the school\u2019s core technology, which included a thorough evaluation of systems and processes, priority setting, CRM streamlining, and training.\n<\/br><\/br>\nWe identified business process changes that improved data entry, and configured Raiser\u2019s Edge to reduce manual intervention. To ease financial reporting and reconciliation between departments, we recommended best practices to more accurately reflect the organization\u2019s fundraising, optimizing campaign and appeal codes, as well as fund coding.\n<\/br><\/br>\nHeller trained staff in new best-practice workflows and documented the gift entry process from start to finish.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324fea79 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"324fea79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90c2c5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90c2c5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419d17a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"419d17a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689d6530 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"689d6530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Result: Core tech streamlined and equipped for the future\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2611e4f4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2611e4f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"block-d79896cb-a773-4b67-9f57-2b885993edc3\" class=\"sc-dWrMgH cCUotd ripley__Block--block__fw scrolling-down in-viewport\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" data-foleon-id=\"block-d79896cb-a773-4b67-9f57-2b885993edc3\" data-testid=\"@foleon\/maggie-viewer_section-component\"><div class=\"sc-fpiMtx fYaMvU ripley__Block--wrapper-inner\"><div class=\"sc-gEzdvI exiEEL im-row\"><div class=\"sc-hYAvtR eVSuna im-column\" data-testid=\"@foleon\/maggie-viewer_column-component\" data-foleon-id=\"a42ef382-84fd-4fff-9e7b-1a78aecd3ef5\"><div class=\"im-column-inner\"><div class=\"sc-bOdrWM jAnukA\"><p>By reducing manual data entry and automating synchronization, staff were able to complete tasks faster and move on to more strategic work. 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