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Private Preparatory School

Tower Hill School

Matching Business Office Acumen with Top-50 Academic Excellence

The Challenge: While celebrated nationwide for academic rigor, Tower Hill's business office was constrained by outdated on-premise software. Transaction processing was slow, financial reporting was delayed, and communications with trustees and parents were strained.

The Solution: Over a 12-month period, Breakwater modernized the school’s business office by deploying a unified cloud ecosystem encompassing general accounting, accounts payable, HR data management, tuition processing, and employee expense tracking. Breakwater assumed day-to-day transactional execution while leaving internal budget strategy in-house.

The Outcome: Operating efficiency surged. Trustees gained immediate faith in financial figures. When COVID-19 hit, the cloud setup allowed a seamless transition to remote work, streamlined PPP loan forgiveness, and processed student credits with zero operational downtime.

Community Athletics Non-Profit

Delaware Football Club (DEFC)

Resolving Volunteer Burnout & Streamlining 17-Coach Payroll

The Challenge: Volunteer Board Treasurer Amy Burg was overwhelmed by administrative labor: manually budgeting, tracking funding, and managing payroll for 17 independent-contractor coaches and dozens of weekend referees using disconnected, error-prone Excel spreadsheets.

The Solution: Breakwater deployed an integrated cloud workflow connecting digital coach contractor payroll, online referee game assignments directly to disbursement accounts, and a virtual expense approval portal for board members.

“Our volunteers used to work through vacations to finish reports and analyses. Breakwater saved us a lot of time and the systems they put in place reduced headaches and positioned us for the long-term.”

Amy Burg

Former Treasurer and Board Member, Delaware FC

501(c)(3) Immigrant Integration

The Welcoming Center

Welcoming a New Era of Growth: Saving 8 Admin Hours/Week

The Challenge: Rapid expansion of community programs outpaced the organization's internal administrative capacity. Leadership struggled with complex government grant compliance paperwork, delayed reimbursement drawdowns, and manual budgeting.

The Solution: Breakwater re-engineered accounts payable, employee payroll, and grant expense tracking using interconnected cloud software mapped to strict restricted fund categories.

“Breakwater understands our mission, our values and how we operate. They offer so much more than financial advice and accountability. They have changed entire systems and provided strategic thinking.”

Peter Gonzales

President & CEO, The Welcoming Center

10+ Year Strategic Partnership

Girls on the Run

Sustained Multi-Site Financial Stewardship Since 2015

The Challenge: Having grown out of its initial grassroots beginnings, the organization’s volunteer bookkeeping could no longer handle transaction velocity, multi-site program budgets, or rigorous grant reporting requirements.

The Solution: In an ongoing partnership established in 2015, Breakwater assumed full responsibility for monthly transaction recording, bank reconciliations, balance sheet preparation, and monthly budget-vs-actual variance reporting.

“Breakwater is very professional in a personal way... Best of all, they’ve always made me feel like I’m top of their priority list.”

Kim Chitty

Executive Director, Girls on the Run