Strategic Plan Dashboard
2025 – 2028

In 2025, Grand Strand Miracle Leagues completed a 10-month strategic planning process to guide our growth and impact for the years ahead. Below, you’ll find a high-level dashboard reflecting the five strategic pillars that emerged from this work, along with the primary initiatives and performance indicators for each. This dashboard serves as a summary of our full 67-page strategic plan.

This process was made possible through the dedication of our Strategic Planning Committee and the tremendous insight shared by our families and community through surveys, in-person sessions, and one-on-one conversations.

As part of this work, we also refined our mission, developed our vision, and selected our organizational values. You can view these here.

We extend our deepest appreciation to Drs. Dan and Heather Hoppe of Hop2It Consulting for their leadership and partnership throughout this process.

Our Five Strategic Pillars

  • Programming & Experiences
  • Community Engagement
  • Events & Fundraising
  • Volunteers & Leadership
  • Facilities & Infrastructure

We are committed to transparency and continuous improvement. Each year, we will share updates on our progress toward these performance indicators and highlight how our work evolves to best serve our players and community.

Initiatives:

Performance Indicators:

  • Expand sports and fitness programs as well as camps or clinics. 
  • Create efficiencies in registration and gameday experiences that lead to participation. 
  • Expand use of technology and tools. 
  • Enhance player/volunteer orientation program. 
  • Addition of 1 new program annually over next 3 years, including Satellite spaces in Georgetown. 
  • Creation/enhancement of season open house leading to efficiencies on game-days. 
  • Increased utilization of LeagueApps to drive registration, communication, and family support. 

Initiatives:

Performance Indicators:

  • Create consistent communications to include newsletters, enhanced social media, and year-in-review. 
  • Expand partnerships with schools, local businesses, and faith-based groups. 
  • Spotlight families, success stories, and volunteers to build strong ties to community.  
  • Launch monthly newsletter in 2026. 
  • Increase social media interaction by 15% in 2026 and 25% in 2027. 
  • Identify 1 new media outreach opportunity in 2026 and 2 in 2027. 
  • Partner with 2 educational partners in 2026 and 4 in 2027. 
  • Identify 2 new strategic partners in 2026, 4 in 2027, and 8 in 2028. 

Initiatives:

Performance Indicators:

  • Develop a signature family-centered event to support awareness and funding. 
  • Create a Fundraising Plan with activities, timelines, goals, and responsibilities. 
  • Obtain support from parents/ volunteers to lead fundraising initiatives. 
  • Enhance efforts in grant writing & individual solicitations. 
  • Implement pilot signature family-centered event in 2026 and expand in 27. 
  • Increase grants applied for by 10% in 2026, 15% in 2027, and 20% in 2028. 
  • Create parent-led fundraising committee in 2026, first event/fundraiser in 2027. 

Initiatives:

Performance Indicators:

  • Provide consistent training, background checks, and role-specific preparation. 
  • Expand high school and college student volunteers. 
    Implement board training and succession development planning. 
  • Build a network of parent ambassadors, coaches, and team parents. 
  • Create a recognition program to celebrate milestones & achievements. 
  • Create the “Grandbassadors” program.  
  • Develop and implement new Buddy program training in 2026. 
  • Increase participation of college student groups by 10% in 2026, 20% in 2027, and 30% in 2028. 
  • Implement annual board training in 2026. 
  • Create recognition program in 2026 & expand in 2027. 
  • Develop Grandbassador program in 2026, pilot in 2027, and implement in 2028. 

Initiatives:

Performance Indicators:

  • Obtain support to expand current facilities, including restrooms, sensory space, storage, and parking. 
  • Investigate new facility options, including acquiring or building a multiuse facility and/or expanding footprint of services through partnerships. 
  • Review support of current organizational practices, processes, and protocols. 
  • Expand resources, including staff and/or professional services. 
  • Complete restroom expansion and sensory space in 2026. 
  • Create additional storage and office space identified in 2027. 
  • Create a committee to support needs assessment and feasibility study related to new facilities, including space, partnerships and funding/capital campaign beginning in 2027. 
  • Review all current process and protocols in 2026 with implementation updates in 2027. 
  • Obtain support of one additional part-time staff in 2026 and a second in 2027. 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the strategic plan further, please contact Stephanie Warren at Stephanie@GSMiracleLeagues.com or 843-448-7712.