Divine Mercy University · Funding request 1 of 2

Curriculum development studio

$650,000

We've struggled to produce video content that matches the production quality students and institutions expect in 2026. We need a proper studio. This facility serves every other initiative: DMU courses for the LMS, therapy training scenarios for Melete, and marketing video for conferences and campaigns. One facility, many outputs.

Why one facility

Shared infrastructure, not a departmental expense

The case for building rather than outsourcing is that the same room, the same lighting rig, and the same editor serve three separate lines of work that would otherwise each buy production separately, at a higher unit cost and with no continuity of look between them.

Output one

DMU courses

Degree and certificate content for the LMS, produced to the standard students now expect from any institution they compare us to.

Output two

Melete scenarios

Filmed therapy training scenarios — the raw material simulation-based learning runs on.

Output three

Marketing video

Conference reels, campaign assets, and partner-facing material for the Presence+ launch push.

What the funding covers

Budget

Component	Cost	%
Studio build-out (soundproofing, lighting, sets)	$150,000	23%
Equipment (4K cameras, audio, teleprompters, editing stations)	$120,000	18%
Production staff (videographer/editor, 12 months)	$110,000	17%
Faculty stipends for filmed content	$100,000	15%
Production operating costs (Year 1)	$60,000	9%
Post-production and distribution	$45,000	7%
Contingency	$65,000	10%
Total	$650,000	100%

Bar length is proportional to dollars; the largest line item fills the track. Contingency is shown in gray because it is a reserve against the other lines rather than a spend category of its own.

What it returns

Return on the facility

10–15%

Acceleration in Presence+ institutional adoption

$50K–$100K

Direct course revenue per year, beginning in Year 2

Initiatives served by one facility — LMS courses, Melete, marketing

The indirect return is the larger one. Institutional buyers evaluate a learning platform partly on how its content looks. Production quality is not decoration in this market; it is a proxy buyers use for institutional seriousness. The 10–15% adoption effect reflects that, and it compounds across every partner conversation the Presence+ launch generates.

Timing

Two lines in this budget are clock-dependent

Read Year 1 as F+1 to F+365

Consistent with the launch milestone schedule, "Year 1" here means the first twelve months after the funding event, not calendar 2026. Two lines are duration commitments rather than purchases: production staff at twelve months and Year 1 operating costs. Both begin when the studio is operable, not when the funds arrive — build-out and equipment install come first.

Build-out and equipment are one-time and front-loaded; they represent $270,000 of the $650,000 request, or 42%.
Staff, stipends, and operating costs are the twelve-month running cost of producing content once the room exists — $270,000, another 42%.
The remaining 16% is post-production, distribution, and contingency.

Divine Mercy University · Presence+ · funding request 1 of 2 · companion to the launch milestone schedule · prepared August 2026