Making your ideas happen
Wastyn & Associates provides Grant Development, Strategic Planning, Fundraising, and Leadership and Board Development
Today, organizations that clearly define their niche, focus on their mission, identify their clients' needs now and in the future, and successfully diversify their funding streams will more likely thrive.
Wastyn & Associates' integrated consulting services can help you make that happen.
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Grant Writing & Research
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Fundraising Planning & Implementation
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Prospect Research (iWave)
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Strategic Planning & Facilitation
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Board Development
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Leadership Development
The consultants at Wastyn & Associates bring backgrounds and educations in organizational development, fundraising, communication, and leadership that allow us to combine the practical and theoretical foundations to provide you with the services that will help you succeed.
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“After receiving Linda’s first draft of our grant application, I said WOW and realized this is why organizations pay someone who is really good at grant writing.”
Ann McGlynn, founder and board president, Tapestry Farms
“Linda is so knowledgeable about all of the available funding sources that she is able to pinpoint which grants are best suited to your specific programming. Her abilities and experience enable her clients’ projects to stand out in the incredibly competitive environment of not-for-profit funding.”
Pamela Crouch, Living Proof Exhibit
Linda has vast knowledge of nonprofit operations coupled with real world experience. She provided Spring Forward with a solid framework to help us reach our program, fundraising and other key objectives. She did this in a manner that minimized guess work, building on extensive community feedback and board strategic work sessions. The end result is a well thought through strategic plan.
- Dan McNeil, Executive Director, Spring Forward
“There is simply no way we would’ve grown so well and so effectively without the help of Linda and Wastyn Associates. She consistently gives generously of her time, expertise, and resources whenever we need help with grants, understanding fundraising concepts, board development and/or organizational dynamics – and frequently all of these at once!”
Regina Haddock, Founder and Executive Director, Dress for Success Quad Cities
“Linda Wastyn has been a huge resource for MidCoast Fine Arts. It has been a pleasure to work with her and feel confident when she's completing grant work for MidCoast that it will be through, timely, and accurate.”
- MidCoast Fine Arts
“Linda conducted the ½ day grant training for our staff that was extremely beneficial. Our staff left the training more equipped and everyone was excited and prepared to write more compelling grants.”
Joy Bush, Executive Director, Gilda's Club Quad Cities
Linda’s research was detailed, presented with a robust and accurate depiction of the community, professional and purposeful. I highly recommend Linda Wastyn for your research, planning, and public engagement preparations. She has an abundance of experience with non-profit organizations and the like, and her services, personal touch, and expertise are outstanding.
-Kim Kidwell, Family Museum
“Working with Linda and Wastyn & Associates staff has been a fantastic experience. We appreciate their expertise and guidance, and we are very pleased with Linda’s grant writing services. She is thorough and keeps everyone focused, on task, and on time. Their team is an important part of our success!”
Liz Dierolf, Director of Advancement Communication & Stewardship
“Linda seeks to understand your services and needs first and then works with you to develop a plan. She is organized, efficient and an excellent partner in delivering on your mission.”
Child Abuse Council, Quad Cities
“Our agency has partnered with Wastyn and Associates to provide 4 trainings to our service area. Linda has a wonderfully unusual way of explaining grant writing. She makes it fun, unintimidating and (honestly) a little sexy! Her knowledge is tremendous. I have received emails from attendees celebrating grant victories because of these trainings.”
-Jesse Mumm, Administrative Assistant, Scott County Kids
“Linda was able to refer us to local funders who were more willing to take our calls and learn about us. She also knew what the local funders were looking for when writing our grants. We were able to secure over 10 local grants in our first year working with Linda!”
Kelli Feigley, Managing Director, Fresh Films
“With a vast understanding of cultural organizations, Linda was able to navigate through complex information to help our organization achieve our statewide strategic planning goals. Her experience was an excellent fit in helping us develop a framework along with a public feedback process which resulted in detailed findings and recommendations that were critical in setting our strategic direction.”
- Susan Kloewer, Administrator, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
“Wastyn & Associates helped RME refocus on our mission and expand our donor base with a comprehensive strategic plan. Their fundraising expertise was invaluable.”
- Alex Burkamper, River Music Experience
"Wastyn and Associates has given One Eighty the opportunity to not only increase revenue but more importantly given us a platform we didn't have before. Not only has she helped us achieve the financial stability to take those steps, but also the Strategic and Fundraising Plan to sustain our growth.”
- Rusty Boruff, Founder and Executive Director, One Eighty
“Linda has been a great resource for our capital campaign! It was very important to our organization to find a fundraising consultant who would truly partner with us to make our goal a reality - Linda was the obvious choice!”
Chris VanSpeybroeck, VP Fundraising & Operations, Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities
“Linda Wastyn led us through strategic planning at Sacred Heart Parish. She was able to take people with diverse opinions and backgrounds and bring us to consensus. We appreciate the gifts she had for drawing our plan together.”
- Fr. Mark DeSutter, Pastor, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Moline, IL
“Linda was instrumental in the development of our strategic plan, which is helping our organization become better and stronger. She provided direction, while also providing the crucial accountability that our Board needed for successful implementation of this plan.”
- Beth Grabin, President-Elect, 2017-2018 Junior League Board
With Linda's knowledge of grant writing and her attention to detail she has guided us to several opportunities to help with our fundraising. Linda has been readily available for questions and her ability to explain grant procedures has made her a pleasure to work this. Our committee looks forward to working further with Linda as we move ahead with our project.
-Lyle Peterson, Chair, Fundraising Committee, Friends of Veterans Memorial Park
“Linda is a true partner working to help our institution realize its vision. Linda’s experience working with large federal funding agencies and private foundations has made it possible for me to entrust her with BVU’s large grant projects while I am able to focus on corporate relations and private donor fundraising."
-Robin Wissink, Director of Special Gifts, Buena Vista University
“Linda’s teaching background and ability makes her a great resource because she not only shows her clients the way forward, she gives them to confidence to take on their goals and gives them the tools to make it happen.”
Sarah Wright, Director of Development & Communications, The Arc of the Quad Cities Area
“Linda is a trusted part of our team, she brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to each and every grant that we apply for. She is a great listener, always putting my thoughts and idea’s first before beginning the process of applying for funds.”
- Joedy Cook, CEO Ballet Quad Cities
“Thanks to Wastyn & Associates, Iowa Women Lead Change has its first comprehensive development plan, board members trained on the basics of major gifts philanthropy and an approach to grant making. Linda's understanding of her business and its nuances is a tremendous asset that IWLC is fortunate to have at our disposal.”
- Iowa Women Lead Change, Cedar Rapids, IA
"Wastyn and Associates knowledge, expertise and experience has been instrumental to our success in not only receiving grants but broadening awareness in the community of our Mission. We look forward to working more with Linda Wastyn & Associates."
-Lori Turner, Board Treasurer, Moline Community Development Foundation
“Linda facilitated the strategic planning process wonderfully. Before the retreat, while our Board was blessedly not DYSfunctional, it was fairly NONfunctional, more or less meeting to “rubber stamp” work that staff had done. Today, our Board is active, engaged, and lively, moving forward with vision and purpose.”
Ted Pappas, President/CEO, Friendship Manor
“Linda Wastyn is not so much a grant writer, but a partner in development. She listens, learns and understands the client’s needs before ever putting one word on paper. Her attention to detail is absolute and the ability to submit projects before deadline takes pressure off me as a fundraiser, especially during those hectic times when so many grants are due all at one time. Highly recommended.”
- QC Convention and Visitors Bureau