Recent Clients
Wastyn & Associates works with all types of clients: nonprofit, for-profit and public sector. They come from the Quad Cities and across the country. Nonprofit clients respresent a variety of community and social needs from education to health care, community development, social services, the arts and culture.
Regardless of client type, Wastyn & Associates first meets with the client to understand their unique needs and design a program to best meet those needs.
But don't just take our word for it. Hear from our clients themselves!
Child Abuse Council
“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
Transitions Mental Health Services
Linda effectively assisted us in crafting our strategic plan. From the initial meetings with me, to the focus groups, to the board planning meetings, to generating the drafts of the plan, then to its launch—Linda took the time to create a positive and effective structure and to learn the culture of our org, making her relatable, leading to a very focused and positive process and experience.
-Gary Weinstein, CEO, Transitions Mental Health
Scott County Kids
“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
Fresh Films
“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
Scott Community College Foundation
“To-date Linda’s services have been more than just an investment that saved us time. Thanks to Linda, we have gained valuable grant funding, stronger relationships and valuable community exposure.”
- Lysa Hegland, Foundation Director, Scott Community College
Hand in Hand
The feasibility study Linda Wastyn created for Hand-in-Hand provided many outstanding results. She guided our organization in gathering vital data, and offered many valuable insights we used in our strategic planning process. In addition, Linda took a real interested in our non-profit's work in the community. This relationship created with Wastyn & Associates has fostered countless improvements in our year-round development plan.
- Mark Smith, CEO, Hand-in-Hand
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
“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