Strategies in Fund Raising

Welcome to West Wind Consulting Strategies in Fund Raising LLC.

Our founder Kathy Cole grew up on a farm in the Finger Lakes, aware that a change in weather came from a West Wind. She launched the firm in 2002 to provide fundraising advice and counsel to a select group of clients throughout the United States who were ready for change. She saw campaigns as opportunities, not only to reach financial goals, but to strengthen overall fundraising capacity and the organization as a whole.

We know our approach is unique. But so is your organization.

If you want to work with consultants who listen attentively, care deeply, and think strategically about your organization’s success today and in the long term, explore our site or be in touch.

Maya Gasuk, Managing Partner

Our News and Blog

Lessons from the Vasa

Lessons from the Vasa

A friend recently returned from Sweden and shared pictures from her visit to the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. It’s a wonderful museum that features a recovered 17th-century warship, along with collections and insights into life in the 1600s.  It made me think back to my...

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You Can’t Win the Race If You Are Looking Out of the Boat

You Can’t Win the Race If You Are Looking Out of the Boat

After a brief stint on the crew team in college, I ended up serving as a rowing coach and coxswain for a local rowing club in my hometown for a little over a decade. Being the little person jammed into the “back” seat is about more than just yelling stuff, which is...

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Lessons Learned about Fundraising in the Pandemic

Lessons Learned about Fundraising in the Pandemic

My last trip to see a client onsite was February 28, 2020.  After I flew home, a friend who is a virologist gave me some masks, wipes, and advice to buy three weeks of groceries “just in case.”  So I did.  (If he’d told me to buy toilet paper, I’d have said he was a...

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