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
Taking Control of Your Fundraising: The Power of Feasibility-Based Goals
How nice would it be to set a fundraising dollar goal that you had confidence in? Around now, many programs are developing goals for the coming fiscal year. I’ll be the first to say that fundraisers are a fundamentally optimistic community by nature – it’s part of...
So Many Reasons Not to Give
It’s amazing that we raise as much money as we do, given the many reasons why people should not give. Read on to see the very special solicitation letter I created for my first April post.
“It’s Not You, It’s Me”
Seinfeld character George Costanza claimed to have coined the phrase “It’s not you, it’s me.” He found that it came in handy when explaining why he wanted to break up with the person he was dating, hoping to make it easier on the soon-to-be ex by putting the blame...