Board development consultants in Iowa

Des Moines-based firm specializing in planned-giving marketing for nonprofits, offering direct mail, digital marketing, donor surveys, data analysis and development training to nearly 1,500 organizations.

Wastyn & Associates is a Quad Cities (Davenport, IA) consultancy offering grant development/writing, strategic planning, fundraising planning, capital campaign management, and board/leadership development for nonprofits.

Advancement Resources, founded in 1995 and based in Iowa, provides philanthropy-focused professional training and development coaching for major-gift fundraisers; it was acquired by Huron Consulting Group in March 2025 along with the addition of Halpin Partnership.

Hinton Consulting helps nonprofits raise more money through tailored fundraising expertise including grant writing, individual donor campaigns, board development, corporate gifts, and fundraising strategy planning.

Isaacson Consulting LLC (now Isaacson Syverson Consulting) is a Des Moines, Iowa fund-development and nonprofit management consulting firm led by Connie Isaacson, CFRE, and Nikki Syverson, CFRE, that has helped Iowa nonprofits raise over $74 million through capital campaigns, major and annual gifts, and strategic planning.

Philanthropic research, breakthrough thinking about philanthropy, and development training for nonprofits

Fox Creek Fundraising, based in Carson, IA, is a solo practice run by owner Lisa Fox offering grant writing, fundraising appeals/letters of inquiry, donor data & analytics, and marketing/design services to nonprofits.

JB Consulting Firm, led by lawyer and former university fundraiser Jonathan Blum, provides grant research/writing (800+ grants, $500M+ secured), board modernization, and strategic planning consulting to nonprofits, plus fractional executive and estate-planning services.

Offers board training and development, feasibility studies, capital campaign development and implementation, event planning and marketing, executive recruitment and coaching, fundraising planning, meeting facilitation, organizational development, staff training, and strategic planning to help mission-driven organizations with strategic planning, organizational capacity building, stakeholder and community engagement, and fundraising and donor engagement.