Our Company
Founded in 1984, The Wayland Group assists non-profit organizations in meeting their key institutional challenges and in reaching their fullest potential for contributed support. We achieve these objectives through the development of innovative planning and advancement strategies, and an aggressive, results-oriented approach to the fundraising process.
The Wayland Group offers its clients a full range of advancement services, including: long-range institutional planning, strategic development planning, Board and leadership development, and intensive campaign counsel.
Our Approach
The Wayland Group provides counsel that is innovative, intensive, and strongly results-oriented. All programs and recommendations offered are specifically tailored to the particular needs of the client organization.
The Wayland Group takes on only a select group of clients at a given time, to ensure that each client receives appropriate and personalized attention. Further, counsel is provided only by senior staff. In every case, The Wayland Group seeks to form a supportive and collaborative partnership with the client organization, working with volunteer leaders, senior management, and professional staff.
The Wayland Group typically serves client institutions in Arts, Education, Science, the Environment, Human Services, and Health Care.
Founded in 1984, The Wayland Group assists non-profit organizations in meeting their key institutional challenges and in reaching their fullest potential for contributed support. We achieve these objectives through the development of innovative planning and advancement strategies, and an aggressive, results-oriented approach to the fundraising process.
The Wayland Group offers its clients a full range of advancement services, including: long-range institutional planning, strategic development planning, Board and leadership development, and intensive campaign counsel.
Our Approach
The Wayland Group provides counsel that is innovative, intensive, and strongly results-oriented. All programs and recommendations offered are specifically tailored to the particular needs of the client organization.
The Wayland Group takes on only a select group of clients at a given time, to ensure that each client receives appropriate and personalized attention. Further, counsel is provided only by senior staff. In every case, The Wayland Group seeks to form a supportive and collaborative partnership with the client organization, working with volunteer leaders, senior management, and professional staff.
The Wayland Group typically serves client institutions in Arts, Education, Science, the Environment, Human Services, and Health Care.
- Superior track record: ≈150 campaigns up to $1B+
- Broad-gauge consulting in a small, personalized firm
- Senior consultants only
- Special ability to assist high quality, "underperforming" institutions
- Specialists in "start-up" and "turnaround" challenges
- A combined approach: solid fundamentals, imagination and entrepreneurship
- Strong regional base; significant national experience
- Results-oriented
- Strong partnerships with clients at Board, management, and staff levels
- Outstanding reputation
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enough for personal attention; large enough for prompt, deep, nimble
staff availability