Lindsay Crook

Consultant, Fundraising Services

Lindsay (she/her) brings nearly 14 years of fundraising experience to her role as Consultant, Fundraising Services at FundEd Strategies. She specializes in grant writing and reporting, institutional and individual giving, and advising education organizations on funder strategy to secure resources that advance student outcomes.

Most recently, Lindsay served as Senior Director of Development at The Endowment Project, a startup focused on creating philanthropic infrastructure for individual public high schools to access private and alumni philanthropy. There, she led development operations from the ground up, managed a full grants pipeline, secured the organization’s first major institutional gift, and led proposal development, reporting, donor stewardship, and multi-channel fundraising campaigns.

Earlier in her career, Lindsay worked with education-focused organizations including Teach For America, where she specialized in leadership gift strategy, and Communities In Schools of Los Angeles, where she led the development department as Development Director—experiences that shaped her commitment to education equity and building strong, mission-aligned fundraising strategies.

Lindsay holds a B.A. in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and two children and enjoys exploring her local community, tackling DIY home renovation projects, and spending time with her family.