About
Julia Ingraham Walker is an independent fundraising consultant based in New Orleans, Louisiana. See
Clients link for list of past and current consulting clients.
Areas of Expertise
- Planning for capital campaigns, including conducting campaign planning studies, feasibility studies, and providing ongoing campaign counsel
- Building major gifts programs, including prospect identification, staffing, training, prospect management, cultivation and solicitation strategies
- Engagement of nonprofit Boards in fundraising, including Board training
- Nonprofit management, including strategic planning for development programs.
Career Fund-raising Highlights
- Led or consulted on campaigns that raised more than $900M over 25+ year career
- Named New Orleans Outstanding Fundraising Executive by AFP, 1994
- Successfully led Tulane University's $250 million campaign (1990-96)
- Author of Nonprofit Essentials: The Capital Campaign, (2004), AFP/Wiley
- Author of Nonprofit Essentials: Major Gifts, (2006), AFP/Wiley
- Author of Jump-Starting the Stalled Fundraising Campaign, (2007), AFP/Wiley
- Author of A Fundraising Guide for Nonprofit Board Members, (2012), AFP/Wiley
Workshops/ Seminars/Speaking Engagements
- Presented at International AFP Conference, Vancouver, 2012
- Selected to present at AFP International Conference in San Diego, 2013
- Presented at PPP, New Orleans, 2012 (national conference on planned giving)
- Presented at Council on Foundations, Fall Conference for Community Foundations, 2012
- AFP Web Seminars and workshop presentations; annually, 2000-2012
- CASE/NAIS: Major Gifts Workshop and Closing Speaker, 2007
- CASE District III: Pre-Conference Workshop Presenter, 2008
- Interviewed on The Nonprofit Coach with Ted Hart (Internet radio), 2011, 2012
- Numerous articles in Advancing Philanthropy, the AFP Journal
Education
- MBA, Rollins College, Florida
- BA, MA, English, magna cum laude, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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Email
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