Biography
Valerie Johnson is a nonprofit professional, and Pathways to Housing PA’s director of institutional advancement. She previously served as Council for Relationships’ director of development and Valley Youth House’s assistant director of development.
As a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals since 2012, she serves on their board of directors as vice president of education and professional development. Johnson has been a featured speaker for the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations, NTEN, AFP GPC, and AFP Brandywine, and is a Generocity columnist
Generocity Coverage (46 posts)
- 5 lessons to remember LGBTQ organizer Michael Hinson
- Power moves: Top changes announced at Compass Working Capital and The Fund for Women and Girls
- You don’t have to start your own nonprofit to get the impact you want
- A year after the declarations of ‘Black Lives Matters’, was it all a show?
- Generocity’s 2021 summer reading list
- From top to bottom, the way we do what we do in fundraising is designed to uphold the status quo. How do you change that?
- What should the fundraiser do?
- Want to be a fundraiser? Be prepared to wear many hats
- Hidden figures: Human services organizations’ clients are an inspiration
- Let’s agree to leave our assumptions about donors and potential donors behind
- Dear white fundraisers: Are we only hearing those who look like us?
- Recent survey indicates that the majority of fundraisers are unhappy with how the sector does its work
- Forward Focus: Valerie Johnson on amplifying the voices of Philadelphia’s homeless population
- Building diversity into the fundraising profession starts with hiring
- Are simplified grant applications here to stay?
- Don’t perpetuate harm while parading it as diversity
- Do you feel like you are drifting in the sea of fundraising on a tiny raft, all alone?
- Guess what? 51% of fundraising pros want to leave their jobs by 2021
- Let’s be real, sometimes getting four rooms painted by a group of volunteers can cost more than help
- In marathons, as in professional life, it helps to have a challenging goal
- The 10 most popular Generocity stories of 2019
- Pro-tip: If your pitch is patronizing, you’re gonna strike out
- Hey, nonprofit pros —watch your language
- #ProTip: Stop saying you want to give back
- These 5 aspects make a good workplace — and they all point to leadership
- 7 grants and funding opportunities for organizations or individuals in Philly
- Beware that your relationship with donors isn’t sabotaged by unconscious bias
- So, you got the job interview. Here’s how to impress your potential future boss
- Please (please, please) don’t do this when applying for nonprofit jobs
- Can we stop with the voting contests deciding where nonprofit funding should go?
- PSA: Good fundraisers don’t always make good managers
- Those holiday how-to articles on where to donate your money? Tread carefully
- Why the fundraising profession is custom-built for mentorship
- Power Moves: PhillyCAM hired Nasha Taylor as its first-ever community engagement director
- The saga of Johnny Bobbitt holds a lesson for nonprofit fundraisers: Tell better stories
- You don’t need Lenfest wealth to make a difference
- 3 ways fundraisers can stay in touch with donors year-round
- Nonprofits, this is your ultimate guide to managing skilled volunteers
- There will never be a ‘slow time’ for nonprofit pros. Here’s how to deal
- Why nonprofits need to switch to person-first language immediately
- 3 things your fundraising team wants to tell you but can’t
- Here’s how 10 development pros get their nonprofit boards involved in fundraising
- Here’s one way to fix fundraising leadership’s gender imbalance
- Self-care, nonprofits, fundraising and you
- A citywide culture of giving could bring an extra billion dollars to Philly
- Felix Torres-Colon is the new executive director of NKCDC
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