Michelle Walker

Walker Philanthropic Consulting, LLC

652 Orchard Avenue, Bellevue, PA 15202 | (412) 983-3547 | WalkerPhilanthropicConsulting@gmail.com
Works in: Other PA, Other National, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland

Last updated:
Saturday, Feb 24, 2024

WPC begins with the position that all nonprofits are knowledge organizations and require more ways to consider strategic opportunities than benefit vs. cost analysis. WPC integrates the lens of intellectual capital (i.e., all organizations have multiple forms of tangible and intangible assets, in addition to money) to uncover leverage for mission-aligned opportunities and challenges. WPC services include: executive advising, strategic planning, collaboration & network facilitation, value proposition discovery, intellectual capital assessment & training, and intellectual capital-based business, scaling, & revenue/growth planning. WPC’s equity commitments are to be a good listener and faithful interpreter who applies a JEDI-focused lens to our work together.

Areas of Expertise

Board assessment, structure, training, performance

Business / financial models, Business plan development, Collaborations and mergers, Meeting facilitation, Organizational assessments, Strategic planning, Organizational development

Deep expertise in these issue areas: Education (K-12), Foundations / Grantmakers, Professional Associations, Youth Development

Past Clients

  • Organization: Youth Enrichment Services
    Description of services provided: Strategic planning and plan implementation support
    Website: https://www.youthenrichmentservices.org/
    Year services provided: 2019-2022
  • Organization: Awaken Pittsburgh
    Description of services provided: Collaborative partnership development, strategic planning, business plan, and board development
    Website: https://awakenpittsburgh.org/
    Year services provided: 2020-2023
  • Organization: Hill District Federal Credit Union
    Description of services provided: Strategic planning
    Website: https://www.hilldistrictfcu.org/
    Year services provided: 2023-2024
  • Organization: Buffett Early Childhood Fund
    Description of services provided: Scaling strategy, grantee intellectual capital training, business model development
    Website: https://www.buffettearly.org/
    Year services provided: 2017-2020
  • Organization: Start Early
    Description of services provided: Collaborative Intellectual Property training and network support
    Website: https://www.startearly.org/
    Year services provided: 2015-2017
  • Organization: New Sun Rising
    Description of services provided: Strategic Planning
    Website: https://www.newsunrising.org/
    Year services provided: 2022-2023
  • Organization: Neighborhood Allies
    Description of services provided: Network facilitation and management
    Website: https://neighborhoodallies.org/
    Year services provided: 2017-present
  • Organization: The Tomberg Family Philanthropies
    Description of services provided: Facilitation of grantmaking
    Website: https://www.tombergphilanthropies.org/
    Year services provided: 2016-present
  • Organization: Fox Chapel Area Adult Education
    Description of services provided: Strategic planning
    Website: https://www.fcaae.org/
    Year services provided: 2023-2024
  • Organization: City of Bridges High School
    Description of services provided: Feasibility planning and intellectual capital asset assessment
    Website: https://www.cityofbridgeshighschool.org/
    Year services provided: 2022-2023
  • Organization: Grounded Strategies
    Description of services provided: Strategic planning, Intellectual Capital Inventory and Asset Leverage Training
    Website: https://groundedpgh.org/
    Year services provided: 2020-2023
  • Organization: Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments
    Description of services provided: Intellectual Property Ownership Review; Intellectual Capital Inventory
    Website: https://tcvcog.com/
    Year services provided: 2020-2021


Training & Workshops

  • Name: Intellectual Capital Primer - format can be in person, virtual, or asynchronous
    Duration: 40 minute presentation with optional Q&A time
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 1
    Maximum Audience Size: none
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  • Name: Intellectual Property: Definitions and Management Frameworks - can be presented in person, virtual, or asychronous
    Duration: 40 minute presentation with optional Q&A segment
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 1
    Maximum Audience Size:
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Training & Workshops

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