Josh Johns

Background

About Josh Johns

I help educational institutions, healthcare systems, and nonprofit organizations inspire impact-driven donors to bring audacious ambitions to life for the benefit of the world. I articulate the vision, story, and trajectory for comprehensive fundraising campaigns, sparking philanthropic investment and accelerating the impact of your community’s biggest ideas. I specialize in shaping the story behind fundraising campaigns of $500 million to $5 billion in higher education and healthcare. I distill the vision of leaders and the genius of experts who discover, invent, teach, heal, and create into branding, messaging, and experiences that appeal to the passions of those who fund them at the transformative and major gift levels. I plot the path from the institutional strategic plan to the campaign launch, making the case for investment at the highest level, developing the story for a broader audience, and then shaping communications, engagement, and outreach across a multi-year fundraising effort. Driven by strategy and the experience to bring it to life, I bridge the gap between consulting and creative to help you think as well as do. For the last 10 years, my work has been focused on some of the largest fundraising campaigns in the country. Earlier in my career, I launched start-ups and cereal brands, created national advertising campaigns for software and scholarships, and led the development of branded documentary films and web applications. Through all the chapters of a varied career, one thing remains constant: an unwavering focus on the story grounding the effort. I bring my combined experience in marketing and communications strategy, creative direction, project leadership, and media and technology to bear on advancing the mission of each client I serve.