Soukup Strategic Solutions

What Soukup Strategic Solutions does

Soukup Strategic Solutions, Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned nonprofit consulting firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Naples, Florida. The firm delivers outsourced consulting and capacity-building services to nonprofit organizations across the U.S. Southeast, with named engagements spanning healthcare, hospice, food security, education, veterans' services, marine wildlife, and community resource providers in Southwest Florida. Its core service lines are Fundraising, Grant Services, Governance, IMPACT Coaching, Marketing, and Strategic Planning; the firm also produces a registered brand, IMPACTability®, applied to both a coaching program and a nonprofit-leaders podcast now in Season 3.

The business is a professional services firm rather than a technology company. It does not develop proprietary software; its core deliverable is human-led consulting supported by donor management technologies and AI concepts that the firm applies in service delivery. Content assets — monthly webinars, downloadable guides and eBooks (including material on AI for nonprofits), an article archive, and the IMPACTability podcast — function as an inbound marketing engine and as ancillary educational products. No API, SDK, mobile app, or proprietary technology product was identified.

The firm makes money through quote-based professional services engagements, priced per scope and initiated via complimentary initial consultations. Marketing is sales-led and content-driven: the firm funnels nonprofit prospects from webinars, podcasts, guides, and organic social into one-on-one consultative conversations. Customer concentration is spread across a long tail of regional nonprofits; no anchor enterprise clients, recurring SaaS contracts, or disclosed revenue figures were found. Ownership remains with founder and President Sheryl Soukup, CFRE, with no external private equity, venture capital, or institutional investment identified in the source material.

Name

Soukup Strategic Solutions

Legal name

Soukup Strategic Solutions, Inc.

Website

https://soukupstrategicsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Soukup Strategic Solutions is a founder-owned, Naples, Florida-based nonprofit consulting firm offering fundraising, grant writing, governance, IMPACT coaching, marketing, and strategic planning services to regional nonprofit organizations across the U.S. Southeast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Naples

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Nonprofit Consulting Services: The company generates revenue through providing consulting and outsourcing services to nonprofit organizations. Services include fundraising consulting, governance advisory, grant writing services, impact coaching, marketing support, and strategic planning. Revenue is derived from professional service engagements with nonprofit clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Soukup Strategic Solutions is a private nonprofit consulting firm that delivers outsourced consulting and capacity-building services to nonprofit organizations. Core engagements cover fundraising strategy and execution, grant research and proposal writing, board governance and succession planning, executive and leadership coaching (IMPACT Coaching), strategic planning facilitation, and marketing/communications advisory. Services are delivered through tailored engagements and supported by free educational content including the IMPACTability® podcast, monthly webinars, guides, and eBooks.

Product overview

Soukup Strategic Solutions is a nonprofit consulting firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of consulting and outsourcing services. The core service offerings include Fundraising Services (major gifts, capital campaigns, donor management), Grant Services (research, proposal writing, reporting), Governance Services (board development, succession planning), IMPACT Coaching (leadership and professional development), Marketing Services, and Strategic Planning. The company also provides educational content resources including the IMPACTability Podcast (hosted by President Sheryl Soukup), a library of Guides and eBooks (covering AI, governance, and fundraising topics), and Nonprofit Webinars covering trending industry topics. These services and resources work together to help nonprofit organizations maximize their impact through expert consulting, professional development, and knowledge sharing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IMPACTability: IMPACTability: The Nonprofit Leaders' Podcast - a dynamic podcast series dedicated to helping nonprofit professionals navigate challenges of leadership, fundraising, and organizational growth.

Products and services

• Fundraising Services Comprehensive fundraising consulting for nonprofit organizations covering major gifts cultivation, capital and endowment campaigns, feasibility studies, annual campaigns, donor database management, case statements, prospect research, donor interviews, focus groups, and event planning.
• Grant Services Grant research, proposal writing, grant reporting, budgeting guidance, outcome measurement frameworks, and logic model development for nonprofit organizations seeking foundation, corporate, or government funding.
• Governance Services Governance consulting including board development, board member recruitment and engagement, succession planning, strategic planning facilitation, and committee development to strengthen nonprofit organizational foundations.
• IMPACT Coaching Tailored coaching engagements for nonprofit professionals focusing on nonprofit leadership, capacity building, fundraising skills, and nonprofit management to help executives and staff excel in their roles.
• Marketing Services Marketing and communications consulting services to help nonprofits increase community awareness, reach more people, and execute expert communications strategies.
• Strategic Planning Strategic planning facilitation services to help nonprofits craft effective strategies, set clear direction, and ensure organizational alignment with long-term mission and objectives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Collier Resource Center increased clients by 29%
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Pursuant: Large full-service fundraising and marketing agency serving major national nonprofits with multi-channel direct response, digital, and consulting services. Overlaps with Soukup's fundraising and marketing service lines but operates at significantly larger scale.
• The Bridgespan Group: Premier nonprofit strategy consulting firm advising foundations and large nonprofits on strategy, capacity building, and philanthropy. Comparable in nonprofit strategy consulting, though serving much larger institutional clients.
• Blackbaud: Largest provider of software and services specifically built for nonprofits, including donor management, fundraising, and grant management tools. Represents the incumbent technology platform that competes with and complements traditional nonprofit consulting services.

Emerging players

• Bloomerang: Donor management and fundraising software provider built for small-to-mid-sized nonprofits, with growing consulting and educational content offerings. Adjacent competitor that increasingly encroaches on services Soukup provides (donor database management, fundraising strategy).
• Classy (GoFundMe Pro): Online fundraising and donor management platform serving nonprofits with campaign tools and embedded giving experiences. Adjacent competitor in the nonprofit fundraising technology stack, with growing content and educational resources for nonprofit leaders.

Direct peers

• Heller Consulting: Nonprofit technology and CRM consulting firm that helps nonprofits select, implement, and optimize donor databases and back-office systems. Comparable to Soukup's donor database management and operational consulting services for nonprofit clients.
• CCS Fundraising: One of the largest fundraising consulting firms in the U.S., serving nonprofits with capital campaigns, feasibility studies, and major gifts strategy. Directly comparable in that core service offering (fundraising consulting to nonprofits) overlaps head-on with Soukup's primary revenue stream, though at a much larger scale.
• La Piana Consulting: Nonprofit strategy consulting firm supporting organizations with strategic planning, board development, and organizational change. Directly comparable across governance, strategic planning, and capacity-building service lines.
• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services: Nonprofit consulting and research organization serving executive directors and boards with leadership development, fundraising, and organizational effectiveness services. Overlaps with Soukup's IMPACT Coaching, governance, and strategic planning offerings.
• BoardSource: National nonprofit organization focused on nonprofit governance and board effectiveness consulting, training, and resources. Directly comparable to Soukup's Governance Services (board development, succession planning).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UChuy8POmP7Tz1YgMx6M8PCA
• Xx.com/SoukupStrategic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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