Venture Leader Group

What Venture Leader Group does

Venture Leadership Collective (VLC) is a woman-owned, BIPOC-led nonprofit consulting firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Mountain View, California. The organization partners with high-performing nonprofits, schools, municipalities, philanthropies, and for-profit organizations to deepen and scale social impact, with operations spanning 16+ U.S. states and a geographically dispersed team of senior practitioners.

VLC delivers three core service modules. Targeted Ventures provides custom engagements converting ideas into system-wide improvements through executive/staff coaching, retreats, training, theory-of-change articulation, and implementation support. Integrated Ventures delivers 6-12 month interim leadership engagements covering strategic priorities, funder and stakeholder relationships, supervision, and expansion. Leadership Development offers individual and group coaching and in-person learning forums through an inquiry-based methodology grounded in the LEADS framework (Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Activation, Data-Driven, Strategic Immersive). Pricing is custom and engagement-based, billed via multi-year contracts, and is not publicly disclosed.

The business is revenue-positive professional services with diversified exposure across multiple nonprofit verticals. In 2024, VLC spun out Venture Leader Lab (VLL) as an independent 501(c)(3) community-of-practice organization offering daily online nonprofit training, facilitation, fundraising support, and free resources to nonprofit leaders nationally. VLC has worked with 130+ organizations over its first decade, currently serves roughly 25 concurrent clients and 60+ organizations annually, and leverages a delivery model combining direct consulting, embedded interim executives, and subcontracted senior practitioners. The go-to-market is sales-led and community/referral-led, with a digital presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and a content hub at ventureleader.org.

Name

Venture Leader Group

Legal name

Venture Leadership Collective

Website

https://ventureleader.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Venture Leadership Collective (VLC) is a woman-owned, BIPOC-led nonprofit consulting firm partnering with high-performing nonprofits, schools, and philanthropies on interim executive leadership, strategic planning, and organizational capacity building across 16+ U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive Leadership & C-Suite Development (EDABAAAA), Team & Group Executive Coaching (Leadership Teams) (EDABANAF)

Keywords

• Nonprofit consulting services
• Interim executive leadership
• Organizational capacity building
• Leadership development coaching
• Strategic planning consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Targeted Ventures: Custom engagement turning ideas into system-wide improvements. May include executive/staff coaching sessions, retreats, training, keynote speaking, theory of change articulation, implementation support, protocols, manuals, and RFPs. Focused on action and measurability.
2. Integrated Ventures: Interim leadership engagements lasting 6-12 months, focused on strategic priorities and on-the-ground support. Includes building relationships among key funders and stakeholders, supervision, implementation, and expansion. Designed to not leave organizations with new dependencies.
3. Leadership Development: Individual and group coaching, and in-person learning forums through flexible system of inquiry-based learning and creative strategies that build on strengths and address limitations in service of authentic leadership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Venture Leadership Collective is a nonprofit consulting firm that partners with high-performing nonprofits, schools, municipalities, philanthropies, and select for-profits to deepen and scale impact. It delivers three service modules: Targeted Ventures (custom project-based engagements), Integrated Ventures (6-12 month interim executive leadership support), and Leadership Development (coaching and inquiry-based learning forums), supplemented by the Venture Leader Lab spinoff offering scaled nonprofit training and community-of-practice resources.

Product overview

Venture Leadership Collective is a nonprofit consulting organization offering a portfolio of three distinct service modules: Targeted Ventures (custom project-based consulting), Integrated Ventures (interim leadership engagements of 6-12 months), and Leadership Development (coaching and learning programs). The organization also operates Venture Leader Lab (VLL) as an independent 501(c)(3) subsidiary focused specifically on nonprofit training, resources, and webinars, serving as a scaled digital extension of VLC's expertise gained from 300+ client partnerships. Together, these offerings form a comprehensive ecosystem supporting nonprofit effectiveness through world-class talent and operational strategies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Venture Leader Lab: A human-led, tech-enabled community of practice and national nonprofit that trains leaders in the nonprofit sector, offering daily online nonprofit training, facilitation, fundraising support, strategic planning, communications, volunteer management, and free resources. Operates as an independent 501(c)(3) organization.

Products and services

• Targeted Ventures Custom project-based consulting engagements for nonprofits that turn strategic ideas into system-wide improvements, including executive and staff coaching sessions, retreats, training, keynote speaking, theory of change articulation, implementation support, protocols, manuals, and RFPs, with an emphasis on action and measurability.
• Integrated Ventures Interim leadership engagements lasting 6-12 months for nonprofits focused on strategic priorities and on-the-ground support, including relationship-building with funders and stakeholders, supervision, implementation, and expansion, deliberately designed to not leave organizations with new dependencies.
• Leadership Development Individual and group coaching and in-person learning forums delivered through a flexible system of inquiry-based learning and creative strategies that build on strengths and address limitations to develop authentic leadership for nonprofit executives and teams.
• Venture Leader Lab (VLL) Independent 501(c)(3) sub-brand offering daily online nonprofit training, facilitation, fundraising support, strategic planning, communications, volunteer management, and free resources — a human-led, tech-enabled community of practice serving nonprofit leaders nationally.

Quantifiable outcome

• Partnered with 130+ organizations across 16+ states
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Venture Leader LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenture Leader Lab is an independent 501(c)(3) organization born from the collective wisdom gained from VLC's work with 300+ nonprofit organizations. It operates as a human-led, tech-enabled community of practice offering daily online nonprofit training, facilitation, fundraising support, strategic planning, communications, volunteer management, and free resources to nonprofit leaders.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management: Bayer Center provides consulting, leadership development, and capacity-building services to nonprofits, with direct overlap to VLC's Leadership Development pillar. It serves as a regional resource hub, comparable to VLC's practitioner-collective model for the Pittsburgh/SW Pennsylvania region.
• The Bridgespan Group: Bridgespan is a leading nonprofit and philanthropy consulting firm that advises on strategy, organizational development, leadership, and impact — closely aligned with VLC's Targeted Ventures (strategic planning, theory of change articulation) and Integrated Ventures (interim leadership) services.
• Propel Nonprofits: Propel Nonprofits provides consulting, training, and financial services to nonprofits in the Upper Midwest — direct competitor on the organizational capacity-building and leadership development side, with a comparable emphasis on serving small to mid-sized nonprofits.
• The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University: The Nonprofit Center provides management consulting, professional development, and leadership training for nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia region — comparable to VLC's integrated consulting + leadership development model for nonprofit clients.
• La Piana Consulting: La Piana is a nonprofit management consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, executive transition, mergers, and organizational development — a direct competitor to VLC's interim executive and strategic planning offerings for nonprofit clients.
• Executive Service Corps (ESC): Executive Service Corps deploys experienced business professionals as volunteer consultants to nonprofits — conceptually analogous to VLC's Venture Leader collective model, where senior practitioners deliver embedded consulting engagements to nonprofit clients.
• Cause Effective: Cause Effective is a nonprofit consulting and training organization that builds the capacity of nonprofits through board development, fundraising, and leadership training — comparable to VLC's Leadership Development and Targeted Ventures offerings focused on the New York nonprofit ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF): NFF is a nonprofit CDFI and consulting organization that builds the financial health and leadership capacity of nonprofits — partial overlap with VLC's interim leadership and organizational development work, with a stronger emphasis on financial advisory and capital deployment.

Others

• Tipping Point Community: Tipping Point Community is a philanthropic organization that funds and supports high-performing nonprofits in the Bay Area — VLC is a service provider to Tipping Point (and its former employer for Co-Principal Andrew Niklaus), making it both a client reference and a partner in the nonprofit capacity-building ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• BDO Nonprofit & Grantmaker Advisory Practice: BDO's national nonprofit advisory practice provides interim executive, financial, and organizational development services to nonprofits — directly overlapping VLC's Integrated Ventures (interim CFO/COO) and Leadership Development offerings, but at a much larger institutional scale. Liz Schaffer, a VLC Venture Leader, previously led this practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/venture_leadership

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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