Vic Gutman & Associates

What Vic Gutman & Associates does

Vic Gutman & Associates (operating under the VGA brand) is a privately held, founder-led professional services firm headquartered at 300 South 19th Street, Suite 202, in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1975 by Vic Gutman, who continues as President and owner, the firm provides event management, fundraising, marketing, and planning services exclusively to non-profit organizations. It has operated continuously for roughly five decades as a small practice (11-50 employees), serving non-profit clients in the local Omaha market through a consultative, relationship-based engagement model.

The firm operates two distinct service divisions under the VGA umbrella. VGA Grants & Fundraising (vgagrants.com) provides professional grants management and donor communications services focused on helping non-profits raise money for their missions. Vic Gutman & Associates Consulting (vgagroup.com/vgaconsulting) complements the grants division with broader non-profit consulting services including strategic fundraising, mentoring, and administrative support. There is no proprietary technology platform, AI/ML capability, patents, or formal integrations documented; the value proposition rests on domain expertise and personal client relationships rather than technology differentiation.

The business model is straightforward professional services revenue: the firm bills non-profit clients directly for consulting engagements under direct sales / field enterprise distribution. Go-to-market is sales-led and consultative, targeting a single vertical (non-profit organizations) with no other customer segments identified. No public pricing, no enterprise logos, no partnership agreements, and no external funding are disclosed, consistent with a small local boutique practice.

Name

Vic Gutman & Associates

Legal name

Vic Gutman & Associates

Website

https://vgagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vic Gutman & Associates is a privately held Omaha-based professional services firm founded in 1975 that provides event management, fundraising, marketing, and planning services to non-profit organizations through its two VGA divisions: grants/fundraising and consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Non-profit Consulting Services: Revenue is generated through professional consulting services including strategic fundraising, grants management, donor communications, mentoring, and administrative support for non-profit organizations. The firm operates two divisions: VGA Grants & Fundraising and Vic Gutman & Associates Consulting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Vic Gutman & Associates delivers consulting and grants/fundraising services to non-profit organizations through two divisions: VGA Grants & Fundraising and Vic Gutman & Associates Consulting. Core services include grants management, donor communications, strategic fundraising, mentoring of non-profit leaders, and administrative support for mission-driven organizations. The firm is privately held, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, and operates with 11-50 employees.

Product overview

Vic Gutman & Associates operates two distinct service offerings under its umbrella. VGA Grants & Fundraising provides professional grants management and donor communications specifically focused on helping non-profits raise money for their missions. Vic Gutman & Associates Consulting complements this by offering strategic fundraising consulting, mentoring, and administrative support services to help non-profits fulfill their missions and serve their communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VGA Grants & Fundraising: Division helping non-profits raise more money for their missions through professional grants management and donor communications

Products and services

• VGA Grants & Fundraising A dedicated division of Vic Gutman & Associates providing grants management, donor communications, and strategic fundraising services to U.S. non-profit organizations. It supports clients across the full fundraising lifecycle, from grant writing and stewardship to donor engagement campaigns.
• Vic Gutman & Associates Consulting The firm's consulting practice offering strategic planning, mentoring for non-profit leaders, and administrative support to mission-driven organizations. It complements the grants and fundraising division with broader organizational development advisory services.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Changing Our World: Non-profit consulting firm providing fundraising strategy, campaign management, and philanthropic advisory. Comparable in mission focus and service mix to VGA's two divisions.
• CCS Fundraising: One of the largest non-profit fundraising consulting firms in the U.S., offering campaign management, fundraising strategy, and grants support. Directly comparable to VGA in core service offering but significantly larger in headcount and geographic reach.
• Campbell & Company: A direct competitor providing fundraising counsel, campaign management, and grants strategy to non-profits. Closely comparable to VGA's VGA Grants & Fundraising division, though larger in scale and national in footprint.
• Heller Consulting: Non-profit CRM and technology consulting firm. Adjacent to VGA on the consulting side, though Heller focuses on Salesforce/CRM implementations versus VGA's grants/fundraising focus.
• Alexander Haas: Non-profit fundraising and executive search consultancy serving health, education, arts, and social service organizations. Closely comparable to VGA Consulting's strategic fundraising and mentoring work.
• La Piana Consulting: Non-profit strategy and fundraising consultancy serving small-to-mid-sized non-profits with strategic planning and fundraising counsel. Comparable to VGA in target client segment and consulting focus.
• Graham-Pelton: Fundraising and nonprofit management consulting firm specializing in campaign counsel, development assessments, and strategic planning. Directly comparable to VGA's combined grants + consulting offering.
• BWF (Burk & Associates / Bentz Whaley Flessner): Non-profit fundraising consulting firm offering campaign planning, feasibility studies, and development counsel. Directly comparable to VGA in service mix and non-profit focus.

Broad incumbents

• Huron Consulting Group: Large professional services firm with a non-profit/healthcare advisory practice that includes fundraising strategy and strategic planning. Provides a broader portfolio of services than VGA but overlaps on non-profit strategic advisory work.
• Blackbaud: Large, established software and services provider for the non-profit sector, offering fundraising software, donor management, and analytic services. Overlaps with VGA's donor communications and grants management work but operates at much greater scale and with a software-led model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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