The Numad Group

What The Numad Group does

The Numad Group is a privately held professional services firm founded in 2011 in Rapid City, South Dakota, by Matt Ehlman, Ted Stephens III, and Kerry Brock. The firm delivers integrated communications, fundraising, program design and evaluation, and strategic-planning consulting to nonprofit organizations across the United States. A team of nine named principals and associates works in a distributed model from offices in Rapid City, New York, Boston, Denver, and Stockbridge, with documented client engagements spanning K-12 and higher education, religious organizations, off-Broadway and regional theaters, community foundations, food banks, human-services agencies, and Native American-led nonprofits.

The firm operates a pure professional services revenue model: pricing is quote-based and undisclosed, with revenue generated from project and retained engagements rather than product or licensing. It has no proprietary technology platform; instead, it integrates third-party tools into client work — Blackbaud Raiser's Edge and NetCommunity for donor database and CMS implementations, and MailChimp for email — making the firm's value proposition the human consulting expertise of its team rather than software. Notable client outcomes include $70 million raised over five years for Red Cloud Indian School, a $6 million capital campaign for Feeding South Dakota delivered 6 months ahead of schedule, and multi-x social-media audience growth for Destination Rapid City.

Beyond core consulting work, The Numad Group operates a small ecosystem of affiliated entities: the Rural Philanthropy Institute (a nonprofit research organization founded in 2020), Numad Investments (a 2014 community-investment vehicle), The Garage (a coworking space in Rapid City), and the Morning Fill Up community conversation series. The firm is privately held by its co-founders, has not raised external funding, and discloses no acquisitions or sale activity.

Name

The Numad Group

Legal name

The Numad Group

Website

https://numadgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Numad Group is a privately held, distributed professional services firm that provides integrated communications, fundraising, program evaluation, and strategic planning consulting to nonprofit organizations across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rapid City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Communications and Creative: Revenue generated through providing communications and creative services to nonprofit clients including brand development, graphic design, video production, website development, writing, and media relations.
2. Professional Services - Fundraising: Revenue from fundraising consulting including capital and endowment campaigns, annual fund programs, major donor cultivation, planned giving programs, and feasibility studies for nonprofit organizations.
3. Professional Services - Program Design and Evaluation: Revenue from program evaluation consulting including theory-based evaluation approaches, logic model development, data collection systems, and program implementation consulting.
4. Professional Services - Strategic Planning: Revenue from strategic planning services for nonprofits, including stakeholder interviews, board retreats, plan development, and progress monitoring dashboards.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Numad Group is a communications and fundraising firm that delivers a full-service approach to creative solutions for advancing nonprofit organizations. Its core offerings span four integrated service lines: communications and creative services (brand development, graphic design, video, web, media relations), fundraising (capital and endowment campaigns, annual funds, major gifts, planned giving), program design and evaluation, and strategic planning. Clients include schools, colleges, religious organizations, arts organizations, community foundations, and Native American-serving nonprofits across the United States.

Product overview

The Numad Group is a communications and fundraising firm for nonprofits offering four core service areas: Communications and Creative Services, Fundraising Services, Program Design and Evaluation, and Strategic Planning. These core services are delivered through specific modules including Graphic Design, Web Development, Training, and Video Production. The firm also operates related initiatives including the Rural Philanthropy Institute (a nonprofit focused on rural philanthropy research), Numad Investments (for community investments), The Garage (coworking space), and Morning Fill Up (conversation series). The company integrates with Blackbaud platforms (NetCommunity and Raiser’s Edge) for client website and donor management, and MailChimp for email marketing automation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Garage: A coworking space in Rapid City, South Dakota created by The Numad Group founders. Located at 402 Saint Joseph Street, it serves as a space for community, collaboration, and good work.
• Morning Fill Up

Products and services

• Communications and Creative Services Comprehensive communications services for nonprofit clients covering brand development, writing, graphic design, video production, media relations, social media engagement, and website strategy and design, delivered under integrated fundraising-and-communications engagements.
• Fundraising Services Full-service fundraising consulting for nonprofit organizations, including capital and endowment campaigns, annual fund programs, major donor cultivation, planned giving programs, and foundation/government grant prospecting.
• Program Design and Evaluation Theory-based program evaluation consulting for nonprofits, including logic model development, qualitative and quantitative data collection systems, program implementation support, and reporting on outcomes for funders and stakeholders.
• Strategic Planning Guided strategic planning processes for nonprofits, including stakeholder interviews, board retreats, plan development with measurable action items, and progress-monitoring dashboards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Raised $70 million for Red Cloud Indian School over 5 years (44% increase while reducing fundraising expenses)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rural Philanthropy InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRural Philanthropy Institute is a nonprofit founded by The Numad Group that brings practitioners, academics, and interested people together to develop data, share stories and experiences, and gain insights about healthy communities in rural areas. Numad co-founded this initiative to extend their philanthropy expertise into research and knowledge-sharing.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Alford Group: Nonprofit consulting firm offering fundraising campaign management, strategic planning, and executive search. Directly competes for the same mid-size nonprofit RFPs that Numad pursues.
• M+R: Nonprofit marketing and communications agency combining digital, creative, and advocacy work for nonprofits. Highly comparable on the communications/creative services side, with stronger digital and advocacy depth.
• Campbell & Company: Consulting firm focused on fundraising, capital campaigns, and executive search for nonprofits. Closely comparable offering to Numad's fundraising and strategic planning practices, though broader in client verticals.
• Big Duck: Branding, marketing, and fundraising communications agency exclusively serving nonprofits. Closely comparable on the communications/brand/web development side of Numad's practice.
• Russ Reid: Direct response fundraising and advertising agency for nonprofits. Comparable in direct mail, donor acquisition, and creative campaigns; Numad cites 100+ new donor acquisition from Midwest Jesuits direct mail work, an adjacent capability.
• CCS Fundraising: Large-scale fundraising consulting firm running capital campaigns, feasibility studies, and development assessments. Comparable on fundraising campaign services but operates at a national scale Numad does not.
• Bentz Whaley Flessner: One of the largest U.S. fundraising and advancement consulting firms serving nonprofits, universities, and healthcare organizations. Directly comparable in core fundraising/capital-campaign services but operates at significantly greater scale and a broader geographic footprint.
• Orr Group: Nonprofit consulting firm offering fundraising, strategic planning, and interim staffing. Directly comparable in fundraising campaign execution and strategic planning engagements.
• Heller Consulting: Consulting firm helping nonprofits with CRM, technology, and fundraising operations. Comparable in the Blackbaud/Raiser's Edge stack and donor-management work that anchors Numad's web/CRM implementations.

Emerging players

• MissionWired: Digital fundraising and advocacy firm for nonprofits and political causes. Comparable on integrated fundraising + communications delivery, but more digitally native and focused on advocacy and email/digital fundraising rather than capital campaigns.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/numadgroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/numadgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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