Association Management Services
VPG is a full-service association management company. We serve as the professional staff behind trade associations, professional societies, and foundations — operations, membership, finance, events, and marketing under one contract, with one point of accountability.
Your board governs. We handle the rest.
Most growing associations need a membership manager, a controller, a marketing director, an events lead, and a database administrator — and can afford two. The work that falls between those roles is where organizations stall.
VPG provides all five functions at the fraction of their time your organization actually needs. Staffing flexes with your calendar: heavier through conference season, lighter after. You’re buying capability, not headcount.
Boutique by design, and nearly two decades deep. Every organization we manage gets senior attention, not a junior account team.
Executive director services. Board and committee support. Governance and bylaws. Strategic planning and succession. Someone accountable, in the room, every month — and someone your members can actually reach between board meetings.
Recruitment campaigns, onboarding, renewal cycles, lapsed-member recovery, chapter and community programs, member communications, and the database hygiene that makes all of it work.
Budgeting, bookkeeping, dues and registration processing, monthly board reporting, audit support, and reserve planning. Clean financials, delivered on a schedule, in a format your board can read.
Annual meetings, regional programs, awards ceremonies, and virtual events. Sponsorship and exhibitor sales, registration, budget management, vendor negotiation, logistics, and on-site execution. For most associations the annual conference is the single largest revenue line. We run it that way.
Brand systems, magazines and publications, video, web, email, and social. Most association management companies outsource this work and mark it up. We staff it — which means faster turnaround, lower cost, and designers who already know your industry.
AMS selection and migration, website management, integrations, and reporting dashboards. We build on industry-standard platforms, not proprietary systems. If you ever leave, your membership data, your website, and your history go with you.
Certification and continuing education. Designation programs and ethics review. Awards and scholarships. Affiliated foundations. Industry buyer’s guides and directories.
Already staffed but short in one area? We’ll take a single piece and run it alongside your team: membership administration, finance and bookkeeping, conference management, marketing and creative, or an AMS migration.
Not ready to change management structure? Bring us in on a project. Strategic plans. Board retreats and governance reviews. Membership and revenue assessments. AMS selection. Transition support if you’re leaving an incumbent AMC and want someone who has managed that handoff before.
We work best with associations, professional societies, and foundations in the $1M–$5M range — and with volunteer-run organizations determined to get there.
Your board is carrying operational work it was never meant to carry, and growth has stalled because no one has the time to drive it.
Account turnover, unclear accountability, and small-account treatment are the three reasons boards call us.
We’ve done this twice. Fantasy sports had no organized trade body until VPG built one and grew it from $200,000 to more than $1 million in annual revenue. Esports is that story running now.
Thirty minutes. We’ll tell you honestly whether VPG is the right fit, and if we’re not, we’ll point you toward who is.
