Community Betterment

Following his passion for community betterment, Vic founded Vic Gutman & Associates Consulting in 1978. Since that time, he has provided communications, organizational development, event management, and fundraising services for hundreds of nonprofit organizations in Nebraska, Iowa, and Michigan. Vic spearheaded and managed the revival of the Omaha Farmers Market in the Old Market in 1994 and in Aksarben in 2010 and first attempted to establish an indoor market on South 10th Street from 2013-2017. He currently serves on the Heritage Omaha-convened committee guiding development of The Riverfront Market, a year-round public market in Downtown Omaha, a decades-long dream of Vic’s that is projected to open in May 2028.

Vic has provided fundraising and organizational development services for nonprofit organizations including the Omaha Theater Company, in COMMON, Immigrant Legal Center, Latino Center of the Midlands, MENTOR Nebraska, The Tri-Faith Initiative of Omaha, Girls Inc. and Nebraska Journalism Trust. He has consulted to numerous urban districts in Detroit, Omaha, and Lincoln (NE), working on more than 100 events including the 300th anniversary celebration for the City of Detroit, Nebraska’s Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration, Lincoln’s Flatwater Festival, and Omaha’s 150th birthday celebration. He led the effort to establish the Omaha Summer Arts Festival in 1975, managing the Festivalthrough its 50th anniversary in 2024. Vic also helped shape Omaha’s Millennium Lights Festival in 1999.