The Venus Project

What The Venus Project does

The Venus Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating under Resource Based Economy, Inc. that advocates for a global redesign of civilization based on a "Resource Based Economy" — a proposed socioeconomic system advocating access to goods and services without money, barter, or trade, supported by cybernation and central AI inventory management. The organization was incorporated in 1994 by Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows, evolving from Sociocyberneering Inc. founded in 1971, and operates a 21-acre research center in Venus, Florida that contains 10 buildings, scale models, and demonstration projects including the Integrated Aquaponics System (TVPIAS) deployed in Kerala, India. Its intellectual property base comprises approximately 5,500 design sketches, over 400 scale models, 900+ hours of recorded lectures, multiple documentary films, and several published books authored by Fresco.

The Venus Project's offerings span educational media, in-person experiences, and conceptual design projects. Revenue is generated through three streams: biweekly in-person tours and seminars at the Florida research center priced at $130 per person or household, an online store selling books, DVDs, and merchandise, and tax-deductible donations as a registered nonprofit. The organization distributes content globally through YouTube, seven social media platforms, and documentary distribution. Strategic partners include the Jacque Fresco Foundation (preserving and publishing founder IP, including AI development), REACT (a Norwegian University of Science and Technology climate initiative spanning 18 countries), NARDC (aquaponics consulting), and several technical advisors. The Venus Project employs 1-10 staff, is directed by Roxanne Meadows following Jacque Fresco's death in May 2017, and is governed by a board of directors with multiple operational teams.

Name

The Venus Project

Legal name

The Venus Project

Website

https://thevenusproject.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Venus Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advocates for civilization redesign through a Resource Based Economy, operating a 21-acre Florida research center offering tours, seminars, documentary films, and conceptual design projects for global sustainability-minded audiences.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Venus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tours and Seminars: The Venus Project charges $130 per person or household for tours and seminars at their research center in Venus, Florida. These events include lectures, guided tours, and Q&A sessions with Roxanne Meadows.
2. Store Sales: Online store selling books, videos, DVDs, and merchandise related to Jacque Fresco's work and The Venus Project's educational materials.
3. Donations: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The Venus Project accepts tax-deductible donations to support their mission of designing sustainable human habitats.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Venus Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advances proposals for restructuring society around a Resource Based Economy through educational content, conceptual designs, and demonstration projects. It sells books, videos, and merchandise via its online store; offers paid tours and seminars ($130 per person/household) at its 21-acre research center in Venus, Florida; develops demonstration projects such as the Integrated Aquaponics System (TVPIAS) in Kerala, India; and maintains a library of documentary films and architectural design work.

Product overview

The Venus Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that operates as a research, advocacy, and educational initiative rather than a traditional product company. Its offerings include documentary films documenting founder Jacque Fresco's vision for a Global Resource Based Economy, published books presenting socioeconomic philosophy, the Integrated Aquaponics System (TVPIAS) agricultural demonstration project in India, in-person tours and seminars at its Florida research center, and collaborative design initiatives like the Center for Resource Management. The organization also partners with the Jacque Fresco Foundation for AI trained on Fresco's text corpus and maintains a learning platform.

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Products and services

• The Venus Project Documentary Films A series of documentary films produced by The Venus Project that present founder Jacque Fresco's vision for a sustainable global civilization, including The Venus Project: The Redesign of a Culture (1994), Welcome to the Future (1998), Cities in the Sea (2002), Self-erecting Structures (2003), Designing the Future (2006), Paradise or Oblivion (2012), and The Choice Is Ours (2016).
• Books by Jacque Fresco Published books authored or co-authored by Jacque Fresco, including Looking Forward (with Kenneth Keyes Jr., 1969), The Venus Project: The Redesign of a Culture (1995), The Best That Money Can't Buy (2002), and Designing the Future (2007), sold through the organization's online store.
• Tours and Seminars at the Venus, Florida Research Center In-person tours and seminars conducted every other Saturday at The Venus Project's 21-acre research center in Venus, Florida, featuring lectures on the Resource Based Economy, guided tours of the property and scale models, and Q&A sessions led by Roxanne Meadows. Priced at $130 per person or household.
• The Venus Project Integrated Aquaponics System (TVPIAS) An integrated aquaponics demonstration project in Kerala, India, supported in collaboration with NARDC, that provides fresh fish and vegetables to approximately 30 families year-round. The system uses 98% less water than conventional farming, requires very little land, uses no chemical inputs, and operates with automated irrigation and reduced labor requirements.
• Center for Resource Management (CfRM) A collaborative design initiative (2017-2018) that brought together over 300 collaborative design meetings with more than 300 professional volunteers including architects, engineers, researchers, urban planners, agriculturalists, and project managers to produce comprehensive technical design drawings for a proposed research and development center.

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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jacque Fresco FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Jacque Fresco Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves the purpose of preserving and publishing Jacque Fresco's body of work. The Venus Project maintains a close connection with JFF to maintain conceptual and philosophical continuity with the work of Jacque Fresco. The foundation also develops an AI trained on Fresco's text corpus.
• REACTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerREACT is a multinational project spearheaded by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology addressing climate change before irreversible damage. The Venus Project and REACT have partnered in creating virtual reality experiences and in coordinating larger involvement from organizations around the world on tackling urgent environmental issues. REACT includes partners from 18 countries and collaborates with the UN's IPCC.
• NARDC (Nanniode Aquaponics Research and Development Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNARDC develops scalable aquaponics organic farming solutions that have real impact on poverty reduction, food security, and ecosystem health. Vijayakumar Narayanan of NARDC is the independent aquaponics consultant contributing to The Venus Project's Food and Agriculture initiatives, including the Kerala, India demonstration project.
• Except Integrated SustainabilityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExcept Integrated Sustainability works on foundations of a sustainable society by realizing innovative sustainable development projects for cities, buildings, companies, and industry. Except was a consultant to The Venus Project on the development of the Center for Resource Management.
• Thorium Energy AllianceminorOthersThorium Energy Alliance (TEA) is a non-governmental, non-profit 501(c)3 educational organization based in the United States which seeks to promote energy security through the use of thorium as a fuel source. Listed as an organization The Venus Project exchanges knowledge and experience with.
• ProgenerateminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgenerate is a studio for architectural design focusing on sustainability, energy efficiency, and building performance. With expertise in architecture, urbanism, R&D, industrial design, infrastructure, and landscaping. Progenerate contributes to The Venus Project with consultation, R&D, and design solutions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Club of Rome: An established international think tank focused on limits to growth, sustainability, and civilization-scale scenarios. A broader incumbent to TVP with longer institutional history, overlapping on holistic, global-scope sustainability framing.
• World Future Society: A futurist membership organization publishing on technological, environmental, and social futures. Overlaps with TVP through futures thinking, scenario planning, and education about long-horizon global challenges.

Direct peers

• The Zeitgeist Movement: A grassroots sustainability advocacy movement closely affiliated with The Venus Project, sharing overlapping advocacy for a Resource Based Economy. Many TVP concepts reached mass audiences through the Zeitgeist documentary series, and the two organizations share ideological and community overlap.
• Long Now Foundation: Builds cultural responsibility for long-term thinking (10,000-year clock project, Rosetta Project). Comparable through its focus on civilization-scale projects, futures thinking, and the preservation of design and intellectual work across generations.
• Biomimicry Institute: Promotes learning from and emulating nature's strategies to solve human challenges. Shares TVP's emphasis on biomimicry as a design principle for sustainable human habitats and integrates biological research into design methodology.
• Project Drawdown: Ranks and promotes comprehensive climate solutions across sectors. Comparable to TVP through its systems-level mapping of how to address climate change and its education-focused mission to spread actionable sustainability frameworks.
• Architecture 2030: Focuses on the built environment's role in climate change and proposes radical transformation of building practice. Shares TVP's emphasis on architectural innovation, urban redesign, and sustainability at the scale of human settlements.
• Buckminster Fuller Institute: Designs and advocates for comprehensive solutions to humanity's largest problems through design science, geodesic structures, and whole-systems thinking. Comparable to TVP through its emphasis on visionary designers proposing civilization-scale architecture and integrated human habitats.
• Except Integrated Sustainability: A Dutch sustainability consultancy that worked as a consultant to TVP on the Center for Resource Management. Comparable as a peer consultancy building innovative sustainable development projects for cities, buildings, and industry.

Emerging players

• EcoCity Builders: Develops and advocates for ecologically healthy cities using an eco-city framework. Shares TVP's focus on holistic urban design and sustainability at the scale of human settlements, but with a more implementation-oriented approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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