Venture

What Venture does

Venture is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization headquartered in Burnsville, Minnesota, founded in 1992 to address human trafficking, refugee displacement, extreme poverty, and lack of Gospel access in unsafe, unreached, and unresourced regions. The organization runs four core programs — Anti-Trafficking, Refugee Care, Women's Health, and Church Planting — delivered through in-country partners in Nepal, India, and Myanmar. Field operations are executed via local pastors and survivor-leaders, including staff at three border patrol stations along the Nepal-India border and safe homes in Nepal providing housing, education, and vocational training to rescued girls.

The organization's revenue model relies entirely on charitable contributions, with 100% of public donations directed to programs and operational costs covered by a private donor pool. Revenue streams include individual one-time and monthly giving through the Rise program, peer-to-peer and athletic fundraising through the Miles platform and events (30 for Freedom, Run for Her, Twin Cities Marathon, Great World Race), formal Church Partnerships (64 churches, $1.2M in 2025), and Business for Good corporate partnerships (20 businesses, $704,500 in 2025). Suggested gift tiers range from $30 unit gifts to $110,000 project sponsorships. In 2025, Venture reported total expenses of $9,218,850 with 86% allocated to programs, and lifetime outcomes including 93.5M+ meals delivered, 3,500+ girls rescued from trafficking, and 26,000+ churches planted. The organization is led by Executive Director Paul Hurckman and President Ryan Skoog, with a small staff of 1–10 supported by a broad volunteer, church, and corporate partner ecosystem.

Name

Venture

Legal name

Venture

Website

https://venture.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Venture is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit running Anti-Trafficking, Refugee Care, Women's Health, and Church Planting programs in Nepal, India, and Myanmar, funded through individual donors, church partners, businesses, and athletic fundraising events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Anti-trafficking programs
• Refugee relief services
• Women's health programs
• Church planting initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnsville

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: 100% of donations go directly to programs supporting anti-trafficking, refugee care, women's health, and church planting. The organization covers all operational expenses through a private group of donors.
2. Monthly Giving (Rise Program): Recurring monthly donations from community members committed to long-term fight against injustice. Donors choose their program focus and receive quarterly impact updates.
3. Miles Fundraising: Participants log physical miles through challenges and movements, raising funds for specific causes. Over 5 years, $4.3 million raised with 14,443 participants and 295,000+ miles logged.
4. Church Partnerships: Churches partner financially and spiritually, contributing $1.2M through 64 actively partnering churches in 2025 to support programs globally.
5. Business for Good: Companies create giving programs supporting Venture programs. $704,500 raised through 20 partnering businesses in 2025.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Venture is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit that delivers humanitarian programs in anti-trafficking, refugee care, women's health, and church planting through partner-led field operations in Nepal, India, and Myanmar. It raises funds from individual donors via the Rise monthly giving program and Miles peer-to-peer athletic fundraising, and from institutions via the Business for Good corporate program and Church Partnership program, with 100% of public donations directed to programs.

Product overview

Venture is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization that operates four core humanitarian programs—Anti-Trafficking, Refugee Care, Women's Health, and Church Planting—focused on bringing hope to unsafe, unreached, and unresourced communities. The organization facilitates donations through multiple engagement channels including the Rise monthly giving program and Miles fundraising platform, supplemented by Business for Good corporate partnerships and Church Partnership initiatives. Supporting offerings include Discipleship Tools for spiritual growth and an Annual Gala for major donor cultivation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rise: Monthly giving community dedicated to the long fight against injustice and making the Gospel known.
• Miles
• Business for Good
• Church Partnership

Products and services

• Rise Monthly Giving Program Monthly subscription-style giving community for individual donors committing recurring contributions to anti-trafficking, refugee care, women's health, or church planting programs; provides quarterly impact updates.
• Miles Fundraising Program Physical-challenge-based fundraising platform where individuals join athletic movements, log miles through the Venture Miles App, and raise funds for Venture's humanitarian programs.
• Anti-Trafficking Program Combats human trafficking in Nepal and India through prevention (awareness, safe housing, vocational training), rescue (border patrol stations), and restoration (safe homes, trauma counseling, education, and vocational skills).
• Refugee Care Program Provides urgent relief and long-term hope for families displaced by war in Myanmar through immediate food/shelter delivery, long-term development (schools, playgrounds, citizenship assistance), and spiritual support via church planting.
• Women's Health Program Empowers marginalized women with feminine hygiene kits, health education, women's health camps, and vocational training in small business, farming, and leadership to build independence and agency.
• Church Planting Program Trains leaders, plants house churches, and develops communities in unreached areas through Biblical teaching, community development training, and sustainable farming initiatives.
• Business for Good Program enabling companies to create workplace giving, cause marketing, and employee engagement initiatives that fund Venture's humanitarian programs.
• Church Partnership Program Structured engagement for churches to financially support and participate in Venture's global mission work through project funding, vision trips, guest speakers, and quarterly impact reporting.
• Venture Miles Mobile App Companion mobile application for the Miles Fundraising Program allowing participants to log physical miles, track challenge progress, and engage supporters.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93.5M+ meals distributed to those in need since founding
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• HER Team (Himalayan Entrepreneurial Resources)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHER Team travels to villages in Nepal to educate and empower marginalized women about feminine hygiene, safety, entrepreneurship, and the hope of the gospel. The partnership has distributed thousands of feminine hygiene kits and provided training for women to empower others in their communities.
• Local Pastors and Leaders (Myanmar)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of local pastors and leaders who plant churches serving as vital centers for spiritual growth and ongoing relief. They move emergency aid around military patrols into the hands of displaced families in hiding. These partners grew up in conflict zones and were often refugees themselves.
• Border Patrol Station Teams (Nepal-India)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurvivors of human trafficking lead and staff border patrol stations along the Nepal-India border where human trafficking rates are incredibly high. They identify and rescue potential victims, provide counseling, and facilitate reunification with families or safe homes.
• Safe Homes (Nepal)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSafe homes provide temporary housing for rescued girls until they can safely reunite with families, or long-term shelter for those whose families were involved in their exploitation. Girls receive trauma counseling, health assessments, and care from an experienced and loving team.
• 30 for FreedomflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMiles-based movement with a vision to end sex trafficking in our lifetime. Has raised $3.8M over time with 19,000 people joining through chapter events in Minnesota and Wisconsin and virtual participation options.
• Run for HercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity of women walk, jog, or run the trail while raising funds and awareness to help marginalized women escape and overcome poverty and abuse.
• Twin Cities Marathon (TCM)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial charity partner for Twin Cities Marathon since 2018. 330 runners have joined Team Venture, raising over $252,000 for anti-trafficking work in Nepal. Runners choose between 10-mile or full marathon options.
• Great World RaceflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerExtreme endurance event where four athletes ran seven marathons on seven continents in one week. The event raised $1,009,297 to rescue and restore girls from sex trafficking.
• Business for Good Partners (20 companies)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCompanies weave generosity into their business operations to support Venture programs. $704,500 raised in 2025 through this partnership model. Examples include companies creating employee giving programs or cause marketing campaigns.
• 64 Partnering ChurchescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChurches actively partnering with Venture to bring hope to tough places. Churches receive annual impact reviews, guest speakers, discipleship curriculum, vision trips, and quarterly updates. $1.2M raised through church giving in 2025.
• Local Government (Nepal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with local government in Nepal for water pump installation projects, working alongside community members who raised nearly 30% of funding themselves.
• Grassroots Networks (Thailand/Myanmar)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with grassroots networks to distribute meals to displaced people in severely unstable conditions. Partners devise strategies to pack food into smaller, inconspicuous batches to bypass military checkpoints.

Scale indicators43 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• International Justice Mission: Large Christian-rooted anti-trafficking and modern slavery organization operating rescue and restoration programs globally. Direct peer given Venture's anti-trafficking pillar in Nepal/India and survivor-led border rescue model.
• Destiny Rescue: Faith-based nonprofit focused on rescuing children from sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, particularly in Southeast Asia. Comparable in mission, geography, and reliance on grassroots fundraising.
• A21 (Abolitionists for the 21st Century): Anti-human trafficking nonprofit operating prevention, rescue, and restoration programs in multiple countries. Direct peer in both program design and faith-based fundraising model.
• Love146: Anti-trafficking nonprofit focused on prevention, survivor care, and survivor empowerment. Direct peer in trafficking survivor support and US-based donor mobilization.
• Not For Sale: Anti-slavery organization running survivor reintegration, social enterprise, and supply chain programs. Comparable in trafficking-aftercare focus and small nonprofit scale.
• Preemptive Love Coalition: Faith-rooted nonprofit working in conflict zones on refugee relief, with operations overlapping in South/Southeast Asia. Comparable on refugee relief, faith-driven identity, and donor mobilization.

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: Large Christian humanitarian organization delivering child sponsorship, refugee relief, and development programs in many of the same regions. Comparable in faith-based humanitarian positioning but materially larger and more diversified.
• Samaritan's Purse: Evangelical humanitarian organization running disaster relief, refugee assistance, and church planting globally. Comparable church-planting and refugee-care pillars but operates at a substantially larger scale.
• Compassion International: Large Christian child sponsorship and community development organization. Overlaps with Venture's child education, refugee care, and church planting activities but at significantly greater scale.

Emerging players

• Mercy Ships: Faith-based humanitarian organization providing healthcare and women's health services in developing countries. Partial overlap with Venture's women's health and church planting model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@venture_org/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/venturecommunity
• Instagraminstagram.com/venture_org
• Xx.com/venture
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/venture-org

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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