Ventura Audubon Society

Name

Ventura Audubon Society

Legal name

Ventura Audubon Society

Website

https://venturaaudubon.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildlife Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine & Freshwater Conservation (BPAGAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marine Conservation & Citizen-Science Experiences (reef monitoring, turtle walks) (THAAAIAH), Wildlife, Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation Administration (BPAIAMAG)

Keywords

• Bird conservation services
• Wildlife habitat protection
• Shorebird recovery programs
• Environmental education programs
• Volunteer conservation stewardship

Headquarters

HQ city

Ventura

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: Individual donations through PayPal and check payments. Community members can join via membership form and support bird conservation efforts in Ventura County.
2. Grants: Funding from conservation organizations including The Nature Conservancy, California Coastal Conservancy, and Endangered Species Act Section 6 grants support the Shorebird Recovery Program operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ventura Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that protects birds and their habitats in Ventura County, California through outreach, education, and habitat protection. Its central offering is the Shorebird Recovery Program, which conducts scientific nest monitoring, predator management, and habitat protection for Western Snowy Plovers and California Least Terns at Ormond Beach and Hollywood Beach. The organization complements this with community engagement programs (Dog Rangers, Beach Naturalists), educational offerings (monthly speakers, field trips), and conservation advocacy.

Product overview

Ventura Audubon Society operates as a non-profit bird conservation organization offering a portfolio of conservation programs, educational resources, and community engagement initiatives. The core offerings include the Shorebird Recovery Program for endangered plovers and terns, the Dog Rangers beach stewardship program, Beach Naturalist volunteer training, monthly speaker presentations, field trips, and an active bird blog. Supporting resources include nesting reports, conservation committee advocacy, tree trimming guidelines, and a Ventura County birding guide. These programs work together to advance the organization's mission of protecting birds through outreach, education, and habitat protection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dog Rangers: A program that encourages dog owners to pledge to keep dogs leashed and away from shorebird nesting areas to protect nesting birds.
• Beach Naturalists

Products and services

• Shorebird Recovery Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 46.4% hatch rate for snowy plover nests in 2025 (26 of 56 nests hatched)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The Nature ConservancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner supporting the Shorebird Recovery Program through a National Coastal Wetlands Conservation grant. The Nature Conservancy also partnered with the City of Oxnard and California State Coastal Conservancy on the Ormond Beach Restoration and Public Access Project (OBRAP). Ventura Audubon works with TNC on restoration planning and habitat protection at Ormond Beach.
• California State Coastal ConservancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Ormond Beach Restoration and Public Access Project (OBRAP), working with City of Oxnard and The Nature Conservancy since the early 1980s. The Conservancy has supported habitat restoration and enhancement planning at Ormond Beach.
• OrnilogiccoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Ornilogic and USFWS to pilot a non-lethal approach targeting raven behavior directly using technology that exploits aversion to green light in corvids. This technology has been used successfully to reduce raven predation on desert tortoise nests and is being adapted for snowy plover conservation.
• Santa Barbara ZoocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZoo operates a Snowy Plover rearing and release program. Ventura Audubon submits rescued eggs that would otherwise be lost, and nearly all submitted clutches have been successfully released as fledgling snowy plovers. In 2025, two nests were transferred to the zoo for captive rearing.
• Western Foundation of Vertebrate ZoologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for analyzing abandoned eggs and assessing their development status, supporting the nest monitoring program's scientific documentation.
• Wishtoyo Chumash FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on watershed monitoring and water quality analysis in the Santa Clara River Estuary, part of ongoing partnerships with Heal the Bay and Ventura Coastkeeper to ensure sustainable development.
• Trust for Public LandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTPL is working on land conservation efforts in Ventura County including protection of significant properties like Rancho Canada Larga, Sexton Canyon, and Crooked Palm crucial to preserving regional biodiversity and natural landscapes.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal agency overseeing permitted work with western snowy plovers and California least terns. Nesting reports are submitted to USFWS as required by permit terms. USFWS also oversees California Condor Recovery Program.
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency that receives nesting reports from Ventura Audubon's permitted biologists. Works with the organization on recovery permits for western snowy plovers and California least terns.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• San Diego Audubon Society: Southern California Audubon chapter operating plover/tern stewardship, beach naturalist-style programs, and habitat advocacy at coastal sites — a directly comparable chapter-level peer in similar coastal geography.
• Los Angeles Audubon Society: Regional Audubon chapter running similar plover and tern conservation, education programs, field trips, and monthly speaker series in Southern California with comparable funding sources and volunteer model.
• Santa Barbara Audubon Society: Neighboring Audubon chapter on the California Central Coast operating similar bird conservation programs including Western Snowy Plover protection, education, and field trips — a directly comparable chapter-level peer.
• Point Blue Conservation Science: California-based ornithology and shorebird monitoring organization running the Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey and long-term nest monitoring programs that overlap directly with Ventura Audubon's Shorebird Recovery Program.
• Institute for Bird Populations: California-based nonprofit specializing in landbird and shorebird monitoring, MAPS banding stations, and population analysis — a directly comparable scientific monitoring nonprofit with overlapping methodology.
• San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory: California-based nonprofit running long-term shorebird and waterbird monitoring, banding, and habitat studies in San Francisco Bay — directly comparable in scientific scope and nonprofit chapter-style operations.

Broad incumbents

• The Nature Conservancy: Major conservation nonprofit and active Ventura Audubon partner at Ormond Beach; comparable in operating model (science-driven habitat protection, grantmaking, restoration) but operates globally rather than at chapter scale.
• American Bird Conservancy: National bird conservation organization focused on habitat protection, Migratory Bird Treaty Act enforcement, and species recovery across the Americas — a broader incumbent working on the same Western Snowy Plover recovery goals.
• National Audubon Society: Parent brand and network for Ventura Audubon and 500+ other chapters; operates national bird conservation policy, Coastal Birds program, and overarching flyway-scale initiatives that contextualize Ventura's local work.
• Ducks Unlimited: Large waterfowl and wetland conservation nonprofit operating wetland habitat programs across North America; comparable as a nonprofit conservation funder and partner for coastal/wetland bird habitat protection adjacent to shorebird recovery work.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/venturaaudubon
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCb8Bq7wMg098KSUwQ7FuOkg
• Facebookfacebook.com/VenturaAudubonSociety
• Instagraminstagram.com/venturaaudubonsociety
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/venturaaudubon

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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