Sol Adventurers Foundation

What Sol Adventurers Foundation does

Sol Adventurers Foundation, Inc. (SAF) is a small 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Tax ID # 43-2118342) founded in 2005 and headquartered in Mt Shasta, California, that delivers arts, cultural, gardening, and mentoring programs to disenfranchised youth. Its portfolio centers on four regional programs — Jamaica (flagship, since 2007, based at Sister Jackie's House of Love), Los Angeles (since 2005, formerly at Crenshaw Community Garden), Mount Shasta (since 2013), and Florida (in development) — combined with the 2020-acquired Game Amp K-College education sub-brand and a weekly internet radio show, 'Sol Adventurers Live,' broadcast on Caribbean Radio Show. The Jamaica program emphasizes permaculture and sustainable living on rural farmland, while the California programs focus on gardening, drumming, and cultural-root exploration through partnerships with entities such as LAUSD, Food Not Bombs, Agape International Spiritual Center, and the Mid-City Neighborhood Council.

The organization's business model is donation-led: primary revenue is individual contributions via PayPal, Bitcoin, checks, and credit cards (both one-time and recurring, plus in-kind goods), supplemented by a small online shop selling the Sol Creation Cookbook ($15) and the Empress Menen book ($20) with US shipping, and revenue from volunteer vacation/retreat programs in Jamaica. There is no proprietary technology platform, no app, no disclosed AI capability, and no formal program pricing. Go-to-market is community-led and grassroots, relying on earned media, social channels, the radio show, word-of-mouth referrals, and a tribal supporter base.

The organization operates with a stated 1–10 employee range and has publicly self-described as 'underfunded and understaffed' as of 2020, with the founder/Executive Director Roseanne A. Ware historically managing all tasks. A 2020 restructuring brought in new board members and volunteers to support expansion into Florida, St. Croix, and Belize, while additional development-stage programs (e.g., the 'Smile for a Child Campaign' with artist-in-residence BushLife) are unfunded partnership-driven initiatives.

Name

Sol Adventurers Foundation

Legal name

Sol Adventurers Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://soladventurers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sol Adventurers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers arts, permaculture gardening, cultural, and mentoring programs to orphans and at-risk youth in Jamaica and California, funded primarily by donations and a small online shop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Services and Nonprofit Community Development

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Youth empowerment programs
• Permaculture gardening education
• Arts mentoring services
• Community nonprofit programs
• Cultural enrichment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Shasta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Primary revenue stream from individual donations via PayPal, Bitcoin, checks, and credit cards. Accepts both one-time and recurring donations. Also accepts in-kind goods donations. Tax-deductible contributions under 501(c)(3) status.
2. Product Sales: Sale of cookbooks (Sol Creation Cookbook at $15) and books (Empress Menen at $20). Free shipping included for US customers.
3. Volunteer Vacations and Retreats: Offers volunteer vacation and retreat programs in Jamaica where participants can engage face-to-face with youth and support programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sol Adventurers Foundation delivers youth empowerment, mentoring, and enrichment programs for disenfranchised youth across regional sites in Jamaica, Los Angeles, Mount Shasta, and Florida. Programs integrate music, arts, permaculture gardening, and cultural roots exploration, and are paired with a weekly internet radio show connecting youth with elder wisdom keepers. The organization also sells cookbooks and books through its online shop to support fundraising.

Product overview

Sol Adventurers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of youth empowerment programs centered around music, arts, permaculture, and cultural exploration. The core offerings include the Sol Adventurers Live weekly internet radio show (an inter-generational platform connecting youth with elders), four regional programs in Jamaica, Los Angeles, Mount Shasta, and Florida focused on youth enrichment through gardening, drumming, and mentorship, plus the Game Amp educational sub-brand for K-College skills development. The organization also operates a shop selling the Sol Creation Cookbook and books about Empress Menen Afsaw.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jamaica Program Empowerment, enrichment, and education programs for orphans and at-risk youth in Jamaica, focused on Sister Jackie's House of Love in Brownstown, St Ann. Includes volunteer vacations and retreats for face-to-face engagement with youth.
• Los Angeles Program Garden programs based at Crenshaw Community Garden in Los Angeles focusing on gardening, gifts discovery, drumming, permaculture, sustainability, and healthy diet for disenfranchised youth.
• Mount Shasta Program Gardening and drumming programs in the Mt Shasta area with classes, play shops, and mentoring, headquartered in Mt Shasta with an on-site garden.
• Florida Program (Smile for a Child Campaign) Collaborative project with BushLife to provide Jamaican children with tablets for educational purposes through the sale of smiley face paintings, with planned youth gatherings aimed at creating smiley face art to help other youth.
• Sol Adventurers Live: Inspirations for the Soul, Solutions for the Future Weekly internet radio show aired on Caribbean Radio Show (CRS Radio - The Knowledge Station) that provides an inter-generational program where youth facilitate conversations with elders and wisdom keepers.
• Game Amp Educational organization brought under the SAF umbrella focusing on skills development in literacy and social responsibility for K-College, utilizing art, theater, media production, and sustainable community enrichment.
• Sol Creation Cookbook A transitional and transformational collection of international recipes with healthier vegan options, currently on sale for $15 (regularly $20) with free US shipping and handling.
• Empress Menen Afsaw Book Book about the works of Empress Menen Afsaw, Queen of Ethiopia and wife of His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie I, priced at $20 including shipping and handling in the US.

Quantifiable outcome

• Exceeded $21,990 GoFundMe goal within two weeks for youth scholarship
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

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

• Los Angeles Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with LAUSD on garden programs in the Los Angeles area. Youth participated in programming at Crenshaw Community Garden.
• Food not BombscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in Los Angeles garden programs providing community food resources and support.
• Agape International Spiritual CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with on Los Angeles area programs supporting youth empowerment and community enrichment.
• Mid-City Neighborhood CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government collaboration for Los Angeles community garden programs.
• Pops Performing Arts Center (Dunsmuir)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on gardening and drumming programs in the Mt Shasta area since 2013.
• Weed Elementary School GardencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school garden program in the Mt Shasta area for youth education.
• Siskiyou Arts BusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative arts programming partner in Siskiyou County area.
• Siskiyou Arts CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional arts council partnership supporting community arts programs.
• Sister Jackie's House of LoveflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary Jamaica partner orphanage in Brownstown, St Ann. Youth have moved to lush rural farmland. SAF built volunteer cottage on property. Programs focus on empowerment and enrichment.
• Natural Mystic Organic Farm and Grassroots Healing CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJamaica partner for permaculture education. Working with Uncle Mud on rocket stoves, cob pizza ovens, composting toilets and sustainable infrastructure.
• Caribbean Radio Show (CRS Radio) - The Knowledge StationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBroadcast platform for weekly Sol Adventurers Live radio show. Inter-generational program reaching audiences across Caribbean and globally.
• BushLife / BushcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist in residence collaborating on 'Smile for a Child' campaign creating smiley face paintings to raise funds for tablets for Jamaican youth education.
• Game AmpcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational organization brought under SAF umbrella in 2020. Focuses on skills development in literacy and social responsibility for K-College using art, theater, media production, and sustainable community enrichment.
• Borghinvilla Wedding VenueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJamaica venue that hosted holiday party for youth from Sister Jackie's House of Love.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Youth development nonprofit offering afterschool programs, mentoring, and enrichment activities for at-risk youth. Comparable mission and beneficiary segment to SAF, with a similar model of delivering arts, sports, and life-skills programming in underserved communities.
• Girls Inc. National nonprofit inspiring and empowering all girls to be strong, smart, and bold through research-based programming. Comparable in delivering empowerment, mentoring, and life-skills programming to underserved youth, with a national footprint SAF aspires to.
• Big Green: Nonprofit building a national school garden network to teach kids about real food and healthy living. Highly comparable to SAF's Crenshaw Community Garden and Mt Shasta garden programs, with a similar focus on under-resourced communities and food-system education.
• Year Up: Workforce-development nonprofit serving young adults from underserved communities with training, mentorship, and corporate placement. Comparable to SAF's empowerment/mentoring model for disenfranchised youth, with a more formalized career-pathway structure.
• City Year: Nonprofit deploying AmeriCorps members as near-peer mentors and tutors in under-resourced schools. Shares SAF's mentoring and youth-development model, with a larger institutional infrastructure and AmeriCorps funding base.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Large US nonprofit focused on mentoring youth through one-to-one adult-youth matches. Directly comparable to SAF's mentoring and intergenerational support model serving disenfranchised youth, though BBBS operates at significantly greater scale and lacks the arts/permaculture/cultural-roots component.
• Covenant House: Nonprofit serving homeless and at-risk youth through housing, education, and job training. Comparable mission to SAF's youth empowerment work, with overlapping beneficiary populations (disenfranchised, system-impacted youth) and Caribbean presence.
• YouthBuild USA: Nonprofit offering education, job training, and leadership development to opportunity youth. Comparable in targeting disenfranchised youth with skill-building programming, though more focused on construction/pathway employment than arts-permaculture.
• FoodCorps: Nonprofit that connects kids to real food through school gardens, nutrition education, and service-member programs. Closest functional peer to SAF's garden/permaculture programming for youth, sharing the model of using food and gardening as a vehicle for youth empowerment.
• SOS Children's Villages USA: Global nonprofit providing family-like care for orphaned and abandoned children, with active operations in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Direct overlap with SAF's work at Sister Jackie's House of Love and the Jamaica Program serving orphans.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/soladventurers
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/TheSolAdventurers
• Facebookfacebook.com/SolAdventurers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sol-adventurers-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/sol.adventurer

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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