Serve a Village

What Serve a Village does

Serve a Village is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006 in memory of Kathryn Hunt, a humanitarian who lived in South Africa for over 30 years. The organization operates as a 100% volunteer-run entity with no paid staff, headquartered in the United States (Great Falls) but executing projects across East Africa, Southern Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean. Its mission is to support locally-led development in underserved communities.

The organization's core offerings are structured volunteer service expeditions to specific project sites in Kenya (Vihiga), Nicaragua (El Ostional), and South Africa (Boshof), plus past expedition programs in Johannesburg, Stanford (South Africa), and Ggolo, Uganda. Expedition fees of $1,500–$2,000 per participant cover meals, lodging, in-country transportation, project costs, and cultural excursions, with airfare excluded; payments are collected through Donorbox via a deposit/balance schedule. Its flagship community asset is the Serve a Village Resource Centre, a children's library in Maragoli, Kenya (formerly the Kigima Resource Center) that serves 40–50 children daily and functions as a hub for reading, skills training (computers, business/marketing, graphic design, gardening, construction), and an oversight committee staffed by local residents.

Commercially, Serve a Village operates without a proprietary technology platform, relying on a website (serveavillage.org) for expedition enrollment, contact intake, internship recruitment, and "Propose a Project" submissions, alongside Donorbox for payment processing. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and community-led: volunteers are recruited through the website, social media, community outreach, and earned media in regional and faith-based outlets. Customer segments include individual expedition participants, unpaid student interns, donors (whose contributions go 100% to projects rather than staff), and local community leaders proposing projects in their own regions. An unpaid internship program covers social media, expedition management, grant writing, and fundraising, with the organization offering to coordinate course or volunteer credit through external schools or employers.

Name

Serve a Village

Legal name

Serve a Village

Website

https://serveavillage.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Serve a Village is a 100% volunteer-operated 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs service expeditions and locally-led community development projects across Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and Nicaragua, serving individual volunteers, donors, and students seeking credit through international humanitarian experiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Mission Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGABAL

Infrastructure, Housing & Community Development

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

SECONDARYHLAJAKAD

International & Local Implementing NGOs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health & Development Agencies (NGOs/Multilaterals)

SECONDARYEDAIAGAF

Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid Volunteering

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/International Service Learning, Volunteering & Gap Year Programs

SECONDARYHLAJAKAE

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health & Development Agencies (NGOs/Multilaterals)

Keywords

• Community development
• Humanitarian expeditions
• Rural village support
• Mission trips
• International aid

Headquarters

HQ city

Great Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations that go 100% to supporting projects rather than staff costs. The organization emphasizes that donations support projects, not staff.
2. Service Expedition Fees: Program fees charged to expedition participants cover meals, accommodations, transportation, project costs, and group cultural/sightseeing expenses. Airfare is not included. Fees range from $1,500 to $2,000 depending on destination.
3. Internship Program: Unpaid internships for social media support, expedition management, grant writing, and fundraising. Interns may receive course or volunteer credit through arrangements with schools or employers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Serve a Village organizes and leads short-term mission expeditions to rural communities in need, primarily partnering with local missionaries to carry out construction, home-building, and community development projects. The organization mobilizes volunteer teams to serve villages in countries including Guatemala, Romania, Kenya, Cuba, and Honduras, addressing basic housing and infrastructure needs.

Product overview

Serve a Village is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports locally-led development worldwide. The organization offers a portfolio of volunteer service expeditions to developing communities across Kenya, Nicaragua, and South Africa, along with past expeditions to Uganda. Core offerings include service expeditions (Vihiga, Kenya; Nicaragua; Boshof, South Africa), a flagship community library (Serve a Village Resource Centre in Kenya), past expedition programs (Johannesburg, Stanford, Ggolo), and an unpaid internship program. The organization also facilitates custom group expeditions tailored to specific community needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Serve a Village Expeditions

Quantifiable outcome

• Serve a Village Resource Centre serves 40-50 children daily, serves 9+ elementary schools, 3+ high schools within 30 minute walk
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered notable and core.

• Jacob and Julia Mudrick (Volunteers)notableOthers · 1 April 2012Volunteers Jacob and Julia Mudrick flew to Kenya in April 2012 for a three-month service expedition. They laid the foundation for the Serve a Village Resource Centre, organized a library oversight committee, found and repaired the library site, installed shelving, and provided training for librarians.
• Local Community Leaders of Maragoli, KenyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local residents of Maragoli, Kenya to create and maintain the Serve a Village Resource Centre children's library serving the Gisambai District of Vihiga.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Amizade: Service-learning nonprofit organizing volunteer immersion programs in 13+ countries with community-led project models. Closely aligned with Serve a Village's approach to community-driven development and volunteer expeditions.
• Global Volunteers: Operates paid volunteer expeditions to communities in developing countries, including in Africa and Latin America. Directly comparable model of short-term service-learning trips combined with community development projects.
• International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ): One of the largest volunteer abroad platforms with programs in 50+ destinations including Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and Nicaragua. Competes directly for the same individual volunteer seeking affordable service expeditions.
• GIVE Volunteers: Operates volunteer trips focused on community development in destinations including Nicaragua, Tanzania, and India. Comparable pricing and target volunteer demographic to Serve a Village's expeditions.
• Projects Abroad: Operates structured volunteer projects across the developing world, including healthcare, education, and community development. Closely comparable offering and target customer as Serve a Village.
• All Hands and Hearts: Volunteer-driven disaster response and recovery nonprofit that organizes expedition-style trips to build schools, homes, and community infrastructure. Comparable service expedition model and community development focus.
• Cross-Cultural Solutions: Provides structured volunteer abroad programs in Africa, Latin America, and Asia with program fees covering housing, meals, and project support. Closely matches Serve a Village's expedition-based service-learning model.
• buildOn: Nonprofit that partners with rural communities in developing countries to build schools, leveraging volunteer service treks. Directly comparable expedition-driven community development model.

Broad incumbents

• United Nations Volunteers (UNV): UN program that mobilizes volunteers for development and humanitarian assignments worldwide. Operates at vastly greater scale and represents an institutional incumbent in international volunteering.
• Habitat for Humanity: Large international nonprofit focused on housing and community development with volunteer-driven build programs. Significantly larger scale and broader geographic footprint, but overlapping mission and volunteer participation model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/serveavillage
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/serve-a-village

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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